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Re: Microsoft Wireless Desktop - Mouse click wierdness

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From: Biggles
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:53

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"Paul Hopwood" <paul@hopwood.org.uk> wrote in message
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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<
>
> [ Mail: paul@hopwood.org.uk        ]
> [ WWW:  http://www.hopwood.org.uk/ ]

I'm using IP5 and the option is there under "Activities".
If activated it does exactly as you describe

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