Poorly mouse

[wolf63]

I have a PC running on Windows 7 and Fire-fox 6 (I think that is the latest one). My mouse has a scroll wheely thingy on it and it isn't working today. I didn't realise how often I use it until it wasn't working.



I checked my mouse settings in my control panel and my settings in the tool/options on Fire-fox and they are fine. Could this be a FF glitch? Or is Mickey the mouse dying on me?

Help - please.

[ChuckFickens]

Try it on something else... a word document for example (but anything with a vertical scroll bar will do)

[vivandorron]

FF6 is the most up-to-date; although within a few months we will have No7.

Do as suggested by Chuck and if the mouse is still a bit rattish then think about buying a new animal. Amazon has dozens of them. Personally I don't think one needs to spend anything over a tenner at the most.

Ron.

[wolf63]

Chuck - nah! I tried MS Word and a PDF file and the wheel is dead.

When I first got a PC I ignored the scroll wheel for years but now that I have been using it for a couple of years I really miss it.

Any solution - should I steal a mouse from the kitties and see if that works?

vivandorron - this one is about a month old. It should be working.

Bah!

[vivandorron]

Sorry wolf....I didn't realise that it was a young mouse caught in a trap.:-)

Seriously, if it were working up until today, I don't think it has anything to do with your FF browser. To me it sounds as if you have a faulty mouse.

However, as I am far from knowledgeable on even minor Computer matters, I hope that Chuck will further respond.

Ron.

[wolf63]

Ron

I currently have a cat between me and they keyboard and this leads to further problems. The new FF version updated yesterday so I just assumed that it was what was causing mousey problems. I am bound to have a spare mouse somewhere - I will go and search for one. :-)

[vivandorron]

This has now become an interesting tail.!! :-) There is certainly something which is furring up things.☺☺☺

Ron.

[rsvp]

I was advised to open the mouse and clean out all the gunge that had accumulated around the wheels etc - I got a huge amount of gunk out and am still using the mouse - it's an old type btw

[vivandorron]

Come on rsvp..There can't be many people who are still using a 'roller ball mouse' which does need constant de-furring.

Ron.

[rsvp]

time warp rsvp! sorry, just thought it may help - I had an all singing all dancing mouse that failed to deliver and the advice I got from AB saved the day - I got the old one out, followed the advice and am mousing away as we speak!

[vivandorron]

rsvp....I can hear your mouse squeaking as we talk. Anyway there is the old saying..."If it ain't broke don't fix it"

Incidentally, I notice that you are a new member to AB. Congratulations on your joining a great site. There is a lot of humour to be found here and serious answers are given to questions. Hope to meet-up again.

Ron.

[wolf63]

I'm sorry that I didn't back to squeak to you gents earlier - had to have my cat-nap.

It is one of the new mice with no ball(s) and a red light on its bottom. I do voluntary work in our local Oxfam bookshop and they have one with the ball thing - it is amazing how much dust gets inside one of those things. Great fun cleaning it :-)

[boxtops]

I keep thinking that this thread is about a mouse-mouse, not a computer mouse...