W7 Bizarre Behaviour w/Wireless Laser Mouse 8000

[Ex_Brit]

I'm used to periodic lapses when Windows forgets that I have a Bluetooth mouse & keyboard but today's behaviour was really weird.
Fortunately I keep a wired mouse and keyboard strategically hidden just in case.

I just booted into W7 and noticed on the log-on screen that the mouse was behaving erratically - would judder around the screen rather than glide.

Anyway I uninstalled it once I'd booted up and went to reinstall it. It worked but Windows asked for a restart. This had never ever happened before. It even asked for the WEI to be refreshed! I've checked and I can't see anything different driver-wise. I've gone through the motions of uninstalling/reinstalling mouse and keyboard dozens of times but never had this happen.

Comments anyone?

 

[Lordbob75]

Have you updated anything lately? How about installing anything new?

Perhaps your mouse is running low on batteries?

~Lordbob

 

[Ex_Brit]

Nothing changed. Even if that were the case, why would a reinstall of the drivers cause a reboot?

 

[Jaqie]

check the little cavity where the mouse reads the surface, also check the mousing surface. Ive found through experience that when a mouse is acting all jittery and funny usually there is a hair there... As for the driver and reboot issue, I am not sure, but I *guess* that may be a separate issue.

 

[Ex_Brit]

I did already and it appeared to be clean. It's working fine now. Thanks anyway.

 

[Lordbob75]

Good to hear its working. Yeah a new install could require a reboot, but they don't usually force it.

~Lordbob

 

[skizo]

I did already and it appeared to be clean. It's working fine now. Thanks anyway.

What did you do to fix it?

Mine was doing the same thing (jittery movement) so I went to the MS support site and downloaded the actual driver for it (instead of whatever driver Win7 automatically used) which seems to have fixed the issue.

However, now I can't scroll with my wheel. I've gone to the Control Panel and adjust the sensitivity for the scrolling all the way up, and the proper boxes are ticked.

Any ideas?

 

[Ex_Brit]

I uninstalled and reinstalled as I said in my 1st post...by that I mean Intellipoint 7 and Intellitype Pro 7 software from the Microsoft Hardware site - look for Downloads.

 

[Lordbob75]

Mine was doing the same thing (jittery movement) so I went to the MS support site and downloaded the actual driver for it (instead of whatever driver Win7 automatically used) which seems to have fixed the issue.

However, now I can't scroll with my wheel. I've gone to the Control Panel and adjust the sensitivity for the scrolling all the way up, and the proper boxes are ticked.

Any ideas?

Its a beta.... That may be the problem. However, it might be bad drivers? Try downloading new ones and reinstall them.

~Lordbob

 

[skizo]

I went to uninstall the MS Intellipoint that I got from MS and that seems to have fixed everything up. Not sure what the difference is between before I installed it and after the uninstall but I'm not complaining.

A bit fearful to restart tho'.

 

[DiamondNRG]

I always use the versions from the MS hardware page, works fine on my laser desktop 8000 (both mouse and keyboard--- WHICH ROCKS by the way) never had a single issue since November (build 6801 though now).

 

[skizo]

I always use the versions from the MS hardware page, works fine on my laser desktop 8000 (both mouse and keyboard--- WHICH ROCKS by the way) never had a single issue since November (build 6801 though now).

I dunno if I could use a curved keyboard....

EDIT: Oh my, I just looked at the prices as well. No keyboard is that nice.

 

[Lordbob75]

I dunno if I could use a curved keyboard....

EDIT: Oh my, I just looked at the prices as well. No keyboard is that nice.

Don't knock it till you try it!

~Lordbob