Erratic wired mighty mouse

I've just bought my first Apple MacPro about 6 weeks ago with a wired keyboard and wired mighty mouse. In the last week the mighty mouse has become very erratic in that it acts as if the back button has been pressed when ever the mouse is moved. In other words if I'm working on line and I touch the mouse even slightly the previous web page is brought up.
If use it in explorer or finder it brings up the previous directory.
This problem is present both in Leopard and in Windows XP running in Bootcamp.
Rebooting makes no difference
I've now attached an old Dell Logitech wireless mouse to a usb port and it works perfectly both with leopard and windows.
Any ideas?

I'm going through the same "issue" actually so I hope I can save you some time.
It's a grounding issue. You can experiment:
- Touch your Mac Pro system while you're moving the mouse, or;
- Touch your keyboard while moving the mouse
If the mouse calms down and doesn't try to escape , then you have the source of the problem.
I've read a lot of discussions on this, with people replacing their mice constantly, and even doing a full re-install. So if the above works, then your solution is in figuring out how to deal with the ground-ing problem.
What's more surprising is that Apple hasn't addressed this (it seems) for some time now. With all the gyrations customers go through, you'd think there would have been some type of solution (a recall perhaps?).

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Hello and welcome to discussions,
Several ways to cure this one...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1537
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Must I be concerned about what model Mighty Mouse I buy to replace this one? I know they came out with some zoom version. I don't care about the zoom. I just want the basic scrolling (I don't even use the side buttons; just click and scrolling).
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"Unfortunately, my Mighty Mouse has reached the impossible-to-clean-trackball-anymore stage. It just won't scroll up anymore."
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Hi ~Bee Thanks for your advice I do believe it its fine now !
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