Freezing Cursor

[zebo]

The cursor on my laptop is going through a period of freezing and I have to switch off then on to sort it. It's done this before for a while but then stopped doing it. No changes in anything I do on the laptop. Does anyone have an idea of what might be the cause/cure?


TIA

[youngmafbog]

Usually when the machine is processing heavy things. Do you have a lot of applications open at the time or an enormous excel spreadsheet?

Try running a cleanup program like Ccleaner (Free) to get rid of any rubbish hanging around.

[barry1010]

Try updating your mouse driver. If you don't know how, tell us what operating system your laptop has

[Hymie]

Have a wired USB mouse to hand – plug it in when the cursor freezes, to overcome the issue.

At least you then won’t lose any unsaved information through switching the laptop off.

[bhg481]

Alternatively, unplug the mouse sensor and plug it in to a different usb port - that will reset the driver.