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155388	2003-06-26 21:44:00	Sorry beetle for my reply (in advance),love reading your posts. I've got to put some more poison out in the aviary this weekend for that very problem. :D I'd go along with godfather's post,in my very limited experience. Is there any way all your problems are covered by warranty? Ie, taking it back to be fixed? (And I do get help from your questions too.)	Neil McC (178)
155389	2003-06-26 22:06:00	Ahh! Now your post re cats and mice (rats) becomes clear beetle :D The rodent problem. Give it a ggod clean. Pop the bottom and remove the ball, wash in light detergent solution (especially importand if you roll your own, baky on the ball or rollers is murder ;) ). Unscrew the base or whatever holds it together and carefully lift the little board away (do it on a sheet of newspaper), brush or blow out the inside of the case with compressed air (you'll need a really fine haired brush) pay particular attention to the little cogged wheels to make sure nothing is caught in the cogs. Clean off the rollers with a cotton bud dipped in a small amount of alcohol, lighter fluid will prob be ok as well. Do a final check with a magnifying glass of the cogs and the lenses on the board to make sure no fluff or hair is getting in the way and reassemble. Happy mousing. Reformatting would be pretty drastic to fix a mouse problem if the above doesn't work. I understand its not the only issue. Have you tried bootibg from your XP CD (and here I presume its similar to win 2k) and do a repair repair of system files. You can incrementally replace/renew files or do the lot in one hit. You can freshen up a system this way if its not on its very last legs, no harm done if your about to reformat and install anyway. Don't forget to back up. If you've used the windows update catelogue, you can save those files to backup as well. Cheers Murray P	Murray P (44)
155390	2003-06-27 01:23:00	yes well my problem is my brain out runs my typing ability and sometimes i forget actually what i have to type, im so far ahead.... LOL will look at cleaning things this weekend when have time.... not much of that here. have been recomended to format but have to back up progs like banklink and such first. but could be on the cards soon, thanxs all otherwise and if you dont ever hear from me again any time in the next month then panick because i obviuosly got it wrong ....LOL and beetle is on top form today, finished my first year of training today and passed very well if i do say so myself. only 2 to go! :8} just got to conquer formatting beetle	beetle (243)
155391	2003-06-27 01:33:00	> just got to conquer formatting but first you need to conquer Backing up Before you format	stu140103 (137)
155392	2003-06-27 01:38:00	saved it all and written down dial up info / numbers too! and have got the CD's ( found em. ) but not in a hurry to do it as, not feeling well enough to do the job, and have no instructions as of yet. and i think ive done the back up thing enough thanxs Stu ! really appreciate the concern though. beetle	beetle (243)
155393	2003-06-27 03:31:00	Well done bettle. Very satisfying isn't it. Formatting isn't hard to do its just what it does that can be the problem. Try the other options first, then, post back if they don't do the trick and we'll walk you through formatting and reinstall. Cheers Murray P	Murray P (44)
155394	2003-06-27 03:37:00	yes wll slight problem there you see this is the only puter i have that goes and connects to the net, and if its down its out, and i cant get any online help, so you can see why im a little worried. but thanxs murray p will keep you in mind. got to recoup some energy and brain matter first. beetle	beetle (243)
155395	2003-06-27 05:18:00	Something else you can try, borrow another mouse and see if you still have problems, if so it's not the mouse. Might save you a lot of work. :-)	Hannes (3337)
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