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
    2017-03-22T17:23:43+00:00

    I've skimmed the replies I think everyone is missing something about this issue.  For me the left button works like you'd expect, UNLESS you press it harder and more towards the middle of the mouse.  Then you can feel that there are 2 distinct clicks occurring.  When you do this the right click is simulated.

    All I can say is:

    WHAT A STUPID FEATURE.

    Seriously how hard is it to click the right mouse button?  At the bare minimum it should be configurable - so far as I can tell it is not something you can turn off.

    I'm seeing if I can get used to not pressing too hard and/or or pressing more towards the side so I don't activate this right click, by performing a hard left click.

    No documentation I can find talks about this feature.

    Just plain dumb - all I want is a simple mouse.  I don't need all this extra junk/features.

    If I don't get used to this pretty quick it's going back to the store.  Tired of pasting the contents into my terminal window by accident.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-22T23:17:57+00:00

    What kind of mouse are you using? Ive never heard of a mouse with a feature like that. Honestly probably had a defective mouse.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-07-11T21:21:26+00:00

    Try holding the left-click button down while rolling the wheel.  This apparently reset things on my hp mouse and I no longer have the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-07-12T05:36:45+00:00

    I tried this. Didn't help unfortunately.

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