Question : Problem: laptop mouse becomes unresponsive and slides to the upper right

Hi. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop with XP Pro. Recently, the mouse cursor will start to just slide up and right on the screen all by itself. I can fight it so that it will stay on the screen and eventually it will stop sliding. It doesnt seem to matter whether i have my usb mouse plugged in or not. Ive heard that this can be caused by a calibration procedure that the touchpad does on itself every now and then.

I updated the touchpad drivers from Dell's site and the frequency of occurances seems to be less but it still happens. What can I do?

thanks :)

Answer : Problem: laptop mouse becomes unresponsive and slides to the upper right

You can try replacing the rubber cap on the mouse stick (the small nob in the middle of the keyboard). Sometimes when these get old a notebook starts acting that way. Another reason which can cause this behaviour is if you are low iôn memory.