Mouse stops working while playing Starcraft

[metallizepp]

Last night my world came to a crashing halt....

During one of my Starcraft benders, I noticed that the mouse pointer was jumping and freezing momentarily, and it always came back to a ready state, but on one occasion, it just froze completely.  After three reboots, my mouse began operating again, and I was able to reload the game.  After less than five minutes, the mouse stopped working again, and froze my pc cold. (Not quite a BSOD, but close enough).  Naturally, I got upset! I have uninstalled and reinstalled my drivers, (Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical, Intellipoint 4.0) and that did not solve the problem.  I have run my anti-virus software (to make sure I dont have a hidden problem) and nothing, SpyBot, and repaired my registry... All to no effect...  This is a perplexing problem, and I would appreciate any help!

Pentium 3 1.4GhZ
256 MB RAM
Onboard 32 MB Ram NVIDIA 3200 Video Card
Onboard Sound Card
(hey dont blame me, its a DELL!)

This is my first post, so plz hang in there with me if all of the needed info is not there.....

[Fed]

Try a different mouse, PS2 is best.

[metallizepp]

I have tried both the USB/Ps2 ports for the wheel mouse, have also used a MS Wireless Web Mouse, and Logitech 5 button mouse.. all with no avail

[Fed]

Does the problem only occur with this game?

[metallizepp]

As it just started happening last night, I am going to say "yes".. I also play Knight Online, and am afraid to try and launch it lest this mouse prob leaves me hanging...

[Fed]

I have tried both the USB/Ps2 ports for [highlight]the[/highlight] wheel mouse

Was this using the same mouse in different ports by using an adaptor?

have also used a MS Wireless Web Mouse, and Logitech 5 button mouse.. [highlight]all with no avail [/highlight]

Did these result in exactly the same problem?

[metallizepp]

yes.. I tried the MS Optical mouse in both USB and Ps2 using the supplied adapter, and the Wheel Web mouse and Logitech mouse were both strictly USB.

Yes, the same problem occured with all of the hardware.. pointer freezes in the game, and I must ALT+F4 to exit it, and then the mouse pointer is frozen on my desktop, exact center.

[Fed]

So you haven't really tried an alternative PS2 mouse yet?
Are the USB ones jumping around or just freezing?

[metallizepp]

No that is true, I havent tried a different Ps2 mouse, only because I dont have a dedicated one.. so I cant test the adapter...

And the USB mice dont jump.. they just freeze in-game... although I did just experience a jump while running IE..

[Fed]

See if you can borrow a working PS2 mouse to try.

[metallizepp]

Thanks Fed.. Will let you know how that turns out

[metallizepp]

Since last post:

Have tried alternate mouse - generic Ps2 - no difference

Have now experienced problems in Knight Online, IE and other programs where mouse freezes and whole computer stops responding.. always results in numerous reboots...

Have updated Intellipoint software to v5.5, no improvements..

also have noticed a pause from BIOS screen to welcome screen (WINXP Home), and I am not able to locate autoexec.bat or config.sys file to see if there are any changes..  

Any ideas?

[Fed]

What operating system are you running?
Does it happen in safe mode?
Does it happen while you are NOT connected to the internet?

Now that we are fairly sure there is nothing wrong with your mouse I'm thinking you may have a trojan.

[tysdad14009]

I too have this problem. I have tried  usb, and ps2 mice. After 2 to 3 reboots, It works. I am running Windows XP Home. all updates and patches installed. The mouse works, but the image of the pointer freezes. :-?

[GX1_Man]

tysdad,

This is referred to as "thread hijacking" as even though the problems seem the same the causes can be different as well as the solutions. We do not penalize for first time offenses.  

Have you tried the aboe steps?