[CS-FSLUG] OT: weird mouse behaviour

[Tim Young]

I have had similar behavior with Win98. After fiddling with it for a bit 
I simply reinstalled the computer. Reinstalling did fix it.

- Tim Young

Frank Bax wrote:

>At the non-profit where I provide all the IT support, I've come across a 
>wierd problem.  We got a dozen used IBM 300PL systems (P3-500) and deployed 
>them with Win98SE.  Units went into group homes run by the agency to be 
>used by staff.  At one home, after only a few minutes of using OpenOffice 
>(calc) any movement of the mouse would cause erratic behaviour such as 
>opening new windows, attempting to close others, scrolling to new areas of 
>spreadsheet etc.  I asked for the machine to be returned to my office for 
>analysis.  It worked flawlessly and was sent back where it immediately 
>acted up again.  We tried several different mice and no change.  Then I 
>found out the case was sitting on top if a mini refrigerator, so that was 
>moved to other side of the room.  Still no change.  The machine came back 
>to my office and I moved the hard drive into another case.  Staff report 
>that frequency of problem seems to be slightly reduced, but still a big 
>problem.  A friend mentioned that he had seen EM interference cause 
>problems if any expansion slots were left open; and his system worked 
>flawless when all holes in case were closed.  I visited the house and there 
>were no "holes" in the case.  Only case, monitor, desk lamp and radio 
>plugged into (surge suppression) power bar.  We plugged the monitor 
>directly into the wall outlet and unplugged the lamp and radio.  Mouse is 
>still erratic.  Any ideas?
>
>Frank
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