Questions about using, installing, configuring, repairing, or otherwise troubleshooting mice.

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Mouse doesn't work in some applications [on hold]

My mouse does not work in some programs. For example, when I install the Android Studio, when installation is complete the mouse within the app no ​​longer works but in such close and minimize box of ...
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Windows 10 Creators Update touchpad mouse frequently freezes [on hold]

I just got a Lenovo X1 Carbon yesterday, and installed the Windows 10 Creators Update on it. For the last 24 hours, I've been seeing the mouse touchpad randomly freezes for like a couple seconds. ...
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Enable Mouse Ease of Access Setting for a Specific Program in Windows 7

I run the 3d application Blender and the program has the ability to do it's own desktop space on each screen of a multi monitor setup. The annoying thing is that if you move your mouse from one ...
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Find out what winhook is causing mouse lag with voip software and 12 button mouse

Running windows 10, I recently got a 12 button mouse and I noticed that when i run any sort of voip software (Discord, Ventrilo, Skype, etc), my mouse clicks will sometimes not register. Or sometimes ...
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Is there a software for Windows that mimics the behavior of “mouse shake to enlarge mouse pointer” in OSX SIerra? [on hold]

In OSX Sierra, there is a feature called "shake to find" for Accessibility where the user can shake the mouse to enlarge it and find it easily: I'm aware of the setting in Windows where if you press ...
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Touchpad is now extremely laggy with both Fedora and Debian

The touchpad is now extremely laggy, the cursor doesn't move smoothly, with both Fedora and Debian I have a Sony VAIO. The problem only appeared recently, and what's more I tested with a Debian ...
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How to disable mouse right and middle click contexts on a google chrome page

I play online HTML5 games and when I right click or middle click in one of those games I see the context. It's annoying, how may I disable it so chrome doesn't consume event but redirects it to game? ...
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Is there a universal dongle that will work with Microsoft keyboard 3000 v2.0 [duplicate]

The dongle has been lost and rather than buy a new keyboard/mouse I was hoping the dongle could be replaced
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Why is my PC de-prioritizing mouse input?

I've noticed an issue couple of months back, when my CPU is under 80-100% load, my mouse starts lagging and stuttering. For example, when I would start an app like Chrome, or sometimes during gameplay....
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Middle button (mouse wheel) not working: no new tab, no past of marked text in ubuntu

Windows 10 When working with Windows I am used to open a new browser (chrome, Firefox) with the middle mouse button. Unfortunately with the Logitech G602 it is no working :( Ubuntu 16.04 In ...
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How can I stop Windows mouse jitter but maintain fast speed?

I have not had a steady mouse since early in the Windows 7 days. I'm looking for advice on possible configurations or solutions to this issue, not so much what brand of mouse to buy. I've tried ...
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Working from home - Need to share keyboard and mouse with home and work on vpn

I have Work surface pro 3 (Windows 10) that is always on VPN and I have a windows 10 home computer, 1 BT keyboard + mouse and one monitor. Basically when I work from home I would like to just use ...
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Copying keyboard and mouse actions on virtual machines

Is there a way of running several virtual machines and duplicating your mouse/keyboard movement onto every single of of them? So if I was on Google and clicked the search bar, all of my virtual ...
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How can I display a URL as a html preview in excel cell on mouse hover?

Can someone please explain to me how to turn a web link (URL) into html preview in excel cell for whole web page? i have over 1000 links on column "C" in excel cell that for example http://www.google....
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Need a USB Master - Mouse freezes when KVM switches - replug fixes it

This is a weird one. - I always get the weird ones. I have a Belkin SOHO 4 port KVM switch with 3 computers attached. CPU A = HP Probook 450 G1 running Win 7 Pro 64 bit CPU B = ...
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Lenovo e570, Trackpoint middle click and scrolling not working

I have been using Lenovo W520 and its trackpoint without any problems on Linux Mint 17.3 and 18.1. But now with my new notebook, Lenovo e570, the middle mouse button isn't detected. I read out the ...
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My mouse as stopped working - cursor does not respond at all but trackpad works (details inside)

I have a secondary computer that I use once a week or so. It runs Win7. Today I booted it up and found that my mouse was not responding at all. The cursor would just stay in the center of the screen. ...
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Focus-follows-mouse for Google Chrome on macOS?

