Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Fixing an Expensive, Jumpy Logitech Mouse

I used "top end" Logitech Mice (e.g. $80, $99) and lately they had been acting very erratic and jumpy for me.  This went on for several months.  I tried a mouse pad, shaking the mouse, unplugging the mouse dongle, turning it off and on, switching to bluetooth mode, new drivers, etc.  Nothing helped at all.

I finally googled "logitech mouse jumping" and you get many possible solutions.  

#1 - Makes sense, but didn't try.

Put the USB dongle (if used) on an extender farther from the laptop to reduce interference.

(I didn't try this but it seemed reasonable.)

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#2 - This seemed to help, at least tonight.

Go to Windows 10, Mouse Properties, Pointer Options, and disable "Enhance pointer precision" checkbox.

For some reason, this made the mouse 90% less jumpy instantly.

I don't know if this will 'stay fixed" but it helped a very annoying problem x multiple months.  Very annoying having top end fancy $99 mouse and it jumps or skips.