Ghost circles and erratic mouse behavior

I have these light colored circles in the upper to middle left part of the screen and my mouse keeps jumping to these dots and I have virtually no control of my mouse. Is there a real solution to this problem as I have already hundreds of posts about it but no apparent actual fix.

Hello , Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More. I have read your post on how ghost circles and erratic mouse behaviour appear on the screen of your desktop computer, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter! To correct this issue, I recommend following the steps in this document on HP All-in-One PCs - Troubleshooting Touch Screen Issues (Windows 8). This should help return the functionality to your touch screen. I also suggest following the steps in this document on HP PCs - Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Troubleshooting, which should help correct the intermittent cursor behaviour. If the circles still appear, and the mouse still behaves erratically, I recommend returning your system back to a previous restore point before the issue occurred. This can be done by following the steps in this document on Using Microsoft System Restore (Windows 8).
Should the problem continue, I suggest performing a backup and recovery of your operating system. This can be done by following the steps in this resource on Backing Up Your Files (Windows 8), as well as Performing an HP system recovery (Windows 8). This should return your system back to factory defaults.
If the issue continues, please contact our technical support for further assistance in this matter by clicking the link below to get the support number for your region.
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I hope this helps!
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<af:document title="popuptest.jsf" id="d1">
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rows="#{bindings.allDepartments.rangeSize}"
emptyText="#{bindings.allDepartments.viewable ? 'No data to display.' : 'Access Denied.'}"
fetchSize="#{bindings.allDepartments.rangeSize}" rowBandingInterval="0"
selectedRowKeys="#{bindings.allDepartments.collectionModel.selectedRow}"
selectionListener="#{bindings.allDepartments.collectionModel.makeCurrent}" rowSelection="single"
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headerText="#{bindings.allDepartments.hints.DepartmentId.label}" id="c1">
<af:outputText value="#{row.DepartmentId}" id="ot1">
<af:convertNumber groupingUsed="false"
pattern="#{bindings.allDepartments.hints.DepartmentId.format}"/>
</af:outputText>
</af:column>
<af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.allDepartments.hints.DepartmentName.name}" sortable="false"
headerText="#{bindings.allDepartments.hints.DepartmentName.label}" id="c2">
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<af:convertNumber groupingUsed="false"
pattern="#{bindings.allDepartments.hints.ManagerId.format}"/>
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</af:column>
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headerText="#{bindings.allDepartments.hints.LocationId.label}" id="c4">
<af:outputText value="#{row.LocationId}" id="ot4">
<af:convertNumber groupingUsed="false"
pattern="#{bindings.allDepartments.hints.LocationId.format}"/>
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<f:facet name="buttonBar"/>
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label="#{bindings.DepartmentId.hints.label}"
required="#{bindings.DepartmentId.hints.mandatory}"
columns="#{bindings.DepartmentId.hints.displayWidth}"
maximumLength="#{bindings.DepartmentId.hints.precision}"
shortDesc="#{bindings.DepartmentId.hints.tooltip}" id="it1">
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required="#{bindings.DepartmentName.hints.mandatory}"
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maximumLength="#{bindings.DepartmentName.hints.precision}"
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required="#{bindings.ManagerId.hints.mandatory}"
columns="#{bindings.ManagerId.hints.displayWidth}"
maximumLength="#{bindings.ManagerId.hints.precision}"
shortDesc="#{bindings.ManagerId.hints.tooltip}" id="it3">
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maximumLength="#{bindings.LocationId.hints.precision}"
shortDesc="#{bindings.LocationId.hints.tooltip}" id="it4">
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</f:view>
BACKING BEAN CODE:
package view;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import oracle.adf.model.BindingContext;
import oracle.adf.model.binding.DCIteratorBinding;
import oracle.adf.share.ADFContext;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.component.rich.RichPopup;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.component.rich.data.RichTable;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.context.AdfFacesContext;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.event.DialogEvent;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.event.DialogEvent.Outcome;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.render.ClientEvent;
import oracle.binding.BindingContainer;
import oracle.binding.OperationBinding;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.util.ResetUtils;
import oracle.jbo.Row;
import oracle.jbo.server.ViewRowImpl;
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final String OLD_CURR_KEY_VIEWSCOPE_ATTR = "__oldCurrentRowKey__";
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private RichTable departmentsTable;
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Hi Frank,
Thanks for the reply. I retested with a .jspx file just to confirm my results. I've tried Facelets as well without success. Results for .jspx are as follows:
1. If the add button PartialSubmit property is set to true, and the popup's ContentDelivery=lazyUncached, ChildCreation=deferred, and AutoCancel=disabled, then:
the popup appears with error messages outlining the required fields
2. If the add button PartialSubmit Property is set to false and popup properties are the same as above then the popup opens as expected. However, if an attempt is made to insert a duplicate record - using departments table as an example, trying to create a row with an existing department - then a red box appears around the DepartmentId cell in the popup without any error message. If I press OK again, then the duplicate key error message appears as expected.

