When screen sharing, mouse tracking preference returns to default

This happens when I launch ScreenSharing from a 10.9 machine and connect to a 10.10.2 machine.
When screen sharing, mouse loses tracking prefernce on the machine being shared (10.10.2). It's a pain to have to go into preferences and reset the tracking to what I want. The other mosue controls are not affected.

thanks tjk. i had done all of the searches to no avail. i had only recently thought about repairing permission and tried that this morning. it didn't find much but perhaps something in there has been the cause. time will tell. besides this, i have done/tried about anything i could think of which is why i've started to wonder about a complete reinstall of the Apple USB drivers in case something there was messed up. however i'm not quite to a level on Mac tech support yet to quite know how to go about doing that.

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the difference is that it only happens when I'm using my thunderbolt display.
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i've had 2 calls with applecare to date. will update you after my next call
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Like many others I have a mini connected to the TV, and use that as my media center, all music, movie, pictures, etc. is shown thrue the mini.
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Viktorrrrr,
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