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| Thread ID: 110970 | 2010-07-08 22:03:00 | Mouse won't select window | davidmmac (4619) | Press F1 |
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| 1117265 | 2010-07-08 22:03:00 | Every now and then, my mouse (or windows) just decides it doesn't want to select anything. It will still move the cursor, but it won't select anything, and nothing will recognize that the cursor is hovering over it (eg Windows orb) except when I am on the desktop, where it will open an application which has an icon on the desktop but when the application is open it won't select anything. The only way I have found to fix it is to go Ctrl+Alt+Delete whenever it happens and Click cancel 3 times (the first 2 clicks don't do anything). I am running Windows 7, and have tried 2 different mice but to no avail. Any ideas? |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1117266 | 2010-07-08 22:17:00 | Not 100% sure. But Ive found that usually happens when your system is hanging. It's Explorer.exe that is not responding, if it happens just pop into your process tree, kill it, and then select new task and type in "explorer.exe" should be sweet after that. As for whats causing it in the first place, whats your system speccs? |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1117267 | 2010-07-08 22:43:00 | Not 100% sure. But Ive found that usually happens when your system is hanging. It's Explorer.exe that is not responding, if it happens just pop into your process tree, kill it, and then select new task and type in "explorer.exe" should be sweet after that. It usually works fine (for a while anyway) after I've done Ctrl+ALt+Delete then cancel. When it happens I don't think the system is hung, but I'm not sure. Next time it happens I'll have a look in task manager. As for whats causing it in the first place, whats your system speccs? Windows 7 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2Ghz) Asus M2N-MX 1GB RAM 80GB HDD Lite-on DVD Burner Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 Microsoft Wireless Mouse 6000 v2 Edit: the other mouse I tried it with was a Microsoft Wheel mouse optical. |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1117268 | 2010-07-08 22:49:00 | Your HDD full? If it is hanging you may want to invest in a bit more RAM |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1117269 | 2010-07-09 00:01:00 | Your HDD full? If it is hanging you may want to invest in a bit more RAM Yep HDD is full :blush:, looking at getting an external as well as some more RAM. Could this be the problem? |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1117270 | 2010-07-09 00:13:00 | If the HDD is full , that wouldn't be helping on little bit. Windows & programs do need a bit of spare space to write data. Dump some of the things off you dont need, give it a good clean out. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1117271 | 2010-07-09 00:17:00 | Thought I might of hit the nail with that one :P 80GB certainly fills fast |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1117272 | 2010-07-09 02:40:00 | Ok, will try dumping some stuff, how much free space would you recommend I have? Opened task manager when it last happened and CPU usage was at around 3%, with explorer.exe not doing anything. Edit: Just realised I've only got 299MB free :eek: |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1117273 | 2010-07-09 03:10:00 | Just happened again, here's a screenshot of task manager: www.imagef1.net.nz | davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 1117274 | 2010-07-09 03:45:00 | I would go to the mouse manufactures site and update the driver, Just to be sure I had the latest. | Roger Hunt (13648) | ||
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