How to stop mouse "pausing". - Super User

How to stop mouse "pausing".

2009-11-01T20:08:51Z

My Microsoft mouse recently stopped working, so I purchased an AOpen O-35G, plug and play. No software came with it and I was advised to "just plug it in". I did this, and it worked, although some of the more advanced features do not work.

My problem is that now the mouse cursor hesitates occasionally, and then over shoots the target I selected. This never happened before. It seems to happen when I am using the mouse and a browser window reloads.

Does anyone know how to change this? It is very annoying.

XP Pro SP3

Thanks.

EDIT: It is not a problem of dust or a hair. I have contacted the Manufacturere and they are not responding. I have the mouse attached to my computer via a powered USB hub. I am going to try plugging it in directly to see if that makes a difference.

Answer by Jared Harley for How to stop mouse "pausing".

2009-11-01T20:22:11Z

I would recommend installing AOpen's driver for the mouse and see if that helps.

Other than that, I would check to see if there is something blocking the optical sensor on the bottom - mine frequently acts strange, and I'll find a single cat hair across the sensor, driving the mouse nuts.

Also try a different mouse pad or surface for the mouse. Some mice are particular about the type of surface they're on, whether they're too reflective, not enough patterns, etc.

If all else fails, I have always enjoyed using Microsoft mice. You can pick up a wireless or wired laser mouse for pretty cheap these days, like the Microsoft Wireless Laser 5000.

Answer by Dan Revell for How to stop mouse "pausing".

2009-11-01T20:37:44Z

This probably isn't going to help you much but there are some shockingly bad mice out there. I'm rather picky with mine and I've come across things like this. I tend to just not use stuff that does that.

Answer by Gnoupi for How to stop mouse "pausing".

2009-11-24T16:45:35Z

According to your link, this mouse is said to be ps2 and USB compatible.

Try eventually to plug it directly on a ps2 port (if you have one), to see if the problem wouldn't be from this. I have memories of some Logitech mouse jumping, blocking this way, when it was plugged on usb and not ps2.

In general, give as well a try on another computer, if you have the occasion. If the problem is the same, then probably it's a hardware issue, and it will be hard to fix in another way than sending to mouse back to manufacturer (or seller).

Answer by Matthijs P for How to stop mouse "pausing".

2009-11-28T19:35:33Z

I had a similar problem on my laptop on XP Home SP3 with my USB mouse stalling. After some investigations with process explorer it turned out to be a process called hotkey.exe. This came with my Toshiba laptop. Killing it fixed the annoying problem for me. I did not really manage to find out how to uninstall it, but you can disable it starting up in msconfig.

Otherwise, start task manager and sort on CPU usage. You can see if any application has a CPU spike just after your mouse ´pause´.

Answer by Xavierjazz for How to stop mouse "pausing".

2009-12-07T18:48:42Z

Thanks all.

I finall got a response from A-Open:

"Our mouse is not supported for FireFox".

Cheap mouse.

Answer by DC202 for How to stop mouse "pausing".

2010-03-19T19:38:55Z

Interesting that many posters have advised Xavier to get a decent mouse ... well I have a Microsoft Laser keyboard/mouse and I'm having the same problem. It's very annoying.