Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons. It sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels", which allow the user to perform various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features that can add more control or ...
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Weird cursor on second display only
After using a tablet for a while and disconnecting it, this weird extra artifact has appeared beside my cursor, but only on my second display. The cursor doesn't distort like mentioned in other ...
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How to stop mplayer from moving mouse pointer?
I noticed that mplayer moves mouse cursor every 10 seconds:
ltrace -e ...
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Fedora 16 wakes on mouse - how to prevent this?
I have a desktop computer with PS/2 (!) keyboard and mouse, running Fedora 16, just recently installed. It goes to sleep OK, but moving the mouse wakes it up. I'd like moving the mouse not to wake ...
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Switching left and right mouse button functions without switching mousepad buttons
I'm left handed and thus I've switched the functions of the left and right mouse buttons so that the right button is the primary. However, I find that when I'm not using the mouse and thus need to use ...
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Why isn't my synergy KVM working properly?
I have installed synergy v1.4.5 on my laptop and desktop. Both computers are running Ubuntu 11.10. Although the logs indicate synergy is connected and able communicate over my LAN, moving the mouse ...
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Mouse Double-Clicking
I have a mouse that I think is 5 years old, where most times when I click, it automatically double-clicks. If I click it just right, it will single click, but otherwise, it will perform a ...
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Is there a Win7 shortcut to position mouse in center of primary screen?
I have a three monitor set up on Windows 7 and I sometimes lose track of where my cursor is. Is there any Windows shortcut to reset the mouse position? I'm guessing there is not, but might there be a ...
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Windows scrolling doesn't scroll all the way up
I have encountered this weird issue today. I didn't install or reconfigure anything to cause this. I've restarted my computer but this hasn't cured the problem.
Regardless of the application I use (I ...
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Mouse pointer on my MacBook moves by itself
Starting today, my mouse cursor is moving by itself. Here's a video of it:
http://screencast.com/t/FxpuuEk2ehf
I use a MacBook Pro with an external display and a magic mouse. The laptop is ...
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How can I set mouse sensitivity exactly the same in Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion?
I have a Microsoft mouse:
I bought it for gaming in Windows 7. I hate switching the magic mouse and this when restarting my comp, so I decided to stick with it.
One annoying thing with it is ...
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Disabling trackpad on Lenovo laptop
How do I disable my mouse trackpad on a Lenovo notebook running Windows 7?
Usually Lenovo installs with tools which allows you to do so (Ultranav). However, this laptop has a modified image installed ...
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How to disable the touchpad when I use the trackpoint in Linux?
I have recently installed Ubuntu (and its derivatives Xubuntu and Kubuntu) on my laptop.
On my computer, I have both a touchpad and a trackpoint. In Windows, the touchpad is disabled when I use the ...
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A mouse connected to a USB 1 port vs USB 2.0 port
I need more USB ports but my hub is USB 1.0. If I connect my mouse to it, is there any drop in performance?
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My laptop's touchpad is not working
I had posted a question long back and got answer for it.
Refer : How can I disable my laptop's built-in keyboard?
My Question was, How can i disable my Laptop Keyboard!. I got Answer and ...
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Mouse does not work with Remote Desktop
I have a Win 7 64-bit Pro desktop that I am trying to run Remote Desktop on to connect to my Windows Home Server 2011 server. When I connect, my server's desktop is visible and I can see and move my ...
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alternating between devices and rsi [closed]
I'm having light RSI issues in both wrists and I'm looking for best setup from RSI perspective. Is it pragmatic and healthy to alternate between devices at home and work? I use Apple keyboard and ...
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USB Mouse keeps cutting off/on on Win7
I have a USB mouse that just recently has started turning off for a few seconds than switching back on. The light switches off and the cursor stops moving. Then it come back on. I have updated my ...
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How do I trap the mouse pointer within a VirtualBox Guest OS?
I'm on a Mac Mini 2011 with VirtualBox installed. I have Windows 7 running as a Guest OS.
My question: How do I "trap" my mouse pointer within Windows? In other words, I don't want my mouse to move ...
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How do I repair my Logitech Anywhere MX?
My Anywhere Mouse has got mushy mouse button syndrome. That is, the left mouse button feels a little bit soft, and it easily double clicks, let's go when I drag something.
Before I repair it at home, ...
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Mouse Positioning using AutoHotKey
I am trying to create a script (pls be aware that I am not a programmer) using AutoHotkey that opens a web site, positions the mouse at a specified clickable icon and click repeatedly in a ...
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How can I create custom mouse actions in Windows 7?
My mouse has 2 additional buttons at the side. The mouse's default driver doesn't have many functions.
I want to set it so that if one of the buttons is pressed, the other buttons (including right ...
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Microsoft BlueTrack technology on cotton surfaces
I have recently acquired a Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse. It has a Microsoft BlueTrack technology for motion detection. Microsoft claims that it should work on practically any surface. Well, when I use ...
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Troubleshooting the Microsoft generic USB HID drivers
I've had the Logitech Wave MK550 for about two years now, and it has acted up twice on me now. Now being the second time, anyways. What is happening is the mouse and keyboard simply stop working on ...
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CPU Whine with USB mouse inserted while on battery
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E520 that emits a high pitched whine from the top lefthand area of the keyboard when a 2.4ghz wireless USB mouse is inserted. The sound is a lot louder while on battery ...
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Can I force the system mouse cursor image for a selected application?
Short Question
Is it possible to force the system mouse cursor image to a fixed image (Arrow) on an application by application basis?
Background
I have been trying to hide an annoying hourglass ...
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Game window not capturing mouse
Windowed DirectX apps seem to be freaking out on my Windows 7 install. Specifically Halo CE and Battlefront II.
The mouse turns invisible when the windowed game has the foreground, but continues to ...
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Why are so many wireless mice using USB dongles these days? [closed]
I've been noticing that increasingly mice seem to be coming as wireless mice with USB RF dongles. Why are manufacturers emphasizing proprietary dongles instead of USB wired or Bluetooth?
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PS/2 mouse and USB keyboard combination with Windows 7 isn't possible?
I have a PS/2 keyboard, and a PS/2 mouse - I'm using an Ubuntu/Win7 (x86) combo. Yesterday I've replaced the keyboard with a new USB one. Until a restart everything was fine, but after it, the cursor ...
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Mac cursor is jumping and the keyboard and mouse in unresponsive [closed]
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8. I have tried rebooting my machine, what else can I try?
(This happened shortly after the latest update but I don't think that is what is causing it).
The input from Mac ...
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Disable button in a third party application?
Im currently have a linux "kiosk" machine containing a closed-source third party application.
The problem is that the third party application has a settings button, that I dont want the users to be ...
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Ultra high-pitched squeal noise coming from motherboard [?] when NOT moving mouse
EDIT: It was actually the Logitech G500 mouse emitting a high-pitched whine or squeal, not the motherboard. More information here: http://jdc.parodius.com/logitech/. I suggest contacting Logitech ...
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Serial mouse does't work without restart, but USB mouse will. Why?
When I connect a USB mouse to a working system, it will work fine but serial mouse isn't recognized by the system? To get the serial mouse working, I need to restart the system. Why is this?
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On Windows, is there any way to make the scrollwheel's focus follow the mouse?
On Mac OS X I can mouse over something (without clicking on it or giving it complete focus) and use the scroll wheel to scroll it. On Windows (7 at least) which I'm forced to use in my new job, it ...
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How to effectively reduce the track-pad sensitivity more than system preferences will let you (OS X Lion)
I am using a Magic Trackpad, and I have turned the sensitivity all the way down in System Preferences, but it's not slow/insensitive enough. I have a gaming mouse that has custom DPI settings, and I ...
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Change mouse pointer
How do I change my mouse pointer? I know how to do it on a Windows XP, but I don't see the same options on Windows 7.
It would be even better If I could use a picture for my mouse pointer, if its ...
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Set mouse or keyboard button to simulate left click and hold or rapid left click repeating in Windows?
Does anyone know a way to configure Windows 7 or use third party software to do this? I would like to click my middle mouse button and have it tell Windows to left click and hold until I click the ...
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Mouse periodically locks up when using scroll wheel on mouse
I have an end user whose computer locks up occasionally when using their mouse scroll wheel to scroll up and down on a website.
Has anybody ever seen this before? Any idea what it could be?
My ...
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Software for disabling touchpad when external mouse is connected
In How to disable my netbook's touchpad when a usb mouse is connected I could not find an answer for my question.
Some laptops have drivers that automatically disable touchpad when external mouse ...
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VMPlayer, Windows 7 and mouse scrolling
I'm using VMPlayer 4.0 and Windows 7 image in it.
My biggest problem is, that I can't use mouse vertical scrolling.
Did anybody of you have the same problem and know solution?
Thank you in advance,
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Scrolling Sometimes Doesn't Work on Mouse with Magic Trackpad + Mouse Setup
I have both a Logitech G500 and an Apple Magic Trackpad connected to my computer running Lion. For some reason, occasionally my mouse will randomly refuse to scroll in either direction. In order to ...
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why doesn't browser scroll bar stop moving when take finger off laptop mouse pad
I recently bought a new laptop (Dell Inspiron). The machine has Windows 7 Home Premium running on it. I'm sure this issue can be corrected in Windows, but I do not know how. That's why I need your ...
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Why does my mouse get slower and slower?
I bought an excellent 5600 DPI mouse a few years ago, and it was really fast.
Now (I don't know why) it seems to be going a bit slower. I haven't changed any settings or changed my operating system.
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Mouse and keyboard (possibly usb in general) not working after BIOS update
I just installed version 8 of the BIOS of the gigabyte ga-ma790xt-ud4p motherboard. After rebooting, my razer diamondback mouse and razer lycosa keyboard refused to work. I didn't have the time to ...
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OSX Lion - Stuck in Drag mode and mouse click events are not going through. Can I manually generate a mouseup event?
My mouse is stuck in "drag" mode. This generally happens in Photoshop, but happens dragging files and such as well.
Clicking rapidly here and there generally solves the problem. Sometimes though, it ...
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How to rotate mouse directions
I have an Acer Netbook with Windows 7 starter and I am using the Kindle-PC to read books. The Graphics driver has an option to rotate the screen and when I rotate it 90-deg (for more text in Kindle-PC ...
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Blinking cursor [closed]
And by this I mean the mouse cursor, not the thing that goes before or after letters when editing text.
Why is this happening, and more importantly, how can I stop it?
EDIT: It only shows up when ...
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Cannot find Power Management Tab in XP
I have the problem that when I send my computer to sleep it wakes if you bump the table, floor, burp etc. I have read many threads that say go to Device Manager > Mouse > Properties > Power Management ...
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Why does my mouse skip during network traffic?
I have a Microsoft Arc Touch mouse with its own wireless dongle, but my issue has happened to me on a couple of other wireless mice as well. Whenever I access the network (i.e. copy files across a ...
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buggy mouse click after a while
The cursor of my mouse is moving as well on my twin view, but after a WHILE, or if I start kde with runlevels (I don't know why, but startx works better) I can't click anything.
I have had replaced ...
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Genius Navigator mouse cursor is jumping
I am on Windows 7 32 bit, and I have problems with a Genius Navigator 535 mouse. It is a gaming mouse, thus requiring a USB polling frequency > 125Hz.
I thought that installing a mouse driver for ...
