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Re: Microsoft Wireless Desktop - Mouse click wierdness

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From: Paul Hopwood
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:25
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"Biggles" <dave@stewartfifty.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>> When I tap or press and release the button it seems to be doing a
>> hold/select rather than releasing to perform a "click".  For example,
>> if I click in a field then move the mouse the text between the pointer
>> and the place clicked is highlighted and when clicking hyperlinks on
>> web pages in IE nothing happens until I either click again or move the
>> mouse pointer, both of which seem to suggest the button is somehow
>> being "held down".

>Take a look at mouse properties in control panel and see if "click lock" is
>turned on.

Will take a look when I'm next in the office, but I don't recall
seeing this option.  IntelliPoint 4.9 which comes with my Wireless
Optical Desktop for Bluetooth has it, but the Wireless Optical Desktop
(RF) sets I'm having the problem with came with IntelliPoint 5.

-- 
>iv< Paul >iv<

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From: Paul Hopwood <paul@hopwood.org.uk>
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