[SOLVED] Mouse highlighting problem

oscarsgal57 · 01-26-2008, 02:30 PM

My MS wireless intellimouse Explorer 2.0 is acting weird (apparently since downloading and later uninstalling Amazon Unbox). System restore did not work.Batteries are Ok and refreshing/reprogramming didn't help either
What is happening is:(of course,not while I'm writing this)
a) I click on an empty space, eg within an email ,to enter new text,and a nearby word or sentence gets highlighted
b) I highlight an area to delete or change something but as soon as I remove my finger from mouse,the highlighting goes away

It doesn't happen every time but frequently enough to be keeping me from finishing an important project.

One suggestion on MS help was to uninstall the mouse hardware and reinstall,but they say to unplug the mouse first..so how do I give commands to computer sans mouse(must have missed that class)

Hope there is a simple fix.
Thanks in advance!

oscarsgal57 · 01-26-2008, 11:32 PM

BUMP (is that allowed)?
Can anyone please help? The problem is driving me crazy

oscarsgal57 · 01-27-2008, 08:01 AM

I cleaned optical light window with some alcohol and all is fine.

01-26-2008, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
oscarsgal57 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7 OS: winXP home	[SOLVED] Mouse highlighting problem My MS wireless intellimouse Explorer 2.0 is acting weird (apparently since downloading and later uninstalling Amazon Unbox). System restore did not work.Batteries are Ok and refreshing/reprogramming didn't help either What is happening is:(of course,not while I'm writing this) a) I click on an empty space, eg within an email ,to enter new text,and a nearby word or sentence gets highlighted b) I highlight an area to delete or change something but as soon as I remove my finger from mouse,the highlighting goes away It doesn't happen every time but frequently enough to be keeping me from finishing an important project. One suggestion on MS help was to uninstall the mouse hardware and reinstall,but they say to unplug the mouse first..so how do I give commands to computer sans mouse(must have missed that class) Hope there is a simple fix. Thanks in advance!

01-26-2008, 11:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
oscarsgal57 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7 OS: winXP home	Re: Mouse highlighting problem BUMP (is that allowed)? Can anyone please help? The problem is driving me crazy

01-27-2008, 08:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
oscarsgal57 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7 OS: winXP home	Resolved: Mouse highlighting problem I cleaned optical light window with some alcohol and all is fine.