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Problem description:
My logitech mouse and keyboard have become very erratic
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 8, 2015 at 7:02:55 AM CDT
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        BANK 1/DIMM0
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    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
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        S24D390 spdisplays_1080p
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    APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.89 GB (404.50 GB free)
            Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
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    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
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    nplastpass: Version: 3.1.89 - SDK 10.10 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
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    LastPass
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Logitech Control Center [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine not configured!
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         4%    WindowServer
         3%    firefox
         1%    Viivo
         0%    fontd
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    593 MB    firefox
    150 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    137 MB    Evernote
    116 MB    Dropbox
    107 MB    Safari
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    1.76 GB    Active RAM
    1.52 GB    Inactive RAM
    684 MB    Wired RAM
    15.37 GB    Page-ins
    290 MB    Page-outs
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    Mar 7, 2015, 07:07:34 PM    Self test - passed
    Mar 7, 2015, 05:34:08 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/vyprvpnservice_2015-03-07-173408_[redacted].cra sh
    Mar 7, 2015, 04:58:31 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/vyprvpnservice_2015-03-07-165831_[redacted].cra sh
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Erratic Mouse and Keyboard issues...with weird console log...

Hello All,
I recently installed Snow Leopard on my 2x2.8 Quad Core Mac Pro following a boot drive melt down. Apple replaced the drive via Apple Care and I re-installed all my apps. The only additional item of note is I have Lycom SATA four port card that required a driver update.
Since setting up this machine with the new OS I am having massive issues with keyboard lag, erratic mouse movement and intermittent freezing.
I've run tech tools deluxe and everything passes with that app. I cant find the original install disks so running AHT on this machine isn't going to happen.
I've tried with and without the driver and the issue seems to still be there.
On a whim I opened console and I am seeing this message hundreds and hundreds of times over...
8/8/10 2:21:11 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.xinetd.xinetd[2652]) Exited with exit code: 1
8/8/10 2:21:11 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.xinetd.xinetd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
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Anyone got any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Scott

Jstys92,
Heat? Motherboard? Sounds like hardware since it's across Operating systems...
If you have a warranty, this is the time to call HP.
HP Product Warranty Check
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If not, I still think you have a HW issue. It is relatively consistant, too. Like something is breaking down - physically. Not a disk - BIOS... notherboard... something that holds everything together.
Computers are not supposed to warm up and then start doing whatever they want.
We do not live it in that world, at least not yet.
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You could run some Diagnostics. The UEFI Diagnostics, if you don't already have them on your system, are very good and provide a decent "human interface".
HP System Diagnostics (UEFI)
Description: This package provides the HP System Diagnostics (UEFI) for the supported notebook/laptop models and operating systems. HP System Diagnostics is a UEFI-based hardware diagnostics program that is used to validate if a system is functional enough to start up the operating system. The diagnostics are accessed during startup by pressing F2 immediately after power on.
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Odd/Limited Mouse Behavior

