I have NEVER had this happen to me. Alan and I just stood there looking at the computer screen which NEVER stopped jumping.

Did a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRXJD61HA_Q

Now if any of you can tell me WHY this was happening, you go to the head of the class.

I finally figured it out, and it was fixed.

But oh my goodness, 30 minutes of jumping screen. Alan went nuts, looked at me and I said "Don't look at me," And our hands were no where near the computer.

So who wants to go to the had of the class.

When you all have tried to figure out what happened, I'll post the answer.

You'll all laugh.

Melody

I'll give it a shot. or a couple of shots...

dirty mouse/scroll wheel/ bad connections??

an update is needed for the computer or that program?

I couldn't tell what program/window it was happening with -or if it was all programs or all browsers. {computer wide or a program specific problem}

BINGO, Jo goes to the head of the class.

Earlier in the day I knocked over a cup of water (right on the mouse, it's an optical mouse). So I dried everything off. The liquid never hit the keyboard, only the mouse and mouse pad.

So I dried it all off, went to do something, time passed, (never told Alan about the spill by the way), so he sits down and yells "Something is wrong with the computer".

I sigh and go "okay, hold on".

I walk over and the screen is jumping ALL over the place. No matter how I held the mouse, the screen jumped.

So we were sitting and going 'What the???" and I did the video.

Then, I said "What if the mouse is wet INSIDE"? I unplugged the mouse from the computer and it stopped jumping. I re-plugged it and it started jumping. I took it out and it stopped.

That did it for me.

I immediately went to see Ivan and as I'm walking in I'm yelling 'No, it's not the decoding problem anymore, my computer screen is jumping".

I had the mouse with me. He simply unscrews the mouse and he and his partner said (with a solemn expression).

THIS MOUSE IS DEAD.

I said "it's dead, why?" He goes "look at all the water".

Got a new mouse. $10.00

Came home, Alan was very happy.

And no, I am NOT telling this man that I spilled water on a mouse.

lol

Melody

LOL, cat jumped up on my desk last week and spilled coffee w/ cream & sugar all over my mouse and side of desk, mouse pad etc...

rinsed, cleaned & dried it but still wasn't working right , so got spare one from laptop and it worked fine.

then tried the old one a few days later on the laptop and it is fine now..

so yours might be OK again after it gets all the way dried out, or did Ivan keep it?

Tiny little fibers can get caught in the little hole that the optical light shines from ...they are very hard to see, and you need a magnifier sometimes. My mouse gets these because of my cats, and the screen will jump when there are fibers caught in there.

I just use a tweezers to pluck them out.

I've never had a spill at the computer yet... I don't put liquids near it ever, with the cats walking around like they do!

Ivan didn't keep it. I brought it home. Now I can't find it. I probably threw it away thinking "this thing is dead"

I wonder how one of those cordless, wireless mice are? Everyone seems to have one.

So all of you keep my secret. Melody NEVER spilled any water.

lol

Mel