----- Original Message -----
From:  CHALIE GONZALEZ "TROUBLE SHOOTER" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List"
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] MS Optical Mice


> You don't mention the OS but
> I ran across this on my friends pc. on an XP OS  and found that by going
> to START, CONTROL PANEL, PRINTERS AND OTHER HARDWARE DEVICES, click on
> MOUSE, in the MOUSE PROPERTIES click on POINTER OPTIONS, and in the MOTION
> section move the SPEED SLIDER DIAL all the way over to fast and CHECK the
> box marked ENHANCE POINTER PRECISION. Then click APPLY and OK.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Lendrim
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:03 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] MS Optical Mice
>
>
>> My favorite mice are MS optical mice. I have bought a few, the latest a
>> "Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse".
>>
>> But, in order to use them, I tape a piece of ordinary white printer paper
>> to the desk to act as a "mouse pad". If I don't do that, I find the mice
>> to be unreliable, the cursor moving erratically or not at all. Just now,
>> I tried my simulated wood desk top and a black mouse pad. The optical
>> mouse is unusable on both. This is true with all my MS Optical Mice. Used
>> on the white paper, they operate perfectly. Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> Has anyone else noticed this, know why it happens, or have a different
>> fix?
>>
>> Thanks, Bob Lendrim
>>
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