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Strange mouse happenings???
Up until a few days ago, my mouse(s) ( both my notebook pad and my wireless
Mouse) worked "normally". That is, I could highlight text by holding the control key down; pressing the left button and then could copy/paste that elsewhere. That still happens on my Windows mail items. However, whenever I now go to a "dialog box' in a web site...and try to do the same thing,, highlight the text and then copy/paste it..I get a "hand" figure that tries to move the text around, but I cannot find a way to highlight and copy anymore. No doubt some setting has changed (probably by me!!)... I went to control panel and looked at the various mouse settings, but none of them seem to help. I tried to do three different System Restores and every time I do I get a message that says that the restore didn't work due to an "unspecified error"?? I'm lost...any help much appreciated. thanks Rich |
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Strange mouse happenings???
richg99;733794 Wrote: Up until a few days ago, my mouse(s) ( both my notebook pad and my wireless Mouse) worked "normally". That is, I could highlight text by holding the control key down; pressing the left button and then could copy/paste that elsewhere. That still happens on my Windows mail items. However, whenever I now go to a "dialog box' in a web site...and try to do the same thing,, highlight the text and then copy/paste it..I get a "hand" figure that tries to move the text around, but I cannot find a way to highlight and copy anymore. No doubt some setting has changed (probably by me!!)... I went to control panel and looked at the various mouse settings, but none of them seem to help. I tried to do three different System Restores and every time I do I get a message that says that the restore didn't work due to an "unspecified error"?? I'm lost...any help much appreciated. thanks Rich Hello Rich, Go to Safe mode ( power off, power back on, use the up/down arrow keys, navigate to Safe Mode, press Enter key.) Do a system restore there. Make sure you pick a date when everything was OK as your restore point. Let me know if it finishes the system restore. -- t-4-2 |
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Strange mouse happenings???
Is it the "hand" figure that you get from PDF files?
System Restore. Also disable Norton AV if you are using it, before doing a SR, as it has a conflict with System Restore. -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "richg99" wrote: Up until a few days ago, my mouse(s) ( both my notebook pad and my wireless Mouse) worked "normally". That is, I could highlight text by holding the control key down; pressing the left button and then could copy/paste that elsewhere. That still happens on my Windows mail items. However, whenever I now go to a "dialog box' in a web site...and try to do the same thing,, highlight the text and then copy/paste it..I get a "hand" figure that tries to move the text around, but I cannot find a way to highlight and copy anymore. No doubt some setting has changed (probably by me!!)... I went to control panel and looked at the various mouse settings, but none of them seem to help. I tried to do three different System Restores and every time I do I get a message that says that the restore didn't work due to an "unspecified error"?? I'm lost...any help much appreciated. thanks Rich |
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Strange mouse happenings???
Mike Yes, it is the "hand" figure that you see when PDF is open.
re Norton...any other suggestions? I tried aVG, but their newest version is loaded up with tool bars and other nonsense so I cancelled it. regards, rich "Mick Murphy" wrote in message ... Is it the "hand" figure that you get from PDF files? System Restore. Also disable Norton AV if you are using it, before doing a SR, as it has a conflict with System Restore. -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "richg99" wrote: Up until a few days ago, my mouse(s) ( both my notebook pad and my wireless Mouse) worked "normally". That is, I could highlight text by holding the control key down; pressing the left button and then could copy/paste that elsewhere. That still happens on my Windows mail items. However, whenever I now go to a "dialog box' in a web site...and try to do the same thing,, highlight the text and then copy/paste it..I get a "hand" figure that tries to move the text around, but I cannot find a way to highlight and copy anymore. No doubt some setting has changed (probably by me!!)... I went to control panel and looked at the various mouse settings, but none of them seem to help. I tried to do three different System Restores and every time I do I get a message that says that the restore didn't work due to an "unspecified error"?? I'm lost...any help much appreciated. thanks Rich |
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Strange mouse happenings???
You have two checkboxes you can uncheck for the toolbars during the AVG
installation. I recommend it or Avast. "richg99" wrote in message ... Mike Yes, it is the "hand" figure that you see when PDF is open. re Norton...any other suggestions? I tried aVG, but their newest version is loaded up with tool bars and other nonsense so I cancelled it. regards, rich "Mick Murphy" wrote in message ... Is it the "hand" figure that you get from PDF files? System Restore. Also disable Norton AV if you are using it, before doing a SR, as it has a conflict with System Restore. -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "richg99" wrote: Up until a few days ago, my mouse(s) ( both my notebook pad and my wireless Mouse) worked "normally". That is, I could highlight text by holding the control key down; pressing the left button and then could copy/paste that elsewhere. That still happens on my Windows mail items. However, whenever I now go to a "dialog box' in a web site...and try to do the same thing,, highlight the text and then copy/paste it..I get a "hand" figure that tries to move the text around, but I cannot find a way to highlight and copy anymore. No doubt some setting has changed (probably by me!!)... I went to control panel and looked at the various mouse settings, but none of them seem to help. I tried to do three different System Restores and every time I do I get a message that says that the restore didn't work due to an "unspecified error"?? I'm lost...any help much appreciated. thanks Rich |
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