To disable a mouse wheel.
Open Device Manager...
Start | Run | Type: devmgmt.msc | Click OK |
1. Double-click Mice and other pointing devices and then double-click the
name of the mouse you want to configure.
2. On the Advanced Settings tab, in Wheel Detection, select Detection
Disabled.
Wheel Detection
[[Changes how the operating system detects and enables the wheel on your
mouse. There are three options:
Detection disabled - The operating system will not try to detect or enable a
mouse wheel. Choose this option if you do not want to use your mouse wheel.
Look for wheel - The operating system will try to detect whether you have a
mouse wheel on your mouse. If it determines that there is a wheel, it will
enable the wheel. Not every mouse supports this feature. If you choose this
option, and your mouse does not work, choose Assume wheel is present.
Assume wheel is present - The operating system will attempt to enable your
mouse wheel without first detecting whether you have a mouse wheel. If your
mouse wheel is not functioning, you should choose this option.]]
Mouse Properties...
Start | Run | Type: control mouse | Click OK |
Wheel tab
The choice is between 1 and 100 on The following number of lines at a time:
The following number of lines at a time...
[[Defines how far a page scrolls when you roll the wheel one notch. You can
scroll a specific number of lines or an entire screen.]]
One screen at a time...
[[A screen is different depending on the size of your window and the program
you are using. It is equivalent to using the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys on
your keyboard, or to clicking the scroll bar.]]
Normally the mouse wheel does the same thing as the Page Up and Page Down
keys. In Internet Explorer and Outlook Express Ctrl + mouse wheel zooms the
Text Size. The same as View | Text Size | Pick a size. Each notch on the
wheel changes to the next Text Size.
I do that by accident all the time. In fact I discovered this by accident
and can't find any documentation on it.
On some mice the wheel acts as a third button. Click the wheel, hold it
down and you can drag the displayed page up and down and depending on the
application, left and right.
In MS Office apps Ctrl + mouse wheel changes the percentage of Zoom. It
zooms in and zooms out.
In AutoCAD the wheel zooms without using the Ctrl key. I use the wheel
button and the mouse wheel to navigate around drawings in AutoCAD all the
time.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Sanford Aranoff said:
I set the mouse wheel scroller to None (choices are 6 lines, none,
screen). Yet it scrolls 6 lines! How can I disable the scroller?
Thanks.