My cursor has locked, paralysing my computer. I’ve tried restarting – no dice. I’ve changed my mouse. Still no go. Any thoughts? (I’m posting this via my iPad)
try a different usb port for the mouse.
Yep dunnit
pesce.del.giorno said:
Yep dunnit
Unplug the mouse completely?
Right, that’s it, you can fuck off.
Err, that may have been in the wrong thread.
sibeen said:
Right, that’s it, you can fuck off.
Seem harsh. He only wanted help with his mouse.
sibeen said:
Right, that’s it, you can fuck off.
That’s not what we normally tell our satisfied customers.
sibeen said:
Right, that’s it, you can fuck off.
Well he doesn’t come here that often anyway.
So by “yep dunnit” did pesce mean the problem is now solved?
What a forum. Send any sort of inquiry and within minutes you get both advice and abuse.
Bubblecar said:
So by “yep dunnit” did pesce mean the problem is now solved?
We’ll probably never ever know now.
LOL. I was going to say that the answer was sibeen.
pesce.del.giorno said:
My cursor has locked, paralysing my computer. I’ve tried restarting – no dice. I’ve changed my mouse. Still no go. Any thoughts? (I’m posting this via my iPad)
Can’t help much. My desktop cursor locks up about a minute or so after start-up about one time in two – I used to be able to time it to be the second time I opened a window after start up, but it’s become more unpredictable since then. In each case for me I’ve found that pressing the reset button (almost) always cures the problem. Shut down and start up doesn’t fix it but the reset button does.
I can only guess that it’s caused by some update or malicious software that loads each time I shut down the computer. For a complete solution you’d need to go to a computer repair professional.
have you googled the problem? i’ve used it to find most of my solutions.
ChrispenEvan said:
have you googled the problem? i’ve used it to find most of my solutions.
I’ve noticed.
Anyway, I had a locked cursor once. Way back when I fist got a computer with the old mouse. I hit the mouse and locked the button down. It locked the whole computer and it wouldn’t be fixed until I physically stuck a knife in the mouse and released the button.
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