I hear 'ya brother.....frustrating!
No matter how competent you might become with these infernal digital brains,
there is always another level of mystery
that can rise up and bite you.
I have a son in IT, and passed your problem along for his view of this
miscreant laptop. Here is his answer:
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Hi Dad;
Hard to say for sure -- interesting problem.
My initial thought is that the integrated mouse pad may be fighting
with the external mouse -- he' has tried many of the logical things
already, so maybe try disabling the integrated mouse pad and see if
that helps.
--Don
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Typical brief but succinct answer.
Just like diagnosing a perplexing tuning problem, you have to go through the
steps logically and one at a time.
I hope this helps!
Best of luck,
Dave
> change in results. Has anyone experienced anything like this? Any one
> have any other ideas on what might be wrong? Or how to repair? While I
> don't know exactly how it works, I suspect the interrupt handler for the
> mouse is befarkled somehow. The laptop has a touch pad which works
> perfectly fine... Could a small elecronic component failure do this?
> Alas, I am lost in these matters.. The mouse that was attached was a
> ball type and the current one is a optical..all with the same
> indications. Even tried a USB mouse with a PS2 adapter...same thing.
> Also tried the USB mouse directly with the same results...
>
> Oops, I am using Win XP PRO, SP2. forgot to add that if it is important.
>
> mayf, anxiousl;y awaiting
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