How to fix mouse moving on its own in windows 10/8/7 -

Last Updated on May 13, 2021 by Rick Darlinton

Recently, I have experienced the frustrating problem of Mouse moving on its own on my Windows 10 laptop. It happened all of a sudden, although I ever met with the similar issue that the mouse moves on its own when I tried to type in the login password each time. But this time, it was very frustrating as I can’t do anything on my Windows laptop. When I tried to type something in the browser search box or in the word document, the mouse cursor just moves “““““” by itself. I searched many solutions online and also tried those solutions for almost 2 hours but nothing worked to fix the issue. What I had to do is visit a computer repair shop near me and finally fix the issue of the Mouse moving on its own in Windows. So in this post, I will share some of my own experience about how to fix Mouse moving on its own in Windows 10/8/7

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Replace a short-circuited keyboard or plug off the keyboard connector cable

As said above, after trying some solutions online, I still can not fix the issue of the mouse moving on its own for my Windows 10 laptop. Finally, I had to visit a computer repair shop nearby and the shop owner just spent 5 minutes fixing the problem of the cursor moving on its own. He just said the reason why my mouse is moving on its own is that some shortcuts of my laptop’s built-in keyboard is short-circuited. There are two solutions that are available to fix the issue: replace a new built-in keyboard or just plug off the keyboard connector cable. Although I can not use the built-in keyboard after the connector cable is plugged off, I prefer the latter solution. This is because my laptop is very old and I can use the external keyboard. After several days, the issue of the mouse cursor moving on its own never happens again to my laptop. But I suggest you visit a computer repair shop near you to get this done in case you damage your computer further without enough technical knowledge.

Update mouse driver

When the mouse is not working in Windows, one of the commonly used solutions is to update the mouse driver. It helps fix many software-related bugs on your pc. Follow the steps below to update the mouse driver in Windows 10.

Go to the Start search menu and type Device Manager.
Scroll down until you find the Mice and other pointing devices
Right-click this option and select the Properties
Under the Driver option, please select Update Driver. Here there are two options to select: search automatically for the updated mouse driver or select a driver from your computer. Just select one of them and finish the remaining steps.

Clear the viruses on your computer

Sometimes, the problem of the mouse moving on its own in Windows may happen if your computer is disrupted by some viruses. If this is the case, just use some antivirus software tools to scan for virus on your computer. You can find many third-party anti-virus programs out there for Windows such as Microsoft Defender, McAfee AntiVirus, and more.

Adjust the mouse pointer speed.

One of the tricks you can take a try if the mouse cursor moves on its own is to adjust the mouse pointer speed under the mouse properties. If you use a Windows 7 PC, you can follow these solutions to change the mouse sensibility.

Type Control panel from the Start menu box
Go to System and security and then select Hardware and Sound
Find the mouse under the category of Devices and printers
Select Pointer options under the mouse properties and then adjust the mouse pointer speed

Run hardware troubleshooter

You may have not run a hardware troubleshooter in Windows for a long period of time. To fix the mouse cursor moving by itself, it is worth a try to just run a troubleshooter and see whether it can help get the issue fixed.

Type Troubleshooting in the start menu search box
Select view all from the list of items
Find the option of Hardware and devices
Click on Next. Here, you can also select apply repairs automatically

Check windows updates

You can get the latest updates for the windows system so that your device could run securely. Besides, updating Windows is also helpful to fix some software-related issues such as the mouse not working or the cursor moving on its own.

Go to the Start menu
Navigate to Settings>Update &Security>Windows updates
Tap on check for windows updates
Just wait patiently when the updating process is underway

Restart your pc

Most of the time, just restarting your PC can fix different kinds of glitches on your Windows PC. This is the same true when your find your mouse cursor is moving on its own.

So these are some solutions we recommend you should try to fix the mouse moving on its own error. But if you have the same experience and still can not fix the problem, you had better visit a computer repair shop like how I ever did to fix the issue.