Mouse Lag

[djpaige9]

Brand new computer, Windows 7 Home Premium (replacing an earlier Windows 7 Home Premium computer)

I find that when I move the scroll-wheel on my mouse, or click on something, occasionally there is a lag in time before the action happens (although most of the time there is no lag).

Specifically, I am not seeing the lag moving the mouse left, right, up or down. However, sometimes, I will move the scroll wheel, expecting the browser window or other application window to scroll almost immediately. Sometimes, the window doesn't scroll for 3-4 seconds, and then scrolls the expected amount.

Similarly, on occasion, I will click on something in my browser or other application, and a similar lag appears, where the action doesn't happen until 3-4 seconds after the click.

And then most of the time, it works properly.

The mouse I am using worked properly on my previous computer. To check the possibility that the mouse itself is the problem, I fired up a wireless bluetooth mouse, and the same behavior was observed with the bluetooth mouse.

Please advise me on how to fix this issue.

 

[marsmimar]

If you haven't already done so you might want to go to Control Panel > Mouse and experiment with the various mouse settings.



You probably have a Synaptics driver installed for the mouse. You could check for latest update and also look through some of the suggested troubleshooting tips.

FAQs and Troubleshooting | Synaptics

 

[madcratebuilder]

Is the rodent wired, wireless, usb, ps2? Current drivers? I would use the latest ms mouse driver, 7.1 I think. It should work with a generic rodent.

 

[djpaige9]

If you haven't already done so you might want to go to Control Panel > Mouse and experiment with the various mouse settings.

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You probably have a Synaptics driver installed for the mouse. You could check for latest update and also look through some of the suggested troubleshooting tips.

FAQs and Troubleshooting | Synaptics

Which of these settings could cause or eliminate the lag I am seeing?

 

[djpaige9]

Is the rodent wired, wireless, usb, ps2? Current drivers? I would use the latest ms mouse driver, 7.1 I think. It should work with a generic rodent.

The mouse is wired. It seems that on this brand new computer, the driver is 6.1 and when I click on "Update Driver", I get the message that the driver is up to date.

I do see when I look in the control panel that there are two mouse drivers listed, both with driver version 6.1. Could that be a problem?

 

[djpaige9]

Today, I used the computer in safe mode for a few hours, and no sign of a lag or other mouse problem. So it's not the mouse, and it must be a conflict with some driver somewhere. Now the problem is to identify that driver.