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Mouse mis-behaving
Hello,
First, the environment... Windows XP 64 bit host OS running VMware player. 3 guest OSes. Ubuntu, Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit. For the last year or so until sometime during the last week (I was on vacation, so I don't exactly when), the mouse has worked fine in the host OS and all 3 guest OSes. During the last week the mouse picked up a strange behaviour in the 32 bit XP guest only. 2 symptoms so far... 1) If I click in the title bar, the window moves such that the point in the title bar where I clicked moves to the top left corner of the desktop. 2) Sometimes (I'm sure there's a pattern, I just haven't figured it out yet) if I click on "my computer" on the desktop (maybe other icons as well) it will create a vertical toolbar on the left edge of the screen with the bits and pieces you would expect to see if it opened in Explorer. Further weirdness is that if I connect to the 32bit XP system using remote desktop (from the 64 bit Win7 system), the mouse works as expected. Any ideas on how to remedy the situation are most welcome as I'm stumped... Bruce |
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Mouse mis-behaving
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Bruce Bowler typed: Hello, First, the environment... Windows XP 64 bit host OS running VMware player. 3 guest OSes. Ubuntu, Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit. For the last year or so until sometime during the last week (I was on vacation, so I don't exactly when), the mouse has worked fine in the host OS and all 3 guest OSes. During the last week the mouse picked up a strange behaviour in the 32 bit XP guest only. 2 symptoms so far... 1) If I click in the title bar, the window moves such that the point in the title bar where I clicked moves to the top left corner of the desktop. 2) Sometimes (I'm sure there's a pattern, I just haven't figured it out yet) if I click on "my computer" on the desktop (maybe other icons as well) it will create a vertical toolbar on the left edge of the screen with the bits and pieces you would expect to see if it opened in Explorer. Further weirdness is that if I connect to the 32bit XP system using remote desktop (from the 64 bit Win7 system), the mouse works as expected. Any ideas on how to remedy the situation are most welcome as I'm stumped... Bruce Are you sure it isn't the mouse itself? Mice are not the most reliable devices out there and they can get flaky over time. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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