Strange mouse behaviour

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Simon

Here's a strange one that has happened a couple of times in the last
few days. When my computer first boots up, the left mouse button acts
as a delete key instead of selecting things.
In some applications, like Thunderbird, a single left click is
interpreted as 'select all, then delete'. As a result, my wife managed
to delete all her emails! The problem seems to go away after a while,
but it is very annoying and potentially could cause a lot of problems.
I've never seen this before. Does anyone have any suggestions?

This is a recent reinstall of XP Pro (genuine licence key) on a
refurbished HP Vectra 240

Simon
 
The first thing you have to get over is that this is Not some 'expected
behavior' from Windows. File or disk corruption, virus/spyware, some driver
corrupt. You are going to have to run down each possibility, one at a time.
What does Device Manager report about the devices, like the mouse?
Does running "Error Correction" on the drive do anything?
Have you installed any of the anti-spyware, or anti-virus apps to help you?
Random deletion is not 'expected behavior'.
 
The first thing you have to get over is that this is Not some 'expected
behavior' from Windows. File or disk corruption, virus/spyware, some driver
corrupt. You are going to have to run down each possibility, one at a time.
What does Device Manager report about the devices, like the mouse?
Does running "Error Correction" on the drive do anything?
Have you installed any of the anti-spyware, or anti-virus apps to help you?
Random deletion is not 'expected behavior'.
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Hi Mark,
I haven't tried doing a disk check yet. I ran a Mcafee virus check as
I thought it looked like the sort of antisocial thing a virus might
do! I also ran Spybot anti-spyware. Neither turned anything up.
Device Manager claimed that the mouse was ok, but I selected the
option of updating the driver anyway. I've now switched from a USB
mouse to PS2 to see if that makes a difference. It's the fact that it
only occasionally happens and then only for a few minutes when first
booting up, that makes it hard to understand.
 
Hi Mark,
I haven't tried doing a disk check yet. I ran a Mcafee virus check as
I thought it looked like the sort of antisocial thing a virus might
do! I also ran Spybot anti-spyware. Neither turned anything up.
Device Manager claimed that the mouse was ok, but I selected the
option of updating the driver anyway. I've now switched from a USB
mouse to PS2 to see if that makes a difference. It's the fact that it
only occasionally happens and then only for a few minutes when first
booting up, that makes it hard to understand.
Click to expand...

In case anyone is interested, I switched to a PS2 mouse and the
problems seem to have disappeared. I don't know if it was a faulty USB
mouse or just a problem with USB mice in general.
 
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