Optical Mouse Problem

John Smith

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Nov 23, 2009, 7:45:24 PM11/23/09

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Hi All

I have a problem with a PS/2 Optical Mouse,
I cannot Left Click or Right Click, and have bought a new one
and it does the same thing, please help solve the problem.

Thanks
John Smith

kony

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Nov 23, 2009, 10:06:33 PM11/23/09

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Seems likely your OS has the mouse settings misconfigured
somehow, you may need to navigate to those settings using
your keyboard until they are corrected. Any idea how that
might have happened if it did, were you installing or
uninstalling mouse related software or drivers, or children
mucking around with settings?

John Smith

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Nov 23, 2009, 10:29:38 PM11/23/09

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Hi kony

I think you right there but how would a newbie have done that by mistake
it's my friends pc, is there anything else that may have happened,
my friend says the pc boots up and everything and can use the PS/2 keyboard.

Thanks
John Smith

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kony

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Nov 23, 2009, 11:20:46 PM11/23/09

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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:29:38 +0200, "John Smith"
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>Hi kony
>
>I think you right there but how would a newbie have done that by mistake
>it's my friends pc, is there anything else that may have happened,
>my friend says the pc boots up and everything and can use the PS/2 keyboard.
>
>Thanks

Don't know, maybe user was drunk or tired at the time?
Might as well just check the settings using the keyboard, if
they're set wrong we don't really need to know how that
happened so long as it doesn't keep happening.

One test would be booting a Linux LiveCD or similar, seeing
then if the buttons work.

I suppose it's possible, like 1 in a million chance that two
mice in a row happened to have defective buttons, but if the
mouse otherwise moves the cursor around it seems the
hardware aspect of the PS2 port is working ok still.

John Smith

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:50:36 AM11/24/09

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Thanks point taken

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JD

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Nov 28, 2009, 12:17:01 AM11/28/09

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Joel wrote:

> From your report I would say
>
> 1. There is a chance that something is wrong with the PS/2 connector?
>
> 2. I am guessing the setting, but can't think of any reason why it happens
> to 2 different mice.

Windows has a mouse prog in the Control panel.
It's probably similar with other
OSs. Fiddling with the settings there could muck
it up.

Allen

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Nov 28, 2009, 12:01:18 PM11/28/09

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What brand and model is your mouse? It may be that the settings on the
mouse have gotten out of sync with the receiver. If that's the case you
should go to the web page of the manufacturer for instructions on how to
reset it.
Allen

VanguardLH

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Nov 28, 2009, 2:29:16 PM11/28/09

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John Smith wrote:

> I have a problem with a PS/2 Optical Mouse,
> I cannot Left Click or Right Click, and have bought a new one
> and it does the same thing, please help solve the problem.

Control Panel -> Mouse applet -> Buttons tab
What are the button definitions?

Is there an extender cable between the mouse's cord and the PS/2 connector?
Or are you connecting the mouse directly to the PS/2 connector?

Did you uninstall all software that you installed with the mouse (either one
or the same software if you left it installed for the 2nd mouse) and then
retest? Have you uninstalled the mouse device in Device Manager, rebooted,
had Windows detect the mouse again, but this time just use the standard PS/2
mouse support already included in Windows and then test if the buttons work?