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OK, a weird thing happened to my main 'puter overnight. Running Windows XP home. My mouse is "stuck" to one spot on the screen. When I try to drag the mouse, with or without holding any of the mouse buttons down, it starts to move across the screen but quickly "snaps back" to its original location. I've tried using a different mouse in both the PS2 plug and the USB plug with no change.
Needless to say -- Very frustrating! Any ideas? It was working fine 9 hours ago.
Have you tried restarting? 'Cause that's all I've got.
I did and it didn't help. But I'll leave it powered down and try again this evening.
Try Add/Remove Hardware and reinstall the mouse drivers? It should be possible to do without actually using the mouse....
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I just ordered a refurbished iBook! WOO! Thanks everybody for your advice and guidance!!! I'm sure I'll have many more questions when I actually get the thing.
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Good lord. We're getting a Mac Mini here to replace a co-worker's PowerMac 7600 (yes, you read that right). We're not getting a monitor from Apple, because -- expensive -- and the purchasing manager just asked me "To be sure, I can order a regular monitor that will not need any device to hook up to the mac, right?"
All I need to tell her is that any new monitor will work with the Mini, right? I don't need to get into "DVI" and other terms that will just confuse her?
All I need to tell her is that any new monitor will work with the Mini, right? I don't need to get into "DVI" and other terms that will just confuse her?
Yes. Although there is a resolution limit. And even though my 1600x1200 DVI LCD monitor falls within those limits it still doesn't display right on the Mini.
Any normal-sized monitor will work fine. If she's gonna used a big monitor, check the specs at apple.com.
The Mini has a DVI output, but it has an adapter for regular VGA.
Any normal-sized monitor will work fine. If she's gonna used a big monitor, check the specs at apple.com.
Yeah, it'll be a normal-sized monitor, prolly a 19-inch CRT.
Huh. I remember when 19-inch was
huge....