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When using my optical mouse, sometimes my pointer goes shooting in some weird direction...how do I fix this?

Update:

I'm really about twenty seconds from throwing this mouse out the third story window

Update 2:

Okay, seriously, I just want to stomp on this mouse and teach it how not to suck

Update 3:

thanks for the answers and help everyone. I really was about to loose faith in technology and slip into a depression

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Try to use the mouse on a different surface, this might help. Do you have a mouse pad?

  • 1 decade ago

    If it is a laser pointer, you need a mouse pad. Before I purchased my 3 doller mouse pad it would go in any direction but the one I wanted. Best 3 dollers spent.

  • 1 decade ago

    You might have lifted it slightly and if its a cheap mouse it would jump like that. or just the quality of the mouse is no good. 40$+ for good ones. also check all your connections.

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