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For example, hovering my mouse over a link in Safari does not turn the pointer into a "hand with an extended index finger" or does not cause embedded pop up messages to appear (on sites I'm familiar with, no less, so I know they have them). On my Safari browser tabs, the 'x' to close individual tabs does not appear unless I first click on a tab once, and it closes when I click it a second time.
In menus - anywhere, not just in Safari - clicking on File or Edit or View opens the window, but selections do not highlight and track my mouse movements the way they normally do. This makes submenus impossible to use without clicking and holding once I reach the submenu I want to open, and releasing the click when I reach the option I want to select.
The Dock, which I have set to Show/Hide based on my mouse movements, will not pop up when I move my mouse all the way to the bottom of the screen. If I click my mouse once while the pointer is essentially invisible (being at the extreme bottom of the screen), the Dock will sometimes appear, but not always. When it does appear, the icons in the dock do not enlarge/magnify based on my lateral mouse movements the way they normally do.
In iTunes, when I'm watching a TV show or movie in full screen mode, the controller does not appear when I move my mouse the way it normally does.
And so on.
I have never found a working remedy for this affliction, I usually just have to ride it out, i.e., I deal with the limited functionality until something decides to work right again. I have reset my mouse (it's a wireless Logitech mouse with five buttons, including the scroll wheel, but I had a wired mouse way back in Leopard), I have restarted my Mac, reset Safari, reset my System Preferences, repaired Disk Permissions, I have even junked the entire Preferences folder and restarted. I have also switched to different mice, but they have the same problem while the problem is occurring.
I don't believe this is a settings issue, I think it has something to do with Java or something, which occasionally goes on a holiday.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. I've been enduring the issue the last day and a half and this is the longest it's ever lasted without correcting itself.

Check for any dust in the LED hole. Try using a plain surface, like a solid colored mouse pad, if the surface is on the shiny side. If that does not work...
Try starting up from Mac OS X installation disc. If the mouse is also erratic when booted from another system, you can rule out the 10.5.3 update as the cause.
If it works normally when you are booted from the installation disc, there is probably some issue with your current installation.

Sloppy Mouse Behavior in this OS

I've never been impressed with the mouse accuracy on Apple systems to begin with but it's gotten worse. I use a 40", Samsung, LED, LCD TV as a monitor for my Intel Mac Pro via an HDMI cable. This is a very expensive monitor. Ever since the past couple of OS updates to Leopard, I noticed the mouse behavior getting very erratic. Specifically I am referring to clicking to close tabs in the browser and nothing happens. Or in mail, I attempt to say highlight an email and it opens instead. Sometimes even multiple copies open. Highlighting and changing a file name is nearly impossible. The same goes for trying to drag or move files around in Finder.
This weekend I upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard with no improvement.
I've tried changing mice. I've got a Logitech VX Nano laser mouse. A logitech optical trackball. And a Microsoft laser mouse. All behave the same. They have the exact same problems with or without their driver packages installed.
What's up with this? Does Apple test anything? After the experiences I've had with my Airport Extreme Router and the firmware upgrades, the constant file permission errors after patches, I really have to wonder.

Sorry, but I get the impression that you have no clue what you're talking about when it comes to drivers and their submission to Microsoft:
http://dictionary.zdnet.com/definition/whql.html
Just for the record, I don't have any third party mouse drivers loaded in the OS. While I would agree that in order to get specialized functions on a mouse to work you may need a driver, but I would disagree that in order just get proper operation of the pointer and right and left click buttons that you should need a specialized driver just because it's from a different manufacturer, especially on wired devices.
This operating system is displaying the "i's" as "l's" in my RSS feeds on Safari. I guess that's someone else's problem too?
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Why is mouse behavior so horrible in osx mavericks?

After "upgrading" to Mavericks, mouse behavior has become erratic regardless of what non-Apple mouse I use, wired or wireless (Logitech & MS).
Behavioral issues encountered are:
- Dragging and Dropping any items in any application including the Finder and Desktop is like playing russian roulette with a 9mm pistol. With the mouse button down, a release is registered and half a second later, another click is registered.
- Clicks not being registered (mostly when trying to close Safari tabs)
- Double clicking automatically happens about 50% of the time when only single clicks are inteneded.
With all mouse drivers updated (for every brand and model of mouse I've attempted to use), the same erratic behavior is randomly encounterd. I have already reset SMC and PRAM to no avail.
Are there some new settings I'm not aware of? Or should I just go out and purchase an Apple mouse?
Thanks for any advice/help on figuring this out.

Thank you William. I normally don't use the mfg's drivers as the OS native driver has always worked fine (minus the acceleration curve). But, due to the issues i'm experiencing now, am trying the mfg osx mavericks drivers and they aren't helping much.
Thank you!

