My mouse scrolls by itself

[padmakumar]

Hello,
my mouse is not an optical mouse but still my mouse scrolls by itself.... Ihave found that this happens in both windows 7 and ubuntu...how to solve this ?

 

[mi1ez]

sounds like something's gone wrong with the mouse itself. best bet is to just buy a cheap replacement.

 

[rodney_ws]

I have observed VERY weird behavior out of optical mice when something was stuck on the underside of it. Also, I've observed this behavior while sitting perfectly flat on a reflective surface.

 

[mi1ez]

OP says it is not an optical mouse...

 

[number13]

is this a laptop with a pad

 

[rodney_ws]

OP says it is not an optical mouse...

Doh.

 

[rodney_ws]

If it's a laptop it might have one of those little pencil eraser type pointers in the center of the keyboard... I know that many IBMs had this... in fact, I've got an HP tablet PC at my desk right now with one of those. I suppose that could be the source of your moving cursor.

 

[Guest]

Hold it down, pesky things!!

I have seen this before, Mouse gone walkies, time to get a new one!