Wandering cursor

On my WinXP pro machine, the cursor has a habit of wandering at will. I could just be sitting there watching the screen, without touching anything, and the cursor will start to travel. Or I could be moving the cursor with the mouse, and ias soon as I stop moving it, it'll start to go somewhere else. This is really annoying. Anyone know what's causing this and how to fix it?

 

Make sure it's clean. If it's an optical mouse, tip it over and blow on the eye. All it takes is a piece of lint or a hair and they'll do all sorts of funny things. If it's a wireless mouse, posibbly repace the batteries?

 

Is this a wireless mouse? If so, you could be getting "commands" from your neighbor. Somewhere on the units, you will find a switch to change frequencies. Give it a try!

 

Yeah, it was the batteries.
Many thanks to you and the others who responded.

 

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