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- From: kulokari@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Hannu Kulokari)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: Haywire mouse problem
- Keywords: windows mouse
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.123134.6688@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 12:31:34 GMT
- References: <cording.726282106@sorokin>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- Lines: 22
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- In <cording.726282106@sorokin> cording@sorokin.anu.edu.au (Dean Cording) writes:
-
- >We have been experiencing a problem with Windows 3.1 where the mouse goes
- >haywire. It becomes super-sensitive to movement in one direction and
- >un-sensitive to movement in the other direction. It also appears to start
- >sending spontanious mouse clicks. As a result the mouse jumps all over the
- >screen and causes windows to popup, close, change size, and generally cause
- >chaos. The condition can only be cleared by exiting Windows and restarting.
- >No other operations in Windows are affected.
-
- Is the mouse connected to a PS/2 style mouse port (actually the keyboard
- controller)? If so, try using a serial mouse. In our experience, this usually
- solves the problem.
-
- I cannot begin to guess the real cause of the problem. Maybe the
- present software environment places too many demands on the keyboard
- controller (handling the keyboard, handling the A20 line, handling the
- mouse). On some machines we have seen erratic keyboard behaviour
- ("stuck" shift keys etc.), also outside Windows.
-
- Hannu Kulokari
- CC, U of Helsinki
-