At 4:30 PM -0500 3/7/06, Richard Gilmore wrote: >Hmm...so it's not likely my mouse after all? One of the reasons I like >optical mice is because you don't have to use a mouse pad. I don't want to >go back to a mouse pad. > Well, it may depend on what surface you ARE using. try different surfaces, like a pad of paper or something, and see if the jumping stops. If so, maybe you will need a new desktop, one with a pattern the mouse likes? Daly