Random Mouse Stutter/Lag Windows 11

I found a related solution on my Win11 desktop with a brand new (but jittery) Logitech wireless mouse. Actually, I had the same skip/jitter problem with a low-cost Amazon-purchased mouse, and with a years-old Logitech mouse or two.

I clued in, not by buying an expensive mouse as drol1950 did, but by noticing that my mouse pointer on-screen would freeze when the physical mouse was pointing toward the right back corner of my (physical) desk. When aimed toward the left back corner, the mouse was jitter-free and responsive. I use a mouse with either hand, and the tipoff was the way it would jitter and freeze when I used my left hand but less when I used my right.

Aha!! It worked smoothly when the physical mouse was pointing *toward the dongle*! Well, not quite. The wireless dongle was on the back of my computer box, which was *under* my desk and toward the left back corner. Straight-line distance from dongle to mouse was only two feet, but the signal had to pass through the metal computer case and a desk drawer of solid oak on its way to the mouse.

I switched the mouse dongle to the *front* of my computer box. Problem solved -- smoothest mouse you ever saw.

Actually, I found that by using a true Bluetooth mouse, instead of a wireless that uses a USB dongle, everything is fine. It seems the USB port connection simply isn't stable.

Hi, I am experiencing the exact same issue. I got a brand new mouse and thought it was faulty but I'm getting the same issue with my original mouse which was fine until recently.

I switched from dongle to bluetooth but it makes no difference. A reboot helps for a while but it starts again. the mouse freezes for a few seconds and then starts working again. I tried brand new batteries and nothing makes a difference. I closed office, outlook specifically and thought it solved the issue but it started up again.

Now I do have a lot of hardware connected, a Quest 2, 2-3 external disks at any time. System is on a SATA SSD and I have 2 HDD and an m.2 drive as well.

The only hardware changed in the last while aside from the new mouse is a new GPU, Nvidia 3060Ti.

This is Windows 11 and is kept up to date with both drivers and patches.

EDIT: After some monitoring, Explorer.exe spikes in CPU to about 15% usage every time the mouse freezes (i7-10700k).

Thanks for the info.

No matter how long this goes on Microsoft keeps putting the onus on the users for what is their responsibility.

Last time they wanted users to go off network and report back their findings. They must have a quite large and professional testing site... I think they should stand up and work hard and yes spend money until they can solve this issue and report back to the users.

This issue has roughly been around for 5 years.

The only thing I can think of is they use Apples to avoid this issue.

I ran W10 and a MS Mouse... I now run W11 and a MS Mouse on a brand new top of the line desktop... and I still have this issue.

When will Microsoft do whatever it takes to fix this issue... as they should.

Sorry, I'm out of ideas on how to continue helping you in this case, but I believe someone else will have a solution for you.