Mouse pointer stuck at the right-hand corner of the screen.

Hello all,
I am writing to find help for my girlfriend in Nepal. She says the mouse pointer is stuck in the right-hand corner of the screen, and won't move. I suspect it's a software glitch but since I'm in the US, I can't look at it. This is an old G3 iBook in which we replaced the battery just before she left, and she reports that the battery may be connected to her problem. Anybody have any ideas for fixing this?
Any help really appreciated!
Thanks!
mike simpson
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Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
If the iBook is running OS X 10.2 or above, have her try booting into Safe Mode. This will take quite awhile longer than a normal startup because it does a file check and repair of the hard disk.
If this works she will see the normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, have her try to restart normally, and go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.
Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar, ("Macintosh HD" unless it's been renamed). What is the hard drive capacity and how much space remains available on it? Repair permissions on it.
See if a little hard drive maintenance helps things out.

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