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I have a mouse problem... now with more info! (post 5)

ApexMirageApexMirage Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
When I'm using the scrollwheel on my USB mouse with my laptop, sometimes it acts as if i'd hit the back button on my browser, much to my dismay. I dont have another mouse to try, and that same mouse works fine on my roomate's laptop. What can possibly be causing this?

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  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    ApexMirage wrote: »
    When I'm using the scrollwheel on my USB mouse with my laptop, sometimes it acts as if i'd hit the back button on my browser, much to my dismay. I dont have another mouse to try, and that same mouse works fine on my roomate's laptop. What can possibly be causing this?

    you hit the shift button or it is stuck.

    edit: when you scroll down on the wheel with the shift key down it does the page back button.

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  • ApexMirageApexMirage Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That sounds about right, surprised it never happened on the other laptop. I'll see if this holds true. Any other theories are still welcome.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Could be that different browsers on different platforms do it differently. Firefox on OSX uses the Alt key. I used to something similar - I'd hold down the Ctrl key in Windows and forget to release it when scrolling, resulting in the text size constantly changing.

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  • ApexMirageApexMirage Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    It just happened again, and nothing was near either the built in or the usb keyboard, a setup I was using on the other laptop too. A menu pops up as it happens as if I'd right clicked, which is also weird... so I still need help =/

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Is there anything funky going on in your mouse settings (as in in Control Panel, assuming you're in Windows)?

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  • ApexMirageApexMirage Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Not as far as I can tell, what would I be looking for?

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Did your mouse come with a disc of its own drivers? I was thinking that there may be a tab in your mouse settings which has special settings (I know some mice and many trackpads have this sort of thing). Somebody else could probably explain this far better than I can.

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  • ApexMirageApexMirage Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    no, it was a cheap 5$ mouse, new.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Sorry, but I'm afraid I've run out of ideas. Hopefully, someone else here knows.

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