Thanks Yvonne and James. I have done everything you suggested, but
still have the problem.
It may not occur for an hour, but then the mouse takes off on its own
accord and
it can take me a minute or two to gain control of it again and that is
with the use
of two mice. It's ridiculous. It's like the mouse is possessed !!
I did wonder if I had picked up a virus of some sort, but seems the
computer is
clean. My husband is the only person in the house and he has not a
clue about
computers. Also the white paper trick does not work.
I really think my only solution is to upgrade the Mac, as crazy as
that sounds.
Anyone else with any ideas please ?
Jewels
On 03/01/2010, at 6:35 AM, James Devenish wrote:
Hi Julie,
On 02/01/2010, at 10:11 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:
I have a problem with my mouse for the past year or so.
The problem is that my wired mouse sometimes takes off to the
bottom of the screen...I then bought a Microsoft one (has a plug
in USB so one can use without wires)...It is getting to the point
where it occurs every minute or so.
Sorry to hear of your long-term problem. You've obviously tried a
number of things to fix it. But in every case I've heard of, mouse
problems are due to a physical issues such as using an unsuitable
mouse pad (or lack of mouse pad), dirt on the bottom or inside the
mouse, or low batteries (for wireless mice).
As Yvonne suggested, I recommend you try the blank piece of paper
temporarily, to see if it makes a difference. Wood is not a good
surface for mice. For some people, the back of the mouse pad (i.e.,
the black rubbery side) works better. (But for some people, it makes
the problem worse. I'm just suggesting it as another last resort.)
The other thing is...and this is very unlikely...someone could have
played a prank on you. There are some prank programs that can be put
onto your computer that cause this to happen. I temporarily had one
installed on my own laptop just for fun (really) but I can't remember
the name of it.
You might also wish to resort to trying SteerMouse
<http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/>, which is a programme that lets
you adjust the motion sensitivity of your mice.
Alternatively, Mac OS X has a feature that allows you to control your
cursor with your keyboard (it's intended to help people who have
physical disabilities). You might like to enable this feature, so that
you can use the keyboard to move your mouse back to the middle of the
screen. To do this, open your "System Preferences", go into "Universal
Access", then click on the "Mouse & Keyboard" tab, and turn on "Mouse
Keys". To use Mouse Keys, you will need a full-size keyboard with a
numerical keyboard on the right, or enable "Num Lock" on a smaller
keyboard. Depends on your keyboard.
- James
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