[dba-Tech] curious mouse behaviour on laptop

Microswitches in mice are not very robust and it's harly worth trying ro repair/replace one,.  If 
it doesn't work on another machine either, replace the mouse. 

I periodically have a button stop working - I've got several old mice sitting around that I really 
need to throw away.

-- 
Stuart

On 26 Nov 2014 at 10:54, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> Environment Dell Inspiron laptop. HP USB Optical mouse attached.
> 
> Suddenly all the right-button clicks are failing in all programs. I
> still have the touchpad to get around this, but it pisses me off
> nonetheless. The other mouse functions (left button and wheel) work
> perfectly; only the right button's functionality seems to have gone
> away. Everything was fine until about a week ago.
> 
> Why would this suddenly happen? My first guess was batteries, but
> given that 2 out of 3 continue to work perfectly, that doesn't make
> obvious sense
> 
> Mice are cheap so it's not that big a deal, but being the
> ever-so-eco-sensitive guy, I don't want to chuck this mouse into the
> dustbin without at least an attempt to figure out what's gone wrong.
> Reboots don't solve the problem, and neither does
> unplugging/replugging.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -- 
> Arthur
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