"Smoothness" of mouse scrolling

While I was trouble-shooting something else, I create a new admin user account, so that I can compare how things are with a fresh account created under Snow Leopard, versus my existing pre- Snow Leopard admin user account (the account I normally use).
I noticed that in the new account, my mouse wheel scrolling is very smooth. By "smooth," I mean the scrolling action is not as incremental, not as jagged. In other words, the scrolling is better animated, so it looks smoother. This difference is most noticeable in Safari, when scrolling a long page, but you can also see it in Finder and some other apps (but not all apps).
My usual mouse is a basic Microsoft optical mouse with two buttons and a scroll wheel that also clicks down as the third (or middle) button. I just use the generic Apple mouse driver, and do not have any Microsoft drivers installed (so you can consider it a generic USB mouse). I also have the standard USB Apple Mighty Mouse.
So this is the situation:
(1) *Back in Leopard*, the mouse wheel/ball scrolling was jagged for both mice. Again, "jagged" just means the way it has always been before - nothing is wrong.
(2) *In Snow Leopard, with my existing account* that came from Leopard, the Microsoft mouse scrolling is jagged in the same way as (1). However, the Mighty Mouse scrolling is smooth.
(3) *In Snow Leopard, with the new account* created under Snow Leopard, the mouse wheel/ball scrolling is smoother for BOTH mice.
So without going into detail about what I have already tried (unsuccessfully so far), what do you think is the difference? What do I need to tweak in my old user account to make it like (3)?
I suppose I could migrate to a new account that is created under Snow Leopard and abandon my old account, but that seems a bit drastic, just to get this smooth mouse wheel scrolling effect to work with my favored Microsoft mouse.

Hey thanks. I'm glad I asked, instead of looking for more complicated answers. I never knew that option was there, and I looked at a Mac with Leopard, and it was there too! So I could have been using it all this time, I guess...
So in my existing account, smooth scrolling was NOT enabled, but it seems the Mighty Mouse always does smooth scrolling, whether smooth scrolling is enabled or not. When I enabled it, my Microsoft mouse also got with the program. The scrolling effect is especially nice with the larger scroll wheel versus the little scroll ball.
In my new account created under Snow Leopard, that option was enabled by default, which explains why it worked fine with both mice.
Appreciate the assist...

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