focus (active window) not returning?

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:46:21 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a bunch
of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give it
a try later and let you know how it works for me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was
looking for, something that actually changes focus to where the
pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE, allowing me to
scroll simply by moving the pointer to the pane I want and not having
to click on a file or anything. Great stuff! I'll have to try it on
my Win7 laptop once I take my Win8 drive out and put the Win7 one
back in (I may not put the Win8 one back in since I'm not too happy
with it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the box
for "Show in the system tray." 30 second installation with no prompts
for crapware or anything else. I've tried it out with Excel 2003 with
no problems, and it works fine in IE. I really don't foresee any
problems with other programs either, but will post if I do have
anything specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows
me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both my desktop and my
laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no
scrolling at all on my laptop, even with Wizmouse running on it. If I
shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and vice
versa. But it doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my
desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and combinations of them, but
no change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I
use the most.

I have no idea what Mouse Without Borders is, but Wizmouse doesn't claim
it will work with touchpads. I know you didn't say that you do, I just
wanted to get that out of the way. ;-)

And yes, even using a laptop (I gave up on desktops for 7 years now) and
using a real mouse, I found Wizmouse to work perfectly. Too perfectly
actually. My hand drifted once while I was using it and the pointer
scrolled off of the window onto the desktop and quit working. Stock
Windows it would have kept on working. ;-)

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:36:58 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:


"SC Tom" wrote in message ...

"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:46:21 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a bunch of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give it a try later and let you know how it works for
me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was looking for, something that actually changes focus to
where the pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE, allowing me to scroll simply by moving the pointer to
the pane I want and not having to click on a file or anything. Great stuff! I'll have to try it on my Win7 laptop once
I take my Win8 drive out and put the Win7 one back in (I may not put the Win8 one back in since I'm not too happy with
it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the box for "Show in the system tray." 30 second
installation with no prompts for crapware or anything else. I've tried it out with Excel 2003 with no problems, and it
works fine in IE. I really don't foresee any problems with other programs either, but will post if I do have anything
specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both my
desktop and my laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no scrolling at all on my laptop, even with
Wizmouse running on it. If I shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and vice versa. But it
doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and combinations of them, but no
change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I use the most.

Well, I'm glad you mostly like it! I knew you guys were discussing
this topic recently, so when I ran across it I thought I'd let you
know.

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"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:46:21 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a bunch of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give it a try later and let you know how it works for
me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was looking for, something that actually changes focus
to where the pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE, allowing me to scroll simply by moving the
pointer to the pane I want and not having to click on a file or anything. Great stuff! I'll have to try it on my
Win7 laptop once I take my Win8 drive out and put the Win7 one back in (I may not put the Win8 one back in since I'm
not too happy with it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the box for "Show in the system tray." 30 second
installation with no prompts for crapware or anything else. I've tried it out with Excel 2003 with no problems, and
it works fine in IE. I really don't foresee any problems with other programs either, but will post if I do have
anything specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both
my desktop and my laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no scrolling at all on my laptop,
even with Wizmouse running on it. If I shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and vice versa.
But it doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and combinations of
them, but no change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I use the most.

I have no idea what Mouse Without Borders is, but Wizmouse doesn't claim it will work with touchpads. I know you
didn't say that you do, I just wanted to get that out of the way. ;-)

And yes, even using a laptop (I gave up on desktops for 7 years now) and using a real mouse, I found Wizmouse to work
perfectly. Too perfectly actually. My hand drifted once while I was using it and the pointer scrolled off of the
window onto the desktop and quit working. Stock Windows it would have kept on working. ;-)

I'm not using the touchpad on the laptop. If I'm not accessing it with a real mouse through my desktop PC via MWB, I use
a Bluetooth Logitech. It is rare that I even touch the touchpad; in fact, it still looks brand new on a 4 year old
Gateway.

Wiz works well on the laptop and on the PC separately; just not through MWB. If I have both mice (mouses?) turned on,
they each work as advertised for their respective machines. I don't have a problem with Wizmouse at all really. It does
what I want it to do :-)
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:36:58 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:


"SC Tom" wrote in message ...

