New PC, Vista, EQ2 Windowed, and my Mouse!

DarkRenown · 05-03-2007, 06:33 AM

Odd title I know, but trying to make it as informative as possible.

Anyway

Bought a new PC, it has Vista on it (I know, silly schoolboy error). Vista Home Premium 32 Bit.

Now, I play EQ2 in windowed mode, as I like to switch around while crafting, raiding and do other stuff. Not essential, just a nice to have. But, since I got the new PC and put EQ2 back on it, I cannot run in Windowed mode.

The game runs fine, and keyboard control is fine. But the mouse drags itself to the top left hand corner, and I cannot move it out, keeps dragging itself up there.

When I switch to fullscreen, mouse is fine.

No other game has this problem, that I have noticed.

I have latest mouse/video drivers, so don't think it's that.

Anyone else have a similar problem, or any ideas about what to try?

I can still play in full screen, and happy to do so, just curious as to why this is happening in Vista.

Meyaah · 09-19-2007, 02:42 PM

I've had this same problem since upgradeing to Vista myself. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? This isn't a game ending problem for me, just a little head scratcher that i would like to fix if possible.

bigal19 · 01-12-2008, 06:17 PM

Same issue here with my mouse...any solutions for this..i all current drivers and tried the MS compatability fix..no go.l

DarkRenown · 01-13-2008, 07:57 AM

Wow, I am really sorry. I should have updated this thread a long long time ago.I did fix it, now I need to try to remember what I did.I can tell you this straight off the bat, it is nothing to do with drivers, the mouse, the pc etc. It is all about a single Vista setting.From memoryGo to the desktop, right click, select personalise. On the left is the list of tasks, select "Adjust font size (DPI)"Now, my problem was that I had Larger Scale (120 DPI) selected. As soon as I switched this to "Default scale (96 DPI)" the problem vanished.OK, how can I 100% guarantee this is what fixed it? Well, I had EQ2 running at the time, minimised. The problem was there. I shut EQ2, did this one thing and when I started EQ2 again, problem gone.Why did I do it? No idea. I was obviously divinely inspired at the time!Anyway, hope this helps people!

05-03-2007, 06:33 AM	#1
DarkRenown Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 29	Odd title I know, but trying to make it as informative as possible. Anyway Bought a new PC, it has Vista on it (I know, silly schoolboy error). Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. Now, I play EQ2 in windowed mode, as I like to switch around while crafting, raiding and do other stuff. Not essential, just a nice to have. But, since I got the new PC and put EQ2 back on it, I cannot run in Windowed mode. The game runs fine, and keyboard control is fine. But the mouse drags itself to the top left hand corner, and I cannot move it out, keeps dragging itself up there. When I switch to fullscreen, mouse is fine. No other game has this problem, that I have noticed. I have latest mouse/video drivers, so don't think it's that. Anyone else have a similar problem, or any ideas about what to try? I can still play in full screen, and happy to do so, just curious as to why this is happening in Vista.

09-19-2007, 02:42 PM	#2
Meyaah Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2	I've had this same problem since upgradeing to Vista myself. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? This isn't a game ending problem for me, just a little head scratcher that i would like to fix if possible.

01-12-2008, 06:17 PM	#3
bigal19 General Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3	Same issue here with my mouse...any solutions for this..i all current drivers and tried the MS compatability fix..no go.l

01-13-2008, 07:57 AM	#4
DarkRenown Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 29	Wow, I am really sorry. I should have updated this thread a long long time ago.I did fix it, now I need to try to remember what I did.I can tell you this straight off the bat, it is nothing to do with drivers, the mouse, the pc etc. It is all about a single Vista setting.From memoryGo to the desktop, right click, select personalise. On the left is the list of tasks, select "Adjust font size (DPI)"Now, my problem was that I had Larger Scale (120 DPI) selected. As soon as I switched this to "Default scale (96 DPI)" the problem vanished.OK, how can I 100% guarantee this is what fixed it? Well, I had EQ2 running at the time, minimised. The problem was there. I shut EQ2, did this one thing and when I started EQ2 again, problem gone.Why did I do it? No idea. I was obviously divinely inspired at the time!Anyway, hope this helps people!