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Flightless Bird
A problem has happened yesterday: when using IE8 (latest update), browser
sometimes takes my normal left-click as double click. Keyword is "sometimes"
- i.e. this isn't some mouse settings problem. For example, I click on some
menu (like "Tools") - it drops down (as is should). I click it again - it
hides. Then I click it again - it shows and hides again in a blink. Or, for a
change, I click when menu is open - it closes and reopens back instantly. In
most cases I have to click like 10 times until I get this effect; on the
other hand, sometimes it goes "stuck", and takes my click as double-click
several times in the row. Likewise, clicking on window upper bar sometimes
makes it maximize/shrink (the way it responds to double-click). Clicking on
"back" button makes browser go 2 pages back, and so forth.
The funny part starts when I click slowly (i.e. press left mouse, hold it,
release). Usually it responds the right way: pressing opens menu, releasing
does nothing. On the other hand, sometimes menu opens when button goes down,
and closes when it goes up. Sometimes it even opens and insta closes when I
hold it, and does nothing when I release it!
This is not a hardware or human problem: it appears using any of 3 mices
connected to at any of 2 computers, happens when either me or my wife clicks
it. Moreover, it never happens when I start Windows from a bootable CD.
The problem never occurs when I just click on icons (single click never
launches an application) or folders (single click never opens them).
It still exists when I restart in safe mode.
I've installed IntelliMouse and checked settings - nothing is wrong, as far
as I can see.
This is not a virus/malware problem, most probably: my computers are behind
a hardware firewall (router), NOD32 is always on and updated, on top of that
I've just checked my comp with DrWeb and AVZ - nothing is found.
Disabling all IE addons didn't help either.
I didn't install any new software lately. However, Adobe Flash Player
ActiveX has updated itself on both our computers up to v.10 (and yes I need
it). This is the only reason I can think of atm...
Windows XP 32, SP3. Core2Quad 2.4GHz, 4Gb RAM, a lot of free disk space.
Help please! Thanks in advance.
sometimes takes my normal left-click as double click. Keyword is "sometimes"
- i.e. this isn't some mouse settings problem. For example, I click on some
menu (like "Tools") - it drops down (as is should). I click it again - it
hides. Then I click it again - it shows and hides again in a blink. Or, for a
change, I click when menu is open - it closes and reopens back instantly. In
most cases I have to click like 10 times until I get this effect; on the
other hand, sometimes it goes "stuck", and takes my click as double-click
several times in the row. Likewise, clicking on window upper bar sometimes
makes it maximize/shrink (the way it responds to double-click). Clicking on
"back" button makes browser go 2 pages back, and so forth.
The funny part starts when I click slowly (i.e. press left mouse, hold it,
release). Usually it responds the right way: pressing opens menu, releasing
does nothing. On the other hand, sometimes menu opens when button goes down,
and closes when it goes up. Sometimes it even opens and insta closes when I
hold it, and does nothing when I release it!
This is not a hardware or human problem: it appears using any of 3 mices
connected to at any of 2 computers, happens when either me or my wife clicks
it. Moreover, it never happens when I start Windows from a bootable CD.
The problem never occurs when I just click on icons (single click never
launches an application) or folders (single click never opens them).
It still exists when I restart in safe mode.
I've installed IntelliMouse and checked settings - nothing is wrong, as far
as I can see.
This is not a virus/malware problem, most probably: my computers are behind
a hardware firewall (router), NOD32 is always on and updated, on top of that
I've just checked my comp with DrWeb and AVZ - nothing is found.
Disabling all IE addons didn't help either.
I didn't install any new software lately. However, Adobe Flash Player
ActiveX has updated itself on both our computers up to v.10 (and yes I need
it). This is the only reason I can think of atm...
Windows XP 32, SP3. Core2Quad 2.4GHz, 4Gb RAM, a lot of free disk space.
Help please! Thanks in advance.