A Mouse Problem, Maybe...

[FXP]

I am running Windows 2000 on an IBM Laptop for some time and everything was fine. I now seem to have a problem which I haven't seen before. After a couple of minutes of use the mouse button acts oddly. Instead of a simple left click, it selects from my Desktop a rectangular array of buttons so if I click the second icon over and second row down on the desktop it highlights a square from the top left (4 icons) and opens them all? The IBM has a pointing device build-in and I use an external Logitech mouse, both mouses have the same behavior after a time so I guess its a system thing. I opened Systems mouse folder and everything is set correctly. This one has me scratching my head...any and all comments welcome. Thank you.

 

[smah]

Stuck Shift key perhaps?

PS forum616 or forum602 might come up with better answers.

 

[linney]

Are there any Mouse and Pointing Devices, mentioned in the Device Manager, that can be uninstalled, and after a Reboot, rediscovered by Windows?

Can you test this behavior from Safe Mode, and from Normal Mode, but with a different user?

In Folder Options/ General what happens if you play around with the Settings under "Click items as follows"?

You can always try another Mouse.

Windows 2000 Keyboard Shortcuts

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/keyboard.htm

No Keyboard or Mouse After Installing Logitech 9.0 Mouseware Drivers on Windows 2000 (Q256233)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q256/2/33.asp

 

[JockMullin]

It sounds rather like the CTRL key is stuck.

I have a somewhat similar problem with a Dell Inspiron, which has the little mouse stick embedded in the keyboard. I had to disable it in the bios because after 10 mins or so the mouse will slowly wander off-screen. External mouns works OK with the touchpad and mouse stick disabled.

Jock

 

[FXP]

I blew some canned air under the keys and so far so good. I never would have thought to clean out around the keys. Lets hope this does the trick. Thanks for all the suggestions, you really helped.