I have a Microsoft Optical mouse, about 6 years old. Most of the time, it works fine, but occasionaly, like now, I have to click 2-3 times to go to a link. I'll have trouble with it for a couple of days, then it returns to working properly. I'm wondering if it's the mouse, or Internet Explorer, because I've noticed that when I mouse over the link, it takes a few for the mouse cursor to turn into the hand right away. Anyone have any suggetions?

It's probably not the mouse. "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

If not the mouse, what is it?

One possibility is your system is being loaded down by malware or just too much stuff running. Check the msconfig startup tab. Use the following sites for help on determining unnecessary and malware software. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/sta... http://www.answersthatwork.com/Task... http://www.processlibrary.com/

Thanks for the links. I will check them out. What am I looking for in msconfig?

Give this page a read Gwen -- http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msc... Also, bring up task manager with Ctrl+Alt+Del and let us know how many processes are running (lower left corner). http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-... Skip

Thank you, Skip. I will read that link. Currently, there are 47 processes running.