I am using a standard tower computer with an ASUS K8N motherboard and AMD 64
Athlon CPU with 1.5G of PC3200 DDR 400MHz ram. My OS is XP Home, Apparently
there is no fix for this problem as the Microsoft basic Optical Mouse is junk.

"Alessandra" wrote:

> I have read that the issue is related to the Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100
> motherboard / keyboard / accupoint and that it is not related to the mouse. I
> have used other types of mice and also just the built-in accupoint and the
> problem remains. I have reinstalled XP and the problem remains.
> http://www.notebookforums.com/printthread.php?t=15393
>
> I just have to live with it. Pressing ALT and using the keyboard, leaving
> the mouse alone, seems to help a bit.
>
> "Gaudium" wrote:
>
> >
> > Apparently there is nothing you can do to solve the problem, this appears to
> > be a gift from Microsoft to all users of there Basic optical mouse no matter
> > what kind of computer or programming, I hope I am wrong on this point but
> > after reading all of the screams for help maybe we should all just drop our
> > Basic Optical Mice into the closest trash can.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Gaudium" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a new Microsoft basic optical mouse that appears to get lost on my
> > > desk top.
> > > The arrow travels on its own to the top right corner, or to the bottom left
> > > corner. It does not happen always, but it's very, frequent, I have changed
> > > the mouse connections from a USB port to the PS/2 connector without
> > > improvements or changes. I have attempted to upgrade my software with out
> > > luck. My OS is Microsoft XP home and I have a standard desk top computer.
> > >