erratic cursor problem

[Resident]

The cursor on my W98 system has developed a habit of erratically
jumping all over the screen with the slightest mouse movement.
A reboot cures the problem for a while. The hardware checks
out ok, I'm running a KVM and switching to the other computer
shows the mouse to be ok. Switching the computers ports on
the KVM still leaves the problem on the same computer.
Any ideas will be appreciated.
Oscar

 

[PCR]

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| The cursor on my W98 system has developed a habit of erratically
| jumping all over the screen with the slightest mouse movement.
| A reboot cures the problem for a while. The hardware checks
| out ok, I'm running a KVM and switching to the other computer
| shows the mouse to be ok. Switching the computers ports on
| the KVM still leaves the problem on the same computer.
| Any ideas will be appreciated.

That problem came & went for me, maybe twice. I'm afraid I don't know
what really cured it. It could have been McAfee drivers gone bad that
caused an interference, or even one of the Windows Updates that later
was redone. I do know, I still saw it happen at least once AFTER a 6th
thorough cleaning of the ball & rollers! Anyway, maybe begin with...

(a) Boot to Safe Mode.
(Hold F5 as you boot, or hold CTRL for the Startup Menu.
Alternatively, turn on the Startup Menu at "START, Run, MSConfig,
Advanced button.)

(b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".

(c) Open the Mouse branch, & Remove every Mouse driver in it.
If there were more than one (& just one is plugged in), you had a
"ghost".

(d) Reboot to Windows Normal Mode.

If it does not automatically detect the mouse at that reboot, you will
need to reinstall it the way you originally did.

CAVEAT: I have a "Readme" that says (speaking of a Device Manager remove
of the mouse)...

.......Quote..............
Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 have the ability to load device
drivers without running the Setup program. Loading the devices
drivers this way, however, does not install the user interface
programs such as the Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control Center.
Using the "Have Disk" function will install only the Logitech
mouse drivers.
.......End of quote.....

| Oscar

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