Μs μsculus
 

Serioua mouse problem.
Is it hardware or software or virus?
It only works vertically ATM
David

PS If I ever manage to post this it will be a f****** miracle.

[quote=davieddy;156685]Serioua mouse problem.
Is it hardware or software or virus?
It only works vertically ATM
David

PS If I ever manage to post this it will be a f****** miracle.[/quote]
Optical mouse? Check for dirt under the sensor. Usually it is a hair.

If it is a wheel mouse, the axel is likely dirty.

[quote=Uncwilly;156692]If it is a wheel mouse, the axel is likely dirty.[/quote]
It is a wheel mouse and probably very dirty.
I curreently navigate by turning the wheels by hand.
But how cime it goes wrong so precipittously?
The horizontal wheel feels stiff, but I'll be buggered
if removing a bit of dirt will cure it (I'vr tried).

I'll buy a new mouse on Monday.

Of Mice and Men
 

That might have been a wittier title to this mundane thread.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics:
It's easy to f*** up a mouse, but not so easy to mend it :(

(Apologies to Carnot, Clausius, Kelvin et al)
Not to mention Lenz and Sod:smile:

I'm now convinced that I need a bew mouse:
I am rapidly acquiring the art of navigating by rolling the
wheels with my fingers. It's just like tryung to draw a picture
with "Etch a Sketch"!

Tab key is your friend.

[quote=jrk;156750]Tab key is your friend.[/quote]
This. Nearly every (every?) Windows function, and many functions of programs, can be controlled with only the keyboard.

[quote=Mini-Geek;156784]This. Nearly every (every?) Windows function, and many functions of programs, can be controlled with only the keyboard.[/quote]
depends on the program
if it is a well written program or a microsoft program then it should work with just keyboard
menus can be assessed using alt

[quote=davieddy;156696]It is a wheel mouse and probably very dirty.
I curreently navigate by turning the wheels by hand.
But how cime it goes wrong so precipittously?[/quote]Same reason a grocery cart wheel turns fine until suddenly seizing up when a bit of junk jams it, except that a wheelmouse can be jammed by a single thread or hair wrapped on the axle.

[quote]The horizontal wheel feels stiff, but I'll be buggered if removing a bit of dirt will cure it (I'vr tried).

I'll buy a new mouse on Monday.[/quote]Consider an optical mouse. I switched from wheelmice to opticalmice years ago and soon wished I'd done so earlier.