"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:46:21 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a bunch of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give it a try later and let you know how it works for
me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was looking for, something that actually changes focus
to
where the pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE, allowing me to scroll simply by moving the pointer
to
the pane I want and not having to click on a file or anything. Great stuff! I'll have to try it on my Win7 laptop
once
I take my Win8 drive out and put the Win7 one back in (I may not put the Win8 one back in since I'm not too happy
with
it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the box for "Show in the system tray." 30 second
installation with no prompts for crapware or anything else. I've tried it out with Excel 2003 with no problems, and
it
works fine in IE. I really don't foresee any problems with other programs either, but will post if I do have
anything
specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both my
desktop and my laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no scrolling at all on my laptop, even
with
Wizmouse running on it. If I shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and vice versa. But it
doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and combinations of them, but
no
change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I use the most.

Well, I'm glad you mostly like it! I knew you guys were discussing
this topic recently, so when I ran across it I thought I'd let you
know.


Yep, it's definitely a keeper :-)
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:36:58 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:


"SC Tom" wrote in message
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"Char Jackson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:46:21 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

"Char Jackson" wrote in message
om...
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a
bunch of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give
it a try later and let you know how it works for
me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was
looking for, something that actually changes focus to
where the pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE,
allowing me to scroll simply by moving the pointer to
the pane I want and not having to click on a file or anything. Great
stuff! I'll have to try it on my Win7 laptop once
I take my Win8 drive out and put the Win7 one back in (I may not put
the Win8 one back in since I'm not too happy with
it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the
box for "Show in the system tray." 30 second
installation with no prompts for crapware or anything else. I've
tried it out with Excel 2003 with no problems, and it
works fine in IE. I really don't foresee any problems with other
programs either, but will post if I do have anything
specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows
me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both my
desktop and my laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop),
I have no scrolling at all on my laptop, even with
Wizmouse running on it. If I shut it down on my desktop, then it works
fine on the laptop, and vice versa. But it
doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my desktop. I've tried
numerous settings, and combinations of them, but no
change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I
use the most.

Well, I'm glad you mostly like it! I knew you guys were discussing
this topic recently, so when I ran across it I thought I'd let you
know.

I have no idea how you came up with this gem, Char? But I looked for
something like this for two days and I couldn't find anything like this.
And it appears few have ever heard of it. Although now that you had
mentioned it, this thread will show up on many search engines now. ;-)

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP

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On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a
bunch of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give
it a try later and let you know how it works for me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was
looking for, something that actually changes focus to where the
pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE, allowing me
to scroll simply by moving the pointer to the pane I want and not
having to click on a file or anything. Great stuff! I'll have to
try it on my Win7 laptop once I take my Win8 drive out and put the
Win7 one back in (I may not put the Win8 one back in since I'm not
too happy with it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the
box for "Show in the system tray." 30 second installation with no
prompts for crapware or anything else. I've tried it out with Excel
2003 with no problems, and it works fine in IE. I really don't
foresee any problems with other programs either, but will post if I
do have anything specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows
me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both my desktop and my
laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no
scrolling at all on my laptop, even with Wizmouse running on it. If
I shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and
vice versa. But it doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my
desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and combinations of them, but
no change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one
I use the most.

I have no idea what Mouse Without Borders is, but Wizmouse doesn't
claim it will work with touchpads. I know you didn't say that you do,
I just wanted to get that out of the way. ;-)

And yes, even using a laptop (I gave up on desktops for 7 years now)
and using a real mouse, I found Wizmouse to work perfectly. Too
perfectly actually. My hand drifted once while I was using it and the
pointer scrolled off of the window onto the desktop and quit working.
Stock Windows it would have kept on working. ;-)

I'm not using the touchpad on the laptop. If I'm not accessing it with
a real mouse through my desktop PC via MWB, I use a Bluetooth
Logitech. It is rare that I even touch the touchpad; in fact, it still
looks brand new on a 4 year old Gateway.

Wiz works well on the laptop and on the PC separately; just not
through MWB. If I have both mice (mouses?) turned on, they each work
as advertised for their respective machines. I don't have a problem
with Wizmouse at all really. It does what I want it to do :-)

So what is that MWB all about anyway? Am I missing out on some fun?