Erratic mouse response

Having mouse behavior problems which started about a week ago. Running an iMac 2.8 GHz. intel core 2 duo with OS 10.6.8. The mouse ( Bluetooth) behaves erratically - skips, drags on its own, responds extremely slowly, then resumes normal behavior spontaneously. System prefs says the battery is 100%, Bluetooth says everything is connected. I have cleaned the reader window with Q-tips but the problem persists. Does anyone in this community have any suggestions for me on what else I can do to correct this?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Want to add what has been unsucc tried the last day: Completely de-installed QT and iTunes, cleaned with MSI clean-Up-Utility 2, cleaned registry, restarted pc, installed QT stand alone, restarted pc, installed iTunes - and guess what: did not help!
Apple makes me really mad - going to kick out this crap...
Does anybody have the 6.x installation files?

Erratic mouse bahavior

Hi all,
As Arch isn't my main distro it isn't a disaster when something breaks, so I recently ran a full system upgrade to KDE 4.2 and xserver 1.5. At first my mouse and keyboard didn't work which was due to the new X hotplugging features. I decided to turn hotplugging off (as per the wiki page), which solved the keyboard issue but not the mouse. I then tried the xf86-input-evdev driver, but still my mouse shows erratic behavior, generating random click-events and frequently crashing X rather badly (i.e. requiring a hard reset). Does anyone have any idea what could cause this and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Dirt and debris lodged beside or under the keys, button switches, and trackpad can cause erratic operation. Or the battery may be swelling and distorting the trackpad and/or keyboard. It depends upon the model.
If you have a MacBook with a removable battery, shut down your Mac, remove the battery, reconnect the power adapter, turn the computer on, login, and see if the erratic mouse and cursor problem goes away. If the problem goes away, your battery is likely swelling. If the battery is swelling, it needs to be replaced.

Can only draw circle and square in Illustrator CS5 and Photoshop CS5

I am experiencing a strange bug that seems to be affecting both Photoshop CS5 and Illustrator CS5. In Illustrator, when I try to draw a rectangle or ellipse I can only draw circles and squares. Also I can't change the color of selected objects. When I try to change its fill nothing happens. I can also only drag objects on the 0, 45 and 90 degree angles. Also I can no longer select off an object by clicking on the artboard. When I click on the artboard nothing happens.
Similarly in Photoshop I can only draw straight lines using the brush tool. The marquee tool is also not functioning properly. When I try to use the marquee tool the marching ants form a square but when I release the mouse it selects a rectangular portion. Strangely if I use the marquee tool and make selection I can press the shift key and add to it but this second selection's marching ants are not square but are properly rectangular.
Since the problem seems to be affecting both Illustrator and Photoshop I'm thinking it's probably some kind of system conflict or perhaps an application running in the background is affecting it. Also if I restart my mac the problem goes away. Unfortunately the problem eventually returns.
Anyway I'm pretty sure most of the suggested fixes involve systematically going through all the programs running in the background and trying to determine which if any might be affecting Illustrator and Photoshop but I just thought I'd post something in case someone else had the problem or knew of any fixes.
I'm running CS5 on a MBP.
Thanks!

Ok I figured out the problem. It was another application called teleport which lets you control 2 macs with one mouse. It requires a hot key and in my case that was the shift key. Even though it was running it was still affecting me. Had to quit it and restart. If you're having a similar problem I'd check to see you're not running any other applications that can be activated with a hot key.

Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse (Bluetooth) Problems

Hi folks,
I recently got a new Mac Mini, wireless keyboard (Apple) and Magic Mouse. During high LAN activity, the keyboard and Magic Mouse will often lose connection and will have trouble re-connecting even when LAN activity goes back to basal levels. If they do not lose connection, the performance becomes terrible and both lag significantly during use.
This behavior does not happen on my MacBook Pro.

Other things to check-
Do you have anything on top of your mini, or is the top of the mini under a desk or other obstruction? The bluetooth antenna is (as you are looking from the top down at the mini) to the top right of the Apple logo on the plastic case top. Try clearing any clutter (if there is any), or establish a clear line of sight with your keyboard and mouse to the unexposed top of the mini and see if the dropouts occur.
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