My stupid mouse on my stupid computer at my stupid work has decided it no longer wishes to function as a mere device and has declared its independence. It's possible it is even now considering a future in interpretive danse. Sometimes when I click, it performs whatever pointing thingy I want it to, often it just ignores me. Pull down menus vanish like a mirage when I try to select something on them and often a link under the menu will wind up the lucky winner. That's how I landed on the Chronicle's sports page three times in a row. Attempting to highlight a section is an exercise in futility: I might as well be working with an Etch-a-Sketch.
My plan is to wait until everyone else goes home and then sneak over to the desk of someone I don't like and switch out mouses with them. The only difficulty will be selecting a victim from the many, many deserving goons here. If you had ever experienced our tech "support" you would know it's the only way.
This happened to me. Simple fix, just open the underside of the mouse and clean out the cavity with the little metal ball. When I had a mouse that did its own thing, there was dust and lint and other gunk in there that was preventing the little ball to roll around correctly.
ReplyDeleteHope this helps.