mouse problems

Virgil & Linda · External Since: Oct 20, 2009 Posts: 1

I am running Windows xp sp3 on all my computers.
Two of my computers are now having mouse problems.
Many times when I click the left button on the mouse, it will be a double
click.
I have checked the mouse settings and have tried to slow down the speed,
but the problem still is there. The mouse settings are still at single
click.

I tried to do download mouse drivers, but I keep getting "Driver Detective"
which I do not want, or to pay for.
Has anyone any advise to fix this problem?
Thank you.. Saywhat

peter · External Since: Mar 29, 2006 Posts: 340

Who made the Mouse???
The manufacturers website would be the place to search for drivers.
How old is the mouse........they do wear out.
Nothing lasts forever

peter

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"Virgil & Linda" <virgnlin.RemoveThis@daltontel.net> wrote in message
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> I am running Windows xp sp3 on all my computers.
> Two of my computers are now having mouse problems.
> Many times when I click the left button on the mouse, it will be a double
> click.
> I have checked the mouse settings and have tried to slow down the speed,
> but the problem still is there. The mouse settings are still at single
> click.
>
> I tried to do download mouse drivers, but I keep getting "Driver
> Detective"
> which I do not want, or to pay for.
> Has anyone any advise to fix this problem?
> Thank you.. Saywhat
>

VanguardLH · External Since: Jan 22, 2009 Posts: 62

Virgil & Linda wrote:

> I am running Windows xp sp3 on all my computers.
> Two of my computers are now having mouse problems.
> Many times when I click the left button on the mouse, it will be a double
> click.
> I have checked the mouse settings and have tried to slow down the speed,
> but the problem still is there. The mouse settings are still at single
> click.
>
> I tried to do download mouse drivers, but I keep getting "Driver Detective"
> which I do not want, or to pay for.
> Has anyone any advise to fix this problem?
> Thank you.. Saywhat

The "button" on a mouse is a piece of plastic whose flexibility due to
cuts allow it to have a hinge. That button flap then presses down on a
pushbutton switch underneath. If the plastic hinge gets worn (fatigued)
then it gets closer to the pushbutton switch making it much easier to
press the pushbutton switch more than once. In fact, if the mouse is
over fatigued (especially from abuse, like smacking it), that plastic
flap (the "button") could actually be resting against the pushbutton
switch and causing multiple closures of the switch. The switch can go
bad, too.

Get a new mouse. Or try a different one (with less wear and/or abuse).

"J. P. Gilliver · External Since: Oct 21, 2009 Posts: 2

In message <eoKPBJdUKHA.5208.RemoveThis@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Virgil & Linda
<virgnlin.RemoveThis@daltontel.net> writes:
>
>I am running Windows xp sp3 on all my computers.
>Two of my computers are now having mouse problems.
>Many times when I click the left button on the mouse, it will be a double
>click.
>I have checked the mouse settings and have tried to slow down the speed,
>but the problem still is there. The mouse settings are still at single
>click.

Sounds more like a mouse problem. Assuming they're all the same
connection (i. e. PS/2 [round], USB [flat rectangular], or - very
unlikely on XP machines! - serial [D shaped]), have you tried the mouse
from the machine without the problem in place of their own mice on the
other two machines, to see if the problem persists?
>
>I tried to do download mouse drivers, but I keep getting "Driver Detective"
>which I do not want, or to pay for.

Basic mouse drivers, for PS/2 and I think USB, are built-in to XP (and
even '9x); you shouldn't need drivers. If you are looking at pages
offering drivers, things like "driver detective" are often the big most
obvious button on the page, but are not the download button you actually
need. But as I say I'd be most surprised if you need _any_ mouse driver,
assuming we're talking fairly conventional (i. e. external, ball or
optical) mice, not a touchpad or similar.

>Has anyone any advise to fix this problem?
>Thank you.. Saywhat
>
>
Do tell us how you get on.
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