mouse sliding all over the screen?

teddyteddy · 21-07-2013 01:24PM #1

its not got water damage. or any dust etc inside
it does it even when i plug the usb mouse in it dell laptop 14 months old.
never gave me a bit of bother till this
odd.:D
ps it just does it almost rendomly it may be great for a whole day and then it goes crazy for an hour or so . lol.

CreepingDeath · 21-07-2013 05:25PM

First I thought it could be the mouse on a shiny surface.
If you put an optical mouse on a reflective surface it can confuse it and the mouse can stray all over the screen by itself.

But maybe it's a fault with your touchpad in the laptop.
Maybe you can disable the touchpad?

teddyteddy · 21-07-2013 09:12PM

still the same........................ anoying il take it to a store tomorrow perhaps cheap fix?

B0X · 21-07-2013 09:15PM

Unless it's a really expensive mouse there's probably not much point in trying to get it fixed when you could pick up a new one for 7 or 8 euro.

Overheal · 22-07-2013 12:03AM

try booting from a linux live CD or even a windows recovery disc to see if the cursor does the same thing from a controlled environment. you can also try safe mode