Annie, you're going to have to tell us the name (and maybe the version) of the mahjong program you're using, as well as the system running on your computer (WinXP?).

[Am not v. clever, just curious ...]

Well, I suppose that would be helpful, would it? ...er...duh! :))))

I'm have Windows XP and the game is from Nodtronics "Eureka's Ultimate Mah Jongg".
After I posted this, I had a look at their website and I sent them an email, describing what it does.
Maybe, they might have a solution...that is, if they answer me at all.

Alas, I'm not familiar with that program. What you can do is explore all the user options within the program, shown by the menu at the top of the page when you run the program. (It could be 'Configuration' or 'Layout' or 'Preferences' or somesuch.) I don't know if you'll have any luck, though, because what you describe sounds like a bug or at least an incompatibility with your operating system or possibly hardware, in which case it's not something you can fix within the program itself. Hopefully the software developers will respond to your query, although this generally takes some time. Good luck.

Annie do you have an optical mouse or a ball mouse? If you have an optical mouse try cleaning the bottom of the
mouse or the surface you use it on. If you have a ball mouse take the ball out and clean it.
If that doesnt work , buy a new mouse!

g'day annie,

osunds like a mouse related problem as you said this mouse does the same thing on another computer. yes could be that the mouse needs a clean if it is an optical mouse they can get a bit finacky the best help i got was to buy a mouse pad the one with the shark skin type appearance and with no patterns on it just plain colour that fixed a lot of my problems and cleaning fixed it a bit more.

i also find my mouse wants to do odd things if i end up with malware onboard so i run my anti-spyware often. the other program i use, and i have win98, is (regclean) not sure if xp has similar program but there is bound to be one out ther somewhere, do a google for free download for a registry cleaner for xp.

also could help to reinstall the mouse drivers or check to see if there are any conflicts concerning the mouse, don't know if you access the usenet (news groups)? but this is a good question for the (aus.computers) crowd they usually provide good help. also are you up to date with your (critical updates) from m$? also so maybe reload xp to refresh it might be the go? do your housekeeping as well i find all this sort of stuff helps keep things running fairly well.

keep us updated we all learn from these problems, but for me my next box will be run by other than m$ o/s's i reckon just about had enough of the unreliability and shakyness of their stuff.

len

You see,I really don't think it's a mouse problem ie my particular mouse because it doesn't happen on any other game or the internet.
I did get a reply from the website. He asked me for my computer's operating info which I've sent.
I'm now waiting on what he's going to say about that.
Hope it's not too technical! :)))

Can you turn off the 3D effects? At least temporarily until the problem is worked out. Sometimes 3D effects can cause the cursor to hang. I've had similar problems with various programs especially if another program is working in the background eg anti-virus. Also try turning off special effects and/or music etc. Is your graphics cards suitable? (I don't know much about graphics cards except you may need a bigger or newer one. Looks like a good game though.

If it is not the mouse Goldhills could be on the right track. It could be your graphics card is not fast enough or not enough memory and the mouse cannot keep up. Check your mouse pad. If it is worn or one of those yucky smooth types the track ball isn't gripping the pad and not rolling smoothly or the ball wants cleaning. Do you have a remote mouse like radio control or cordless? these have a whole range of problems. Is it compatible with XP.? You may have to download new drivers. Check the batteries in the mouse. If your mouse is a remote device you can email me direct as there are a few special problems I don't want to go into detail here if it is unnecesary. Doug.