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It's only a minor thing but i can't solve it.

I have a ps2 mouse on win xp sp3. the wheel has stopped scrolling in all apps however in apps that support it i can click the wheel and bring up the scrolling four way arrows and scroll that way.

I've tried uninstalling the drivers and changing the wheel settings but to no effect.

It obviously recognises the wheel since i can click it.

Any ideas super users?!

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Have you tried a different mouse? The wheel rotation sensor might be bad. – Daniel A. White Aug 24 '09 at 12:48
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Your answer is in here, how about awarding somebody the answer vote? – kmarsh Aug 24 '09 at 13:08
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The wheel click and wheel rotation are to completely separate sensors. You've got a broken mouse on your hands.

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right you are. i didn't realise the two were different or i would have assumed it was broken... – Charlie Bear Aug 25 '09 at 22:12
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Option 1: make sure the scroll options are still turned on. This is done in the mouse setting in the control panel.

Option 2: Get a new mouse. Yours does sound broken. :)

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my situation is similar, but it works with alt pressed, I don't know why. Maybe because I poured beer on keyboard yesterday, but everything else works just fine.

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Rule number one when trying to find the culprit:

  • Try the product on another machine to rule out the product, or try an another similar product to rule out the machine.
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