Mouse click and dragging on it's own?

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Mouse click and dragging on it's own?

Post by suretytn »

After I ran updates today the mouse is constantly (two button USB mouse) clicking and dragging everything. I thought it was a Firefox problem but it is also happening to applications running on the task bar, it will pick them up when i attempt to single click or just mouse over them.

Anyone else experiencing this? I haven't been able to test the mouse but it's odd it worked fine until I ran the available updates.
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suretytn

Re: Mouse click and dragging on it's own?

Post by suretytn »

tested a ball USB mouse, works fine. I'll go with the mouse is bad. just surprised because its almost brand new.
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Re: Mouse click and dragging on it's own?

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What brand and model mouse is it? Especially some of the fancier gaming mice, that have non-standard features, are known to cause problems.

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Re: Mouse click and dragging on it's own?

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LED mice work best on a plain white surface.
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