Freezing mouse

Hi, I have a Microsoft wheelmouse optical which keeps freezing.When it freezes I have to reboot which is a pain so I am hoping someone might have an idea what is causing this.
I am using XP Pro.
any help most appreciated,thanks

 

Happens to me sometimes as well but Im on XP Home.

Your arrow freezing on the screen?

 

The problem may not be the mouse. Do a ctrl-alt-delete to determine if there is any consistency when the mouse freezes. Also you may want to close all programs before rebooting.

 

Hi Georgie and Ken,
Thanks for the replies,and yes the arrow does freeze on the screen,I have a feeling that I may have have to do a repair as now the whole thing is freezing
Ken if it happens again I will try control alt delete and see what the hell is going on,once again thanks guys and I'll get back to you.
regards tric

 

Uninstall any special moseware you might have been tempted to install when you got that one eyed optical wonder. Reboot into safe mode and go to your control panel, device manager and remove all the mice you find nesting in there. Reboot normally and let Windows put your mouse back where it belongs - you're welcome.

 

Hi Guys,
Well as you can see I'm back and using an el-cheapo mouse that I bought at the local market.And it's NOT a microsoft one,optical, I plugged it in and away it went.
XP didn't even notice it was a different one so haven't even installed the software yet.I don't know whether to or not,it's working so what do you think?Leave it be or instal the software?
Thanks again for all your advice,must have got a faulty mouse from microsoft,how surprising! lol

 

OTOH. Or the flip side of the coin.

I run 98 SE and have two optical scrollwheel ( corded ) mice on here.

A USB 5 button MS Intellipoint ( which replaced a Logitech PS2 Trackball ) using its' software.

Also a 3 button PS2 Logitech using Widnows default drivers.

All live and work together very peacefully.

We use both ( Wife and I ) when playing Golf on the Internet with a Friend in Canada.

I also use PS2 when working in DOS.

But from experience I will agree that sometimes Mr. El Cheapo does work better than a Mr More Expensive.

BillyBob