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:43:54 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

I have no idea how you came up with this gem, Char? But I looked for
something like this for two days and I couldn't find anything like this.
And it appears few have ever heard of it. Although now that you had
mentioned it, this thread will show up on many search engines now. ;-)

I was researching that stupid Win 7 Windows Explorer bug where the
navigation pane jumps down or sometimes up, never staying where you
expect it to be. Someone mentioned WizMouse and the rest was history.

Meanwhile, I had a 'Duh!' moment when I ran across a reference to
Classic Shell. I had completely forgotten that Classic Shell addresses
that bug and many others. (Yes, I know this is an XP group, but
there's some bleedover of participants.)

"Char Jackson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:43:54 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

I have no idea how you came up with this gem, Char? But I looked for
something like this for two days and I couldn't find anything like
this.
And it appears few have ever heard of it. Although now that you had
mentioned it, this thread will show up on many search engines now. ;-)

I was researching that stupid Win 7 Windows Explorer bug where the
navigation pane jumps down or sometimes up, never staying where you
expect it to be. Someone mentioned WizMouse and the rest was history.

Meanwhile, I had a 'Duh!' moment when I ran across a reference to
Classic Shell. I had completely forgotten that Classic Shell addresses
that bug and many others. (Yes, I know this is an XP group, but
there's some bleedover of participants.)

Pretty amazing Char! Even among geniuses, such accidents are rare.
Kudos! ;-)

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Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:46:21 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a bunch of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give it a try later and let you know how it works
for me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was looking for, something that actually changes focus
to where the pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE, allowing me to scroll simply by moving the
pointer to the pane I want and not having to click on a file or anything. Great stuff! I'll have to try it on my
Win7 laptop once I take my Win8 drive out and put the Win7 one back in (I may not put the Win8 one back in since
I'm not too happy with it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the box for "Show in the system tray." 30 second
installation with no prompts for crapware or anything else. I've tried it out with Excel 2003 with no problems,
and it works fine in IE. I really don't foresee any problems with other programs either, but will post if I do
have anything specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both
my desktop and my laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no scrolling at all on my laptop,
even with Wizmouse running on it. If I shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and vice
versa. But it doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and
combinations of them, but no change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I use the most.

I have no idea what Mouse Without Borders is, but Wizmouse doesn't claim it will work with touchpads. I know you
didn't say that you do, I just wanted to get that out of the way. ;-)

And yes, even using a laptop (I gave up on desktops for 7 years now) and using a real mouse, I found Wizmouse to
work perfectly. Too perfectly actually. My hand drifted once while I was using it and the pointer scrolled off of
the window onto the desktop and quit working. Stock Windows it would have kept on working. ;-)

I'm not using the touchpad on the laptop. If I'm not accessing it with a real mouse through my desktop PC via MWB, I
use a Bluetooth Logitech. It is rare that I even touch the touchpad; in fact, it still looks brand new on a 4 year
old Gateway.

Wiz works well on the laptop and on the PC separately; just not through MWB. If I have both mice (mouses?) turned on,
they each work as advertised for their respective machines. I don't have a problem with Wizmouse at all really. It
does what I want it to do :-)

So what is that MWB all about anyway? Am I missing out on some fun?

It's from the Microsoft Garage, a kind of think-tank freestyle development group:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20...rk-innovation/

Mouse Without Borders is one of their projects that was released on its own instead of part of a package. It's kinda
like a KVM without the V :-) If you have more than one PC or laptop on at the same time for whatever reason, you can use
the same mouse and keyboard for all of them. They each use their own display, so if you have (like I do) a PC monitor on
your desk, and a laptop next to it, you don't have to reach over to the laptop to use its keyboard (or plug in a 2nd
one). It also allows cut 'n' paste between the machines, and other simple stuff. It's a pretty neat little tool:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/arch...t-borders.aspx

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"BillW50" wrote in message

So what is that MWB all about anyway? Am I missing out on some fun?

