How do I keep my cursor from flying to a random corner of the screen when I lift the mouse?

My cursor contantly jumps to a random corner of the screen when I do a large movement or lift the mouse. Can I fix this?

You can first do a SMC and PRAM reset. You can also restart in Safe Mode to reset some caches. However first I would look at the preferences for the mouse in System Preferences.
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Attach the computers power cable.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Roger

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[email protected] on 02/18/98 10:01:07 PM
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To: [email protected]
cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How do I keep an application from being started more than
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