"Sticky mouse" problem

I don't know what I did to cause this, but often when I single left click on 
a file or icon my mouse "grabs" the object assuming I want to move it
(I 
DON'T!). And right clicking on almost all default Windows programs via the 
start/programs bar does not give me the "properties" pop up anymore
(that 
hasn't worked since I reinstalled Vista). Also, I have to click the pointer 
with a few pixels of the "real" link point to have action take place.
Say 
for instance an "Ok" bar is one inch wide on my screen, I have to
click 
within a 1/8" wide point to get it to work. Usually all you need is for the

cursor to be withing the dialog box button area for it to work.

I've installed Uniblue's System Tweaker and SpeedupmyPC3, plus TweakVI for 
Vista. I reinstalled the mouse drivers and set everything in there to 
default, but no joy. I then went back to the original as-installed settings 
on System Tweaker (there's some mouse functions in there) but still nothing. 
The right click no properties problem is the most bothersome on, I like to 
put a few apps from the control panel on my desktop but without being able 
to "find the target" I can't do it.

Any suggestions? It's an HP I775 Multimedia PC, brand new, running 
up-to-date Vista. 

Indigo wrote:
> I don't know what I did to cause this, but often when I single left 
> click on a file or icon my mouse "grabs" the object assuming I
want to 
> move it (I DON'T!). And right clicking on almost all default Windows 
> programs via the start/programs bar does not give me the
"properties" 
> pop up anymore (that hasn't worked since I reinstalled Vista). Also, I 
> have to click the pointer with a few pixels of the "real" link
point to 
> have action take place. Say for instance an "Ok" bar is one inch
wide on 
> my screen, I have to click within a 1/8" wide point to get it to work.

> Usually all you need is for the cursor to be withing the dialog box 
> button area for it to work.
> 
...

> Any suggestions? It's an HP I775 Multimedia PC, brand new, running 
> up-to-date Vista.

Two quick ideas...

- can you try your pc with another mouse?

- Not sure about Vista, but in XP, in the Control Panel, the Mouse 
applet has all sorts of options, including settings on tweaking the time 
to recognize a click.  This may vary from mouse driver to mouse driver, 
but I think the basic settings are in there.

On 2/19/2008 4:21 PM Indigo scribbled:

<snip>

> