[iyonix-support] Re: Why does cursor sometimes freeze on startup

In message <4f7633afc7tim@xxxxxxxxx>
          Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <4f762ae7bfIan_Hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Hamilton
> <Ian_Hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [Snip]

> SOME..

>> Optical mice are unreliable if operated on certain background patterns.
>> I found changing one mouse mat for another made a huge difference.

> Mouse mat? Optical Mouse? Chalk? Cheese?

> A decent optical mouse will work on a sheet of white paper. I have three:
> Logitech, Microsoft, and "Made in China" and they all work on everything
> I have tried, with one exception.

I've had a couple of problems with optical mice not working properly 
on a mouse mat with a red and black pattern. They work on the black 
bits, not on the red. Mice will vary of course...

> The only surface ever to cause a problem here (when experimenting) was a
> clean mirror. A dusty one worked fine!  :-)



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Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
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http://www.nckc.org.uk/

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