I am seeking focus-follows-mouse behavior for Google Chrome windows on macOS. The desired behavior is that if there are two browser windows, occupying the left and right halves of the screen, then ...
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What options to do I have when a freshly imaged computer can't see USB keyboard/mouse?

I'm working with an HP Elitedesk 260 G2 Mini-desktop, basically it has USB 2 and 3, a VGA port and a RJ-45 port. I have a USB keyboard and mouse plugged into the USB 2 ports. I pushed a Windows 7 ...
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Mouse Accelerators for Visual Studio commands

I am looking for a way to tie Visual Studio commands to mouse-key combinations. In particular, I'd like to tie Go to Definition to the mouse-key combination Ctrl-LeftClick. This is a fairly common ...
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Using Adesso Cybertablet on Manjaro Linux

I have an Adesso Cybertablet Z7. I did install the Wizardpen driver. I lose pressure sensitivity. I only had to do two things: Install xinput_calibrator. Uninstall something from xorg or xf86. ...
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optical mouse detected only on USB 3.0 [closed]

I've an optical mouse (Eminent em3153) and when I connect it to my USB 3.0 it works fine. I don't understand why it is not recognized on any USB 2.0. I've unsuccesfully tried to detect hw changes ...
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How to make the mouse a priority for cpu processing(mouse freezes)?

I've come to ask if there is a way to make the mouse a priority for the cpu? I couldn't find anything about it online but i did find out is that it's a pretty common problem that the mouse freezes ...
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Mouse scroll wheel has stopped working

As of about a week ago, the scroll wheel on mice have stopped working (not just one, all mice). Here's what I've tried to investigate and fix the problem, all to no avail so far: Confirmed the ...
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Mouse wheel scrolling is jumpy

I'm using a Jelly Comb MK09 wireless keyboard and mouse. In all applications (Word, Chrome, Windows Explorer, etc) I get the following odd and highly annoying behaviour: Open a web page, Explorer ...
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what can I do if an application doesn't recognize horizontal scrolling?

I have a mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel (the MX Master by Logitech), but the horizontal scrolling is only recognized by some applications (e.g. Excel and Chrome). Other applications (like SQL ...
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Rebind windows key of microsoft sculpt ergo mouse

I'm trying to rebind the windows key of the microsoft sculpt ergo mouse under linux to backward navigatiom. Some rebinding works using xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Backslash" but rebinding to ...
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Frequently freezing windows system kills me

I don't know it is a virus and still am using quick heal internet security.my problem is that when windows 10 is fully loaded,after some time the system is stuck for a time. Selection by using mouse ...
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Disable Apple Magic Mouse Horizontal Scroll

I hate it. I simply cannot stand it. Does anyone know how to actually disable this feature? The following code does NOT work on macOS Sierra: defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch....
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How to solve Windows mouse lag issues?

My USB mouse (nothing fancy): Connect IT CI-390. It happens in Windows 10 x64, usually once or twice per half an hour. It is really annoying when Windows decides to stop my mouse for half a second. I ...
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Iogear USB KVM - Windows 10 - loses mouse, keyboard when switching

I have a DELL PowerEdge running Windows 10 (upgraded) attached to an Iogear GCS24U 4-port USB KVM. Sometimes when I am switched to another computer, when I switch back the keyboard and mouse are "...
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Disable USB mouse wake up for any USB port

I know I can prevent a mouse from waking the system from sleep by unchecking "Allow this device to wake the computer". The problem is that if I plug the USB receiver of the wirelss mouse into a ...
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How to enable long mouse press alternate click/context menu in Windows 7

