[Solved]: weird mouse pointer freeze up

Hi All,

I have swapped this mouse with another mouse and the problem
follows the computer not the mouse.

Problem: the mouse pointer will occasionally "stick" (no
movement) for about 10 seconds.

Weird symptom 1: when the mouse pointer sticks,
if I (blindly) move the mouse over pop up bubbles and menues,
the bubbles and menus activate.

Weird symptom 2: if I press the "Windows key" on the keyboard,
I instantly get my mouse point back.

How in the world does one go about troubleshooting this?

Many thanks,
-T

Finally figured this out. Turned off Diskeeper's automatic
defrag and happy camping has resumed. Thank you all for the
tips you gave me on the original post.

-T

"ToddAndMargo" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I have swapped this mouse with another mouse and the problem
follows the computer not the mouse.

Problem: the mouse pointer will occasionally "stick" (no
movement) for about 10 seconds.

Weird symptom 1: when the mouse pointer sticks,
if I (blindly) move the mouse over pop up bubbles and menues,
the bubbles and menus activate.

Weird symptom 2: if I press the "Windows key" on the keyboard,
I instantly get my mouse point back.

How in the world does one go about troubleshooting this?

Many thanks,
-T

Finally figured this out. Turned off Diskeeper's automatic
defrag and happy camping has resumed. Thank you all for the
tips you gave me on the original post.

-T

You can tell diskkeeper to defrag at specific times. It sounds like you had
it in idle mode, so it when the comp wasn't used for X seconds it began
working.

You don't need that kind of defrag regime, unless you are running some kind
of server.

BTW, I have seem this kind of behaviour with some spyware.