minor mouse problem

SSJ04 wrote :-

Yes, and I'm the disabled user. I've been using Jaws for Windows for 5
yrs
on this box and it has never done this before.

From my fairly limited experiences with Jaws, I would doubt that it would
have any influence on your mouse button problems.

I'm at a loss from this distance as to what could be causing the issue other
than a faulty mouse (heat related? - but that wouldn't really explain a
reset on re-boot). Substitution of the mouse would be my next recommendation
and if no improvement, a long painstaking exercise in trying to pin-down
exactly what operation you are doing (and application(s) running, etc.) when
the mouse buttons fail to react. That - I guess - would probably mean a
sighted person working with you until you can locate a common theme.
Sherlock Holmes - eat your heart out g

A fairly standard, cheap ps/2 mouse *should* plug and play with WinMe
without the need for special drivers - special features, such as a wheel or
extra buttons may need mouse specific drivers to control them correctly. But
the standard two buttons normally work correctly with the default MS
drivers.

Good luck

Mart



"SSJ04 Mewtwo" wrote in message
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Mart wrote:

Not too sure though, exactly what you mean by 'adaptive software' on your
ME
box. Is this for disabled users? Could this be causing a conflict with
your
mouse?

Yes, and I'm the disabled user. I've been using Jaws for Windows for 5
yrs
on this box and it has never done this before.

When removing the device and rebooting the PC I would need the "eyes" of
someone else when ME tries to find the mouse's software. It's just easier
for someone to remove the hardware and then reboot the machine to let the
OS
find the mouse again while I supervise. If I were to tell Jaws to startup
on next boot, it would slow down everything.

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Thanks to all for the help. To add to the problem it seems to be somewhat
intermittent. It seems to be noticeable when I get off the machine and
someone else gets on and clicks on one of the desktop icons the mouse
doesn't respond to the command. I would get it if the cursor couldn't move
either. This particular also has what could be called a very small
joy-stick between the buttons that acts like a scroll wheel.



Mart wrote:

From my fairly limited experiences with Jaws, I would doubt that it would
have any influence on your mouse button problems.

I'm at a loss from this distance as to what could be causing the issue other
than a faulty mouse (heat related? - but that wouldn't really explain a
reset on re-boot). Substitution of the mouse would be my next recommendation
and if no improvement, a long painstaking exercise in trying to pin-down
exactly what operation you are doing (and application(s) running, etc.) when
the mouse buttons fail to react. That - I guess - would probably mean a
sighted person working with you until you can locate a common theme.
Sherlock Holmes - eat your heart out g

A fairly standard, cheap ps/2 mouse *should* plug and play with WinMe
without the need for special drivers - special features, such as a wheel or
extra buttons may need mouse specific drivers to control them correctly. But
the standard two buttons normally work correctly with the default MS
drivers.

Good luck

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http://www.megarockradio.com

"SSJ04 Mewtwo" wrote in message
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Thanks for the input. I'll inform the other users of this machine that
that
is the only solution. Hm, I'm guessing that when it is trying to find
those
driver files they should be on the hard drive and not on the WinME CD
since
the driver seems to be a generic driver.

The first thing to check is software conflicts. Did the mouse used to work
properly? Did you install any new software or updates, or start using any
new programs, about the time the problem started? If so, try removing them
and see if the problem persists.
As Mart said, generic mice typically work fine with the drivers that come
with Windows, but the next thing to try would be a new driver. Newest
drivers are generally obtained from the web site of the hardware
manufacturer. New PCs typically also come with a special disk for drivers
that should include one for the mouse, which should also work. If a new
driver doesn't fix it, you'll probably want to replace the mouse. If a
different mouse has the same issue, it's most certainly a software conflict.
If you can reproduce the problem with a different mouse, different driver,
and after removing any software that could possibly conflict, worst case you
might need to reload the operating system.