Title says it all. I have a touch screen and would like a long press to give me my alternate/right click. The touch screen (Beckhoff CP2924) has drivers, but in this particular application I can't ...
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Wireless Mouse Needs USB 2.0

I have the logitech g700s, a 100 dollar wireless mouse. From the first month of use to now (5 months), the mouse does not seem to have its wireless functionality anymore. After unplugging from the ...
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HP Elitebook 8770w weird keyboard issue

I'm dealing with this very odd problem, and I haven't found anything similar online. When I install Windows 10 on this machine, during the first boot (immediately after setup), the keyboard works ...
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How To Disable Automatic Scrolling When Clicking Edge Of Window In Chrome?

I just noticed this starting today, when you click the edge of a scrollable area in Chrome (an element with scrollbars or the body of the page itself if it can scroll) the area will scroll. This was ...
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How can I force stop a program without using the mouse in Windows 10?

I'm trying to debug a Visual Studio C# Windows application that immediately takes over the desktop and disables mouse control. When it freezes, I need to be able to stop it somehow. I can press the ...
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Do virtual desktops using VirtualBox have their own mouse cursors?

Say I have a virtual desktop with Windows 10 installed using VirtualBox and create an application that runs on that desktop. The application in question will take control of the cursor using SendInput(...
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USB settings (Windows 7 or BIOS) and mouse messing them up

I have two "Logitech M500 Refresh" corded mice, both about 2 years old. One of them I have been using for a while, until it started "freezing" (not working) briefly or indefinitely at random times (...
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Using mouse's laser sensor for heartbeat measurement

So I would like to make a heartbeat sensor. This is easy in android as it has the camera and the flash LED but would be impossible to make in PC without the right software... Unless i would use the ...
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My USB Ports no longer work in Windows - BIOS is fine

A custom-build desktop PC has recently developed a fault. The machine boots into Windows fine, but no mouse or keyboard works when it is plugged in. The mouse cursor is on the screen but it does not ...
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Computer regularly stops recognizing mouse after unplugging and replugging it in

After I unplug my mouse/keyboard (USB, wireless), my computer stops recognizing it. This does not happen every time, however, it happens often enough that I am seriously considering reimaging my ...
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Microsoft Mouse Magnifier toggle button acting weird

Microsoft Mice allow you to assign a button to toggle the Magnifier, which is handy for people with vision problems. I have this set up on a computer for one of my clients and it worked well for years,...
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My mouse get randomly hang with archlinux x86_64

I use archlinux x86_64 installed on a brand new PC bought to materiel.net : motherboard: H170M-PLUS ASUSTeK CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz 16GO RAM DIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz ...
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Double click with the keyboard instead of the mouse? [duplicate]

I tried http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Keyboard-to-Click-Instead-of-a-Mouse and it doesn't seem to work pressing + simulates a right click
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how to connect many bluetooth devices to one bluetooth adapter

I have a computer without any bluetooth possibility in the motherBorad. I have bought a new bluetooth mouse : this one : Logitech M185 and it works perfectly . What i want to do is : to buy a new ...
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Mouse pointer stacks when moved too quickly

My mouse pointer stacks when moved too quickly. Any ideas why this could be the case? Here is the facts: 1. When I move slowly or quickly it is ok, pointer travels always the same distance if I move ...
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How to configure a mouse-wheel dead zone?

I have a Logitech M525 -- it's a compact portable mouse that uses Logitech's Unifying receivers. Unlike most other wheel-mice I've owned, it doesn't have a significant detente between "clicks" of ...
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Computer requires hard restart for usb keyboard and mouse to have power

When switching from just having shutdown Ubuntu (SSD2) to then selecting the Windows 7 (SSD1) it loads to the lock screen, but while doing so the keyboard and mouse power down. If I gracefully ...
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how to fix a sluggish mouse?

For no aparent reason, my mouse became sluggish. It worked perfectly for a few years... If I move it fast, it will move ok, but I cant be precise that way. But if I move it slowly, with precision ...