Wireless Intellimouse is scrolling erratically

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I had a similar problem a while ago, and finally solved it by moving the
transmitter to a level above the keyboard and mouse.

"Jim McBee [MVP Exchange]" <jmcbee@cta.spambegone.net> wrote in message
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>I have a Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0 (Model # 1007). It
>is about a year old and has been working great. Recently, the mouse
>batteries got low, so I changed them. Within a few days of changing the
>batteries, any windows with more than one screen scroll around like crazy.
>I can't use even use Visio or PowerPoint when this happens. It will go
>this way for a while and then it will clear up. And, here is the crazy
>part, the scrolling keeps on going even if I pull the batteries out of the
>mouse.
>
> Here is what I have done so far:
> Rebooted a couple of times
> Changed the batteries TWO MORE TIMES
> Disabled vertical scrolling in the Mouse applet in Control Panel
> Updated to the latest version of the mouse drivers (IP5_2Eng.exe
> download from Microsoft this week)
>
> I'm at wits end. Any thoughts?
>
>
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