Major Mouse problems, Left click acting like right click, very annoying!

Anonymous
2011-01-08T11:42:31+00:00

Hey guys I have a really annoying problem. I have read about it on-line as other people seem to have experienced it but there is no real definitive answer. On rare occasions, my mouse will act funny. When you press the left button, it will act as the right, and the right button will continue to act as the right one. When you go into the mouse settings, even if you swap them around it still acts like there's two right clicks and no left click buttons. I have tried a number of suggestions from elsewhere on the web including re-booting my pc several times, trying to update windows, disabling the mouse, re-installing, using a different mouse etc.. no matter what I do the problem persists.

The only way to get the mouse back to normal is either to turn the pc off and leave it a few hours, in which case sometimes even that does not work. The only other time it rectifies itself is on its own. Sometimes it will just correct itself without you doing anything to it. I will be very thankful for any advice anyone can give. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know anything at all about it? Thanks BTW My system info: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit, Amd Athlon X2 2.2GHz CPU, 4GB Ram, XFX - MI-A78U-8309 M/B, Few SATA drives, Logitech MK300 Wireless K/Board and Mouse.

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Anonymous
2011-01-14T23:20:41+00:00

Hi ;

Can you go to start\control panel\system and security\Administrator Tools\Event Viewer

Please check if you have any error message under the Applications

than publish here or go to our website with this error issue to search

Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-04-07T13:22:49+00:00

    Check with viruse software your computer and check your mouse manufacture site for update.You can go device manager and remove mouse driver and restart your computer let's see what is going to happen.

    Check your services from Administrator Tools.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-04-07T01:21:28+00:00

    Happens in Safe Mode too :-(

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-07T00:56:41+00:00

    I'm having the same problem. This is on a laptop's built-in mouse. External mouse works fine.The Event Log shows a ton of errors; not sure which one(s) to look at or report....

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-01-14T23:06:52+00:00

    Hi Lozzy,

    I'm sure you've replaced the batteries with known-good batteries.

    I'm sure you've also checked for radio interference, such as a router or microwave close by.

    The other mouse that you tried on the system, did it exhibit the same behavior?

    Was it a wireless mouse as well?

    You can try a clean boot to see if the issue is being caused by a start-up program:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

    If that doesn't help, you can test to see if the behavior is happening in Safe Mode:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

    Chris

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