Whoops! Another little problem. When I bring the computer out of standby by
jiggling the mouse, the cursor sometimes freezes. This is easily fixed by
putting the computer back into standby and bringing it out again using the
keyboard.
Any ideas about what's causing this and the monitor problem?
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ray124c41
"ray124c41" wrote:
> The bad news is that ultimately the mouse failed again. The good news is
> that I solved the problem by taking the mouse to Best Buy where a
> knowledgable young man plugged it into a computer there and voila!, the
> cursor froze! So I bought this terrific wireless optical mouse (Logitech
> LX7) which has worked perfectly since I installed it.
>
> In fact, the installation has turned out to be better than perfect. The
> system response has sped up enormously! The various windows now build almost
> instantaneously in many cases. Up to now my PC has been kind of a dog. (My
> daughter has said unkind things about it on numerous occasions.)
>
> The old mouse was a PS/2 mouse that came with my HP Pavilion 734n computer.
> The new mouse, of course, uses a USB port (instead of the PS/2 port). Could
> the old mouse have been preventing, or unable to take advantage of, hardware
> acceleration?
>
> The only slight problem remaining is that when the PC comes out of standby,
> the monitor shuts off so that I have to push the button on the front of it to
> turn it on. This behavior started after the old mouse began to fail and
> persists with the installation of the new mouse. Any ideas?
>
> As to the drivers, I recently rebuilt my hard drive and installed the latest
> HP recommended nVidia drivers in preparation for the SP2 upgrade. Whether
> there are more recent driver updates, I can't say. I will check out the
> manufacturer's website.
> --
> ray124c41
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
> > "ray124c41" <ray124c41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> > > It worked, but I had to set the hardware acceleration down another notch.
> > > Thanks again.
> >
> > > "ray124c41" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I was having the same problem. The cursor either froze or disappeared.
> > >> Rebooting and/or reinstalling the mouse driver only worked temporarily.
> > >>
> > >> I have winxp pro sp2 as well. However, I found the hardware acceleration
> > >> slider in 'Display Properties/Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot'. It was
> > >> set on
> > >> full. I reduced it a notch.
> > >>
> > >> I have my fingers crossed. If I remember, I will post the result as soon
> > >> as
> > >> it's apparent what it is. Thanks for the info.
> >
> > >> "Bob I" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Reduce Hardware Acceleration in Display Properties, Settings,
> > >> > Troubleshooting.
> > >> >
> > >> > Day wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > well i test it with a new mouse
> > >> > > no luck so i most have a conflict
> > >> > > somewhere
> >
> > You might want to update the video card drivers, if they are not the most
> > recent release.
> >
> > --
> > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
> >
> >