Tech issue - mouse / targeting cursor

[Angel of Sonoma]

i took a long break from actively playing uo. now that i'm back i've noticed some weirdness with the targeting cursor. note: i've tried toggling the option to 'run mouse in a separate thread' but no matter what the option is set to, i get the same behavior.

1st - i cast a spell using hot keys & the targeting cursor doesn't appear until i move the mouse. example: if i press F1 to cast lightning but don't move the mouse, the targeting cursor will never appear!
2nd - when i attempt to hover on an item anywhere on the screen to the right of my character, the pointer shakes wildly. i have to move the mouse around the screen before it steadies itself. it happens when i'm looking at items in a chest, corpse, or even trying to select the buy/sell option from a npc vendor context menu. the odd thing is that it never happens when i view items that are on the left side of the screen.

i'm running the classic client, windows 7 laptop. same setup i had a year ago when i was actively playing (but didn't have these issues).

 

[Maldar]

Do you have a backup mouse you can try and see if it duplicates or fixes the problem?

 

[Herman]

you probably tried this but with some settings you may have to re start the game before they change

 

[TheGrimReefer]

Not sure if it applies but change the batteries in ur mouse. I find that when my batteries are running low the cursor twitches

 

[Angel of Sonoma]

problem solved (and you're not going to believe the solution (it came as quite a surprise to me)). in windows 7, i set uo to 'run as administrator'. and in uo, i had the client set to 'run mouse in separate thread'.

what the ???! never in a million years would i have guessed the administrator setting would cause the mouse to act flaky. but on a whim i made the change and it fixed my problem!