Non Links question but computer related

[Harpo]

I noticed in the last week my mouse pointer movement will slow down for a while and then go back to normal speed. Have anyone else had this problem before? Have not loaded any new software.

Forgot to add, my mouse is wired.

[Harpo]

Just switched USB ports and seems to be better. Will see if it lasts.

[Johnny777]

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[JackRussellTerror]

try another mouse Jim, if possible ?
then you'll know if its your mouse or something else ...

thoroughly clean mouse pad and bottom of mouse .

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[Echoes]

I noticed in the last week my mouse pointer movement will slow down for a while and then go back to normal speed. Have anyone else had this problem before? Have not loaded any new software.

Forgot to add, my mouse is wired.

Win 11? 24H2? If so the last update might be your culprit. If not... reinstalling drivers can't hurt.

[quote="JackRussellTerror"]
thoroughly clean mouse pad and bottom of mouse .

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You still using a ball mouse jack?

[Harpo]

Win 10. I play a lot of Legend of Grimrock 2 and slowed down while playing that but then got some kind of chime and mouse went back to normal. Also, one time it did it with nothing open ( the chime thing) and my background screen went black. Very puzzling and annoying. I am using a Microsoft IntelliMouse USB wired which I have used for ages and works great for Links. Just looked and have 7 other mice in the cabinet, 4 new but none that I want to have to get used to. May try one just to see if it is the mouse or something else causing the problem.

I have been playing all the stuff I normally play and just started a week or so now. I looked and windows did not install any new mouse drivers.

[JackRussellTerror]

You still using a ball mouse jack?

all this reminds me of the Links Tour Forum 20 years ago where Phillip King posted his adventures in cleaning his mouse ! hillarious ......... a balled mouse LOL. I've kept a copy of Phillip's post on my HDD for all these years

Phillip King:
"It all started when ... I was sitting down to play a round of Links. Ahhh, got a few minutes while the wife and kids are out - perfect time to settle into a b/n/f round at Pebble. Got a beer. Sat down in my favourite chair. Rebooted the box for good measure and away we go ... or so I thought.

As the computer was booting, figured I should clean the mouse - I play PowerSwing and sometimes it helps. Undid the back of the mouse and, [censored] it, the little ball falls out and rolls across the floor. I put the mouse back down (upside down) to go looking for the ball, but the button clicks when I put it down, and the computer locks. Oh well, fix that later, got to find that [censored] mouse ball.

I get down on my hands and knees and begin searching. I find dog hair, paper clips, a CD, carpet fuzz, raisins and an old car phone, but no mouse ball. Where could the [censored] thing have gone? I look under the desk. More raisins. More dog hair. No mouse ball. I look under the bookcase and I see it - aha, finally! I reach under to get it. Can't quite reach. I get a ruler but I don't have room to turn the ruler over, so I spend a few minutes sliding the ruler back and forth under the ball. Despite my best efforts, now the ball is farther under the bookcase and I can't get the ruler out either. No problem, I'll tilt the bookcase back just enough to reach in and get the mouse ball. Bad idea. I should've paid more attention in grade 9 physics, especially when they told us that part about "every action has a reaction" or some such nonsense. Anyways, I tilted the bookcase, but the books in the bookcase all shifted the other way. Well all those books must weigh somewhat more than I would’ve figured, because I looked up just in time to see the entire seven foot high bookcase come crashing down on me. Being pummelled by about 400 hardcovers may seem a bit painful, but I assure you it was nothing compared to the punishment administered by the bookcase itself.

