Problems with optical mouse

[SDP2006]

My Dell Optical mouse has suddenly started to do weird things. When I resize a window, It freely moves it as opposed to dragging the corners and moving it. It also is kinda "sticky" its movement, that is.

Any tips? Suggestions?

[oracleguy]

What kind of surface are you using it on?

Optical mice don't work correctly on clear surfaces, or surfaces that are 1 color or highly repetivtive. If any of the above are true, it can't determine how much it moved correctly.

[SDP2006]

I'm using a mouse pad that came with the computer. Plastic, about 2cm thick, foam bottom, i've been using it for two weeks, no problems until now.

tHANKS

[liorean]

Well, it could be that you have gotten dirt on the lenses. I've had problems like this from that.

It's also possible, if you have a battery driven mouse, that the batteries are getting weak.

[Celtboy]

check the lens, as previously mentioned. Do the buttons stick on the mouse as well?

if not wireless, make sure cord is A-OK.

try mouse on different surface...that will let u know if problem is mouse or mousepad.