Having trouble with my curser disappearing while working.

[Griceman1]

I am having trouble when I am working on a Word doc, I will be typing and all
of a sudden, the page stops accepting my words. The curser disppears and I
have to click back into the document to resume my work. I can also press ALT
+ ESC to my work. This is very annoying and I cannot figure out how to fix
it. It just started happening recently. Can anyone help? I think that it also
happens in other applications as well, not just Word.

 

[John Butler]

Reinstall the mouse software - eg. intellipoint 6.2, re-apply the mouse
settings and reboot.
John

 

[Griceman1]

The mouse is a Micrsoft wireless mouse. I use it on my laptop because I had
the computer worked by a friend and he forgot to replug the built in mouse.
Anyway, i really can't reinstall it because XP automatically reads the mouse
when i plug it in to the USB. Any other thoughts? Or could this mouse be
going bad? I might replace the battery and see if that helps. Thanks for your
reply. I feel like it might be something with the settings on this computer
though, it has done this twice since i've been typing this reply???

 

[John Butler]

You can reinstall the software using the existing mouse Intellipoint will
install it and ask for a reboot. When back in windows you will get a page to
configure the mouse.
Check for battery problem by shielding the receiver and see if that stops
the mouse.
If there is a built in laptop mouse check the mouse settings in Control
panel. you may need to reinstall it.
John