I cleaned up the books, righted the bookcase, bandaged my cheek and left eye, made a mental note to repair the corner of the antique mahogany desk that got chipped off by the bookcase as it was falling and picked up the mouse ball, which was easy to retrieve as it was now sitting up nicely on the carpet where the bookcase used to be. I put the mouse ball back into the mouse. Ready to go. But the computer was still frozen. No problem. Reboot again. Windows 95 did not exit properly ... blah, blah, blah ... may have errors ... blah, blah, blah ... press any key to run scandisk. Fine. Scandisk reports that some fragments were converted to files ... blah, blah, blah ... skip undo ... delete files. Deleting these files is always the way I go, because I’ve never had any success in retrieving them. I don’t even take a breath before I hit that delete option. In this case, however, the deleting seemed to be taking a long time. An awfully long time. In fact, I had time to get another beer and, when I got back, scandisk was still deleting files. By the time it was finished, I was rebooted into DOS and I was at a blank screen with nothing but a C:\ prompt. Well, it’s been a while since I saw a C:\ prompt, but I remember my old DOS commands. So I type in dir c:\. There is now only one file on my hard disk - scandisk.exe.

Well, my computer needed a good reformatting, I tried to tell myself, so I reformatted the hard disk, reinstalled Windows 95 and all of my applications. I tried not to think about all the lost data files as I reinstalled the last of my programs. No need to worry about getting arrested for software piracy now - all the applications for which I did not have back up disks were gone forever. I defragged after installing all the application software and then ran scandisk for good measure. No problem - all clear. Finally.

Just as I’m about to double-click on the familiar Links LS icon, the phone rings. As I reach over to answer the phone, I catch my new cashmere sweater on the now jagged corner of my antique desk, ripping a hole in the elbow the size of a coaster. Grrrrrrr. I answer the phone. It’s a wrong number, but the guy swears at me just the same. I slam down the phone, knocking my half full beer over. Beer flows down the desk and onto my keyboard, resulting in a small but impressive light show coming from between the keys. I mop up the beer on my desk with my tattered sweater and hang the keyboard upside down, draining the excess beer back into the bottle. The accuracy of the drainage is quite good and I am pleased that I am now doing something right. Perhaps it is the beginning of a trend.

I load up Links. First drive - 210 yard into the water. Tee it up again for three. 220 yards into the water again. What the hell could possibly be wrong now? [censored]. Forgot to clean the mouse ball. I was taking apart the mouse for the second time when the wife and kids got home. The wife looked at the computer, saw me at the first tee and asked "Are you playing that stupid game again?". "No," I answered, "not really".




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[MasterMontgomery]

Jim it looks like your mouse is working. Nice scores and
in c/c also.


Doug

[Harpo]

Jim it looks like your mouse is working. Nice scores and
in c/c also.


Doug

Tks Doug, Still not hitting the snap as much as my old mouse but made some nice chip-ins. Missed a couple str8 in puts in c/c but pleased with my scores there as I haven't played c/c in a little while. I was supposed to get my new mouse today. (Razer Cobra Wired Gaming Mouse). If it comes tomorrow I may just finish with the mouse I am using now.

[GoesForIt]

I noticed in the last week my mouse pointer movement will slow down for a while and then go back to normal speed. Have anyone else had this problem before? Have not loaded any new software.

Forgot to add, my mouse is wired.

It's likely that you've got a background process running during links. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del and then select Task Manager. Watch it for awhile and see which processes jump to the top taking up CPU cycles. If you have something like McAfee or Norton running real-time anti-virus or Personal Data Cleanup, it may be coming on at certain times to make checks.

I'm fortunately enough to have a pretty much unprotected desktop and since I only use it for Links, don't worry too much about virus protection.

[Harpo]

Yeah, I kind of looked at that first to see if something was hogging the process. It would have been something new as a haven't loaded anything new that might cause it. After trying 2 different mice, I have not had any problem since. Don't make much sense to me. Have not tried a round yet with the new mouse. I'm sure there will be some adjustment to my snap. But thanks for the suggestion.

I only use window's defender for protection.

[pmgolf]

I used to run an app called "EndItAll" before playing Links. It would close all unnecessary apps that were running. Try doing a search for that App or one like it, and you will probably be able to find something that's Free - or maybe your mouse will continue behaving! Good luck!

Pete

[GoesForIt]

Also in Options > Game Settings make sure "Stop everything while swinging" is checked.