Sudden Abnormal mouse erratic behaviour

My computer, running WinXP Pro with 128 MB RAM, today has started acting very
strange. Although normally it has to be double-clicked to open a file or
folder, now it sometimes opens files/folders/e-mail with only one mouse
click, not two. However, it is very inconsistent, sometimes requiring two
clicks as normal, but sometimes requiring only one click.

Another symptom is that when a window is open, while browing the web, the
scroll bar on the right is very herky-jerky, but sometimes not - again being
inconsistent.

Both these problems occur pretty often - enough to be very annoying.

Another symptom is that it when I try to capture text by holding down the
mouse right-click button, it sometimes captures the text, but sometimes
refuses to, or will capture only a a small part of the text. This occurs on
web pages, but is even worse trying to capture text in this message I'm
typing right now.

Also, when I click and hold on the to blue line of a window, such as this
message I'm now typing, in order to move the non-maximized window, often
instead of moving the window it'll open it completely.

Also, when the cursor is placed at the edge of a non-maximized window to re-
size it, it often will not re-size it. If I try repeatedly, sooner or later
it will.

I use latest AVG AntiVirus and update it at least daily, and did an entire
system/computer scan, but am virus-free.

I ran spy bot search and destroy, anti adware, pest control tools, anti
spyware, anti rootkits, and also tried changing various mouse options but the
problem is still happening.

Can anyone please shed some light on what is happening, and a fix for it? Am
not very technical, so please be specific.

Thanks in advance, very much...

Please note that you've posted to a WinMe newsgroup - you ought to be
posting to one of the XP groups.

However, as all of the problems appear to be 'mouse' related, can you
substitute with another mouse? Cheap ps/2 replacements can be found at
Tesco's for as little as a couple of pounds or so.

Is the mouse a 'wireless' model? - i.e. does it use batteries?
Could be that the batteries are dying and need replacing - a common cause of
an erratic mouse.

Mart


"newbie2000" <u36034@uwe> wrote in message news:758a83d0ecb74@uwe...
> My computer, running WinXP Pro with 128 MB RAM, today has started acting
> very
> strange. Although normally it has to be double-clicked to open a file or
> folder, now it sometimes opens files/folders/e-mail with only one mouse
> click, not two. However, it is very inconsistent, sometimes requiring two
> clicks as normal, but sometimes requiring only one click.
>
> Another symptom is that when a window is open, while browing the web, the
> scroll bar on the right is very herky-jerky, but sometimes not - again
> being
> inconsistent.
>
> Both these problems occur pretty often - enough to be very annoying.
>
> Another symptom is that it when I try to capture text by holding down the
> mouse right-click button, it sometimes captures the text, but sometimes
> refuses to, or will capture only a a small part of the text. This occurs
> on
> web pages, but is even worse trying to capture text in this message I'm
> typing right now.
>
> Also, when I click and hold on the to blue line of a window, such as this
> message I'm now typing, in order to move the non-maximized window, often
> instead of moving the window it'll open it completely.
>
> Also, when the cursor is placed at the edge of a non-maximized window to
> re-
> size it, it often will not re-size it. If I try repeatedly, sooner or
> later
> it will.
>
> I use latest AVG AntiVirus and update it at least daily, and did an entire
> system/computer scan, but am virus-free.
>
> I ran spy bot search and destroy, anti adware, pest control tools, anti
> spyware, anti rootkits, and also tried changing various mouse options but
> the
> problem is still happening.
>
> Can anyone please shed some light on what is happening, and a fix for it?
> Am
> not very technical, so please be specific.
>
> Thanks in advance, very much...
>