Hi Robin,
The next thing I would attempt is to press CTRL+ALT+DEL
to get to Task Manager, and End Task the pointer / mouse
software from the list of running processes. Hope that works!
--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S.
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| no joy, was set to universal scroll, tried it out and
| same problem occured, any other ideas? :-(
| Thanx for the suggestion tho
|
| Robin
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Robin,
| >
| >In Control Panel / Mouse options see if you can
| >Set your scroll wheel option to "AutoScroll".
| >
| >I suspect that it's set differently and causing these
| issues.
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
| >Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| | >| recently i have started having problems when using my
| >| mousewheel in games. When ever i try to use the
| >| mousewheel, i find that as the mousewheel is used, it
| >| sometimes minimizes the game that i am playing, i have
| >| been unable to find any pattern in the times it leaves
| >| the game and the times it doesn't. the games that i
| have
| >| found it happening in are:-
| >| battlefield 1942
| >| Battlefield vietnam
| >| Painkiller
| >| Hidden and dangerous 2
| >|
| >| please can someone help me? :-(
| >
| >
| >.
| >