Re: Sudden Abnormal mouse erratic behaviour
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:00:46 GMT, "newbie2000" <u36034@uwe> wrote:
>My computer, running WinXP Pro with 128 MB RAM
You're sure to hear "too little RAM", "XP needs 512M" (false), etc.
128M RAM will run XP OK, but it will be slow due to all the swapping.
Not all applications written for XP will work in 128M RAM.
So yes; more RAM would be better. I'd either add 256M (SDRAM) or 512M
(DDR/DDR2) or I'd replace your 128M with one of those and then add
your old 128M to another 128M or 256M RAM XP PC if you have one,
assuming it uses the same type of RAM.
But there are other things you can do...
- defrag, then set pagefile size to 512M (it's too low right now)
- if integrated graphics; CMOS Setup, allocate less RAM to this
- kill memory-wasters such as Fast User Switching
>Although normally it has to be double-clicked to open a file or
>folder, now it sometimes opens files/folders/e-mail with only one mouse
>click, not two. However, it is very inconsistent, sometimes requiring two
>clicks as normal, but sometimes requiring only one click.
I'd suspect a duff switch within the mouse that is double-triggering.
Some contexts are always one-click, e.g. toolbars such as Quick Launch
>Another symptom is that when a window is open, while browing the web, the
>scroll bar on the right is very herky-jerky, but sometimes not - again being
>inconsistent.
That may be performance-related; see stuff about low RAM above.
>Another symptom is that it when I try to capture text by holding down the
>mouse right-click button, it sometimes captures the text, but sometimes
>refuses to, or will capture only a a small part of the text. This occurs on
>web pages, but is even worse trying to capture text in this message I'm
>typing right now.
O...K...
>Also, when I click and hold on the to blue line of a window, such as this
>message I'm now typing, in order to move the non-maximized window, often
>instead of moving the window it'll open it completely.
By "blue line", do you mean the title bar? If so, this smells like
mouse double-triggering again.
>Also, when the cursor is placed at the edge of a non-maximized window to re-
>size it, it often will not re-size it. If I try repeatedly, sooner or later
>it will.
>I use latest AVG AntiVirus and update it at least daily, and did an entire
>system/computer scan, but am virus-free.
An on-demand scan of "the whole system" done within that ?infected
system is not what I would call an exclusionary test.
Google( Bart PE )
>I ran spy bot search and destroy, anti adware, pest control tools, anti
>spyware, anti rootkits, and also tried changing various mouse options but the
>problem is still happening.
Try a different mouse?
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