Homer Hawgsnott wrote:
> I have a Satellite Pro 6100 that has the following problem per the
> customer:
>
> Pointer goes to far upper right or lower left of screen and stays
> there for up to 5 minutes before the system can be used. sometimes
> after using the machine for a while and sometimes right at the login
> screen. I ran complete AV scans and spyware scans but nothing found.
> My feeling is that it is a hardware issue but I really don't know if
> it is the pointer device or something on the motherboard. Any help is
> appreciated.
>
> JohnS

I have seen this erratic mouse behaviour on a number of Dell Latitude
laptops. Sometimes deleting the mouse drivers and re-installing has
fixed the problem for a while. Generally though, it proved to be
hardware failure and required a new mouse/pad for a long term solution.
The (cheaper) alternative is to disable the on-board mouse/pad and use
an external mouse instead.