Wobbly mouse pointer

manveruppd · 29 Nov 2006 at 18:48

While I was browsing Logitech's Support FAQs looking for a solution to my other mouse problem I inadvertedly came upon a solution to another problem I had occassionally been having: a wobbly mouse pointer.

Now, I only get this very rarely so I never bothered finding a fix for it, but since I stumbled across it I thought I'd follow the link to the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article they linked to and apply the solution described there. However, when I followed its instructions and opened the mouse properties applet from Control Panel, I didn't find an "Enhance Pointer Precision" option anywhere in there! It was neither under the "Pointer Options" tab (which is just called "Pointer" in mine) as the KB article says, nor under "Motion" as XP's offline Help says.

After a while the penny dropped and I realised the reason I can't find it is because I'm not using XP's mouse control applet at all - I'm using Logitech's Mouseware! Unfortunately, it seems to have replaced the built-in Windows applet at all levels (even typing "control mouse" from the command prompt brings up Mouseware), so I don't know how to get to the XP version!

Any ideas?

manveruppd · 29 Nov 2006 at 18:53

It just occurred to me that this should've been in the Windows forum. Can a Don please move it? Sorry.

manveruppd · 30 Nov 2006 at 01:42

Well, I did go to Logitech's website and there doesn't seem to be anything more recent than Mouseware 9.79. I'd try the uninstall except I need MW to configure the extra buttons... isn't there a .dll of the XP applet that I can run manually or something?

manveruppd · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:20

Setpoint's just the driver for the bluetooth receiver, you still need MW. I did spot something called "advanced configuration utility for MW" on Logitech's website though! It doesn't re-enable the enhanced pointer precision option but it has all sorts of other useful stuff

manveruppd · 1 Dec 2006 at 14:58

Yep, it's probably replaced MW for newer models, but for my MX700 MW is still the only thing available according to their website.
As I said, I only get the wobbly pointer once every few days, and I have a wired mouse plugged into my keyboard PS2 port to use as a backup for when that happens, so if there's no easy way to fix it I'm not gonna bother experimenting