It's from the Microsoft Garage, a kind of think-tank freestyle
development group:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20...rk-innovation/


Mouse Without Borders is one of their projects that was released on its
own instead of part of a package. It's kinda like a KVM without the V
:-) If you have more than one PC or laptop on at the same time for
whatever reason, you can use the same mouse and keyboard for all of
them. They each use their own display, so if you have (like I do) a PC
monitor on your desk, and a laptop next to it, you don't have to reach
over to the laptop to use its keyboard (or plug in a 2nd one). It also
allows cut 'n' paste between the machines, and other simple stuff. It's
a pretty neat little tool:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/arch...t-borders.aspx

So they stole Synergy? I've been using Synergy for this for years. And it
works in Linux too, so I control my Win *and* Ubuntu machines with one single
keyboard and mouse.
The only drawback of Synergy is that it does not correctly send the 4th and
5th mouse keys from Windows to Ubuntu.

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SC Tom wrote:
"BillW50" wrote in message

So what is that MWB all about anyway? Am I missing out on some fun?

It's from the Microsoft Garage, a kind of think-tank freestyle development group:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20...rk-innovation/ Mouse Without Borders is
one of their projects that was released on its own instead of part of a package. It's kinda like a KVM without the V
:-) If you have more than one PC or laptop on at the same time for whatever reason, you can use the same mouse and
keyboard for all of them. They each use their own display, so if you have (like I do) a PC monitor on your desk, and
a laptop next to it, you don't have to reach over to the laptop to use its keyboard (or plug in a 2nd one). It also
allows cut 'n' paste between the machines, and other simple stuff. It's a pretty neat little tool:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/arch...t-borders.aspx

So they stole Synergy? I've been using Synergy for this for years. And it works in Linux too, so I control my Win
*and* Ubuntu machines with one single keyboard and mouse.
The only drawback of Synergy is that it does not correctly send the 4th and 5th mouse keys from Windows to Ubuntu.



It's similar to Synergy and Input Director, but I wouldn't say the MS team stole it any more than I'd say Synergy stole
Input Director, or vice versa.
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Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows
me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both my desktop and my
laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no
scrolling at all on my laptop, even with Wizmouse running on it. If I
shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and vice
versa. But it doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my
desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and combinations of them, but
no change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I
use the most.

I too have recently found a similar flaw. Under Windows 8 and using a
Metro app, the scroll wheel is dead until you disable Wizmouse.

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Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 8 CP

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"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:46:21 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

"Char Jackson" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:43 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:

Tom, I know you said you don't necessarily like to load up a bunch of
3rd party stuff, but have you tried WizMouse?
http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/
It appears to be free, donate-ware.


No, I haven't. I have it downloaded now; I'll install it and give it a try later and let you know how it works for
me.

Thanks!

I'll be curious to read your report.


Thanks very much for the suggestion! That is exactly what I was looking for, something that actually changes focus to
where the pointer is. It behaves in Explorer like it does in OE, allowing me to scroll simply by moving the pointer
to the pane I want and not having to click on a file or anything. Great stuff! I'll have to try it on my Win7 laptop
once I take my Win8 drive out and put the Win7 one back in (I may not put the Win8 one back in since I'm not too
happy with it, but that's a different post ;-) ).

I didn't have to change any of the settings, other than clear the box for "Show in the system tray." 30 second
installation with no prompts for crapware or anything else. I've tried it out with Excel 2003 with no problems, and
it works fine in IE. I really don't foresee any problems with other programs either, but will post if I do have
anything specific that it causes a problem with.

Thanks again!

Well, I found one problem. I run Mouse Without Borders, which allows me to use the same mouse and keyboard for both my
desktop and my laptop. With Wizmouse running on my primary (desktop), I have no scrolling at all on my laptop, even
with Wizmouse running on it. If I shut it down on my desktop, then it works fine on the laptop, and vice versa. But it
doesn't work on the laptop if it's running on my desktop. I've tried numerous settings, and combinations of them, but
no change.

Still, though, I am satisfied with it since my desktop PC is the one I use the most.

Well, I take back what I posted above. After shutting both the laptop and the PC down for the night, Wizmouse worked as
advertised today, even with the one mouse and keyboard via MWB. Huh! Go figure.
Sweet!
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SC Tom