Re: Flaky mouse

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From: John Hutchinson
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 19:27

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In article 1i9t69INN210@katmandu.solbourne.com, stevem@solbourne.com (Stephen Matson) writes:
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> Recently my mouse has started to act less then obedient. It will work fine
>for hours (or sometimes just minutes) and then , badabing badaboom, every
>direction is reversed, up is down, down is up, left is.... well you get the 
>idea. The only way to fix this is to save what I'm doing and cold start it.
>
> Could this just be my mouse or is it something inside my box? 
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Thanks.
> Steve Matson.

Well, that's pretty weird, alright, but the first step in fixing any mouse
problems is to take it apart and clean the sucker.  Make sure you get all
the goop off the rollers when you do.  It couldn't hoit.  :)

Barring this, there was a little semi-comedic virus running around a few years
back that caused erratic mouse action such as you describe.

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