Strange behaviour

[nanouk]

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Hi all

For the past day I now find that I need to click any menu item, button,
selection, etc several times for anything to happen. For example just to
open this new message window needed several clicks - single and double!!
Before it was the usual single click. Nothing has changed as far as I
know - certainly no new installs, etc.

Has anyone any ideas what might have changed or how to sort this problem?

Thanx

nanouk

 

[Guest]

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Wireless mice can have their battery run low.
If not wireless, I would still swap it out and see if the problem is still
there.
Let us know what happens.

Nanouk wrote:
> Hi all
>
> For the past day I now find that I need to click any menu item,
> button, selection, etc several times for anything to happen. For
> example just to open this new message window needed several clicks -
> single and double!! Before it was the usual single click. Nothing
> has changed as far as I know - certainly no new installs, etc.
>
> Has anyone any ideas what might have changed or how to sort this
> problem?
>
> Thanx
>
> nanouk

 

[Guest]

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Do you have a wireless mouse?

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Nanouk" <nanouk@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:4284e872$0$380$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Hi all
>
> For the past day I now find that I need to click any menu item, button,
> selection, etc several times for anything to happen. For example just to
> open this new message window needed several clicks - single and double!!
> Before it was the usual single click. Nothing has changed as far as I
> know - certainly no new installs, etc.
>
> Has anyone any ideas what might have changed or how to sort this problem?
>
> Thanx
>
> nanouk
>
>

 

[nanouk]

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Hi all

Thanks for your replies. No I don't have a wireless mouse. I have an MS
Intellimouse Explorer 4 optical mouse. As I suspected it at first I
re-installed it but it made no difference.

I have just been through the Repair process for XP and also re-installed
SP2 - again no difference. I have also updated the mobo drivers.

I suspect a virus of some sort but the combination of Norton AV 2004, Zone
Alarm Pro, and Spybouncer all of which I am running have found nothing!
Those three run all the time but have also run AdAware as well this time.
In short nothing has worked and this is a new problem within the last day
and nothing has changed for quite some time.

Any help appreciated as I cannot figure out what is wrong.

nanouk

"T. Waters" <@$%$%#^@jdjgkl.com> wrote in message
news:%23FbnnU$VFHA.1508@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Wireless mice can have their battery run low.
> If not wireless, I would still swap it out and see if the problem is still
> there.
> Let us know what happens.
>
> Nanouk wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> For the past day I now find that I need to click any menu item,
>> button, selection, etc several times for anything to happen. For
>> example just to open this new message window needed several clicks -
>> single and double!! Before it was the usual single click. Nothing
>> has changed as far as I know - certainly no new installs, etc.
>>
>> Has anyone any ideas what might have changed or how to sort this
>> problem?
>>
>> Thanx
>>
>> nanouk
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Try another mouse, then.

Nanouk wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Thanks for your replies. No I don't have a wireless mouse. I have
> an MS Intellimouse Explorer 4 optical mouse. As I suspected it at
> first I re-installed it but it made no difference.
>
> I have just been through the Repair process for XP and also
> re-installed SP2 - again no difference. I have also updated the mobo
> drivers.
>
> I suspect a virus of some sort but the combination of Norton AV 2004,
> Zone Alarm Pro, and Spybouncer all of which I am running have found
> nothing! Those three run all the time but have also run AdAware as
> well this time. In short nothing has worked and this is a new problem
> within the last day and nothing has changed for quite some time.
>
> Any help appreciated as I cannot figure out what is wrong.
>
> nanouk
>
> "T. Waters" <@$%$%#^@jdjgkl.com> wrote in message
> news:%23FbnnU$VFHA.1508@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Wireless mice can have their battery run low.
>> If not wireless, I would still swap it out and see if the problem is
>> still there.
>> Let us know what happens.
>>
>> Nanouk wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> For the past day I now find that I need to click any menu item,
>>> button, selection, etc several times for anything to happen. For
>>> example just to open this new message window needed several clicks -
>>> single and double!! Before it was the usual single click. Nothing
>>> has changed as far as I know - certainly no new installs, etc.
>>>
>>> Has anyone any ideas what might have changed or how to sort this
>>> problem?
>>>
>>> Thanx
>>>
>>> nanouk

 

[nanouk]

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Hi

Thanks all.

It works fine now with a new mouse!!

nanouk

"T. Waters" <@$%$%#^@jdjgkl.com> wrote in message
news:u9Ud6QAWFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Try another mouse, then.
>
> Nanouk wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Thanks for your replies. No I don't have a wireless mouse. I have
>> an MS Intellimouse Explorer 4 optical mouse. As I suspected it at
>> first I re-installed it but it made no difference.
>>
>> I have just been through the Repair process for XP and also
>> re-installed SP2 - again no difference. I have also updated the mobo
>> drivers.
>>
>> I suspect a virus of some sort but the combination of Norton AV 2004,
>> Zone Alarm Pro, and Spybouncer all of which I am running have found
>> nothing! Those three run all the time but have also run AdAware as
>> well this time. In short nothing has worked and this is a new problem
>> within the last day and nothing has changed for quite some time.
>>
>> Any help appreciated as I cannot figure out what is wrong.
>>
>> nanouk
>>
>> "T. Waters" <@$%$%#^@jdjgkl.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23FbnnU$VFHA.1508@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Wireless mice can have their battery run low.
>>> If not wireless, I would still swap it out and see if the problem is
>>> still there.
>>> Let us know what happens.
>>>
>>> Nanouk wrote:
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> For the past day I now find that I need to click any menu item,
>>>> button, selection, etc several times for anything to happen. For
>>>> example just to open this new message window needed several clicks -
>>>> single and double!! Before it was the usual single click. Nothing
>>>> has changed as far as I know - certainly no new installs, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone any ideas what might have changed or how to sort this
>>>> problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanx
>>>>
>>>> nanouk
>
>
>