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My mouse wheel has started doing that thing where it scrolls up a few times if I'm scrolling down.
Here's my mouse settings (Windows 10 Settings window AND Control Panel mouse properties).
Its a Redragon Centrophorus so I don't really expect miracles but I took it in to the shop I where I bought it, they plugged it into a pc and the scroll wheel scrolls perfectly fine there.
I've tried a different USB port on my pc but the problem persists. I'm not sure what to try.
The mouse wheel has a series of small slats or spokes that are read optically as it turns.
I guarantee you have a little ball of hair and lint blocking the light.
Careful disassembly and something like a toothpick to clean the optical path will fix it.
Possible solution is : turning off the option "Allow themes to change mouse pointers". You can do this by going to : Control panel>Hardware and sound>mouse Then select the tab "Pointers" and uncheck the box that says "Allow themes to change mouse pointers". [windows 7 tested]
