Jerry
December 9th 03, 11:28 AM
I know it might sound silly but have you tried it on a
different surface? optical mice need to "see where their
going" so they need surfaces with texture or different
colours, like a mouse mat.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I just purchased a brand new IntelliPoint Optical
>mouse (not cordless.) I seem to be having trouble with
>it. - The pointer jitters a lot when I move in any
>direction. Here's what I've tried:
>
>- Installed, and re-installed IntelliPoint 4.1 (Didn't
>help.)
>- Tried without any drivers (Didn't help.)
>- Tried plugging it into all USB ports on my system;
same
>problem.
>- Even tried the PS/2 port; same problem.
>
>I was told 2 things: 1. that this might be a
communication
>problem between the drivers, and the mouse, or the
mouse,
>and the USB port, but it can't be the mouse and the USB
>port, I've tried using the same mouse on another
machine,
>and everything works fine. 2. Something might have gone
>wrong during installation of Windows (I did a fresh
>install last night.)
>
>Any ideas/suggestions would be helpful.
>
>Thank you,
>Cat
>.
>
different surface? optical mice need to "see where their
going" so they need surfaces with texture or different
colours, like a mouse mat.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I just purchased a brand new IntelliPoint Optical
>mouse (not cordless.) I seem to be having trouble with
>it. - The pointer jitters a lot when I move in any
>direction. Here's what I've tried:
>
>- Installed, and re-installed IntelliPoint 4.1 (Didn't
>help.)
>- Tried without any drivers (Didn't help.)
>- Tried plugging it into all USB ports on my system;
same
>problem.
>- Even tried the PS/2 port; same problem.
>
>I was told 2 things: 1. that this might be a
communication
>problem between the drivers, and the mouse, or the
mouse,
>and the USB port, but it can't be the mouse and the USB
>port, I've tried using the same mouse on another
machine,
>and everything works fine. 2. Something might have gone
>wrong during installation of Windows (I did a fresh
>install last night.)
>
>Any ideas/suggestions would be helpful.
>
>Thank you,
>Cat
>.
>