How do I keep my mouse from leaving the window on FPS games?

My graphics drivers are updated. I'm on a Asus X200M laptop, so there is no graphics card.

Unfortunately, this is the best of my knowledge. I will reroute your ticket to other experts.

Ok, I appreciate the help!

Hi JB Bailey,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

Based on the original description, the device seems to be experiencing issues related to the unexpected cursor movement.

In most cases, the ideas shared by other community members in this thread work, such as changing the game mode (fullscreen mode, borderless mode), reinstalling a different version of the driver, or even third-party software.

If they don't work, it could mean that there is something interfering or that there may be an anomaly in the components of the system that are used to handle mouse behavior, such as an unknown corruption.

To minimize other software-level distractions, you may need to configure a relatively clean environment, such as a new profile or clean boot.

Is the situation the same when you observe it in a relatively clean environment (for example, new local account, safe mode, clean boot)?

• Create a local user or administrator account in Windows - Microsoft Support
• Clean Boot starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. It can be used to determine whether a background service or program is interfering or causing a problem.

These steps of "clean boot" might look complicated at first glance. However, to avoid any trouble for you, please follow them in order and step-by-step.

Please be careful not to disable any services that may be related to security credentials or security authentication, such as TPM, Security, Credential.

As for the drivers themselves, sometimes, the latest version of a driver is somehow similar to an "outdated" driver, it may conflict with a particular version of the game/graphics API.

If this is not a problem that has existed since you have been using Windows, you can try performing some tests on the driver, such as clean install of the mouse drivers or graphics drivers, and then installing different version of the driver.

• Microsoft Basic Display Driver - Windows drivers | Microsoft Learn IHV means Independent Hardware Vendor.
• Examples of choosing different types of drivers
• The content in the following link mentioned the tool for cleaning up the graphics driver. How to Use the Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) to Uninstall an... (intel.com) Download Intel Drivers and Software

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Kyo.Y - MSFT | Microsoft Community Technical Support

I'm pretty sure you understand the problem, however I would like to be more specific just to rule out some of the possibilities.

When I'm playing a shooter game (or any game where the mouse turns invisible and is locked in the middle of the screen), my mouse freely moves, while still invisible, around the game window. It doesn't go off the screen, as I have a single screen laptop. I have tried a clean boot and it doesn't seem like background programs are the problem and I have also made sure my drivers are up to date.

If this helps, please get back to me when you have a chance.

Talk soon, JB