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Name: Ewen
After boot-up and the desktop appears the arrow pointer is always in the middle of the screen which is normal. Occasionally the moment I move the arrow to commence work windows will open all over the screen and in rapid succession. As I move the arrow they will open and close all over the desktop area. The only way I can shutdown/reboot is to use the windows key to bring up the Start menu and then use the arrow keys to direct the arrow to the Shutdown/Restart buttons. What strange bug is causing this?
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Ewen, do you have a bunch of unneeded extras in your start menu? Find a list of 'musts' @:
http://www.castlecops.com/startup_c...
or
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
or
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/sta...
Another thought is a virus or trojan/worm. Scan.
HTH.
Ed in Texas.
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Bad mouse.
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Thankyou Ed and Seawatch.
I visited Bleeping Computer as you suggested and there does not seem to be anything unusual in my Start Menu or Startup.My mouse is a Microsoft cordless job (as is the keyboard) and it seems to be operating OK. I replaced the batteries in both units just in case.
As I said the problem is infrequent and as a result it is hard to pinpoint.
Thank you for your replies
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seawatch is probably right. Have you tried a regular ps2 or usb optical mouse?
Try it and let us know if you still have the problem.Other than that, you can scan your PC for malware using:
Ccleaner Slim
Malwarebytes
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Thankyou XPUser4Real... I borrowed a usb optical mouse which I am using at the moment. So far nothing has happened but as I said it is infrequent and I may have to experiment for some time before it will happen again.
Thank you for your reply
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Wireless mice on a desktop are sometimes not the best choice ;)
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The USB mouse is working well (so far)... but according to Murphy's law the system will act up the minute I revert. I guess that will prove a point then!
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Try changing the channel the mouse is using. Maybe it's overlapping with another user's mouse.
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Thanks eli2k but i"m not on any network and I'm the sole user. Your suggestion is appreciated though.
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