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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Computer Annoyance
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 18:06:53 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     I use different mice for my two laptops, and they are the same make and 
model.

     The cursor has jumped again a few minutes ago.

Chris

>
>I¹ve had a couple of Macs develop that issue. In both cases, the mouse had
>gone bad. Buying a new mouse fixed it.
>
>
>>     Both of the Win7 laptops that I've built up have an annoying problem
>>known as "jumping cursor syndrome", where the cursor jumps from here to
>>there for no reason at all, and it's not just me.  Seems to be a chronic
>>problem with numerous Win7/8/9/10 users.  There are sll sorts of remedies
>>suggested, none of which have worked for me.  So, I downloaded the
>>Synaptics touchpad driver and started the process of uninstalling the one
>>that came with Win7 and installing the downloaded one.
>>
>>     When I uninstalled the Synaptics driver, I found that the touchpad
>>still worked, and then it dawned on me that perhaps the resident Dell
>>touchpad driver was still functioning, suggesting that the two drivers
>>were interfering with each other.
>>
>>     I did not reinstall the Synaptics driver, and while I have been
>>typing this email the cursor has not jumped once, whereas it would have
>>done so at least once, perhaps three times.
>>
>>     This was also a problem with WinXP, and the solution to that was to
>>install Logitech Mouseware, which solved the problem.  There is no
>>version of Mouseware available for Win7, but it does not matter as the
>>problem seems to have been the conflicting touchpad drivers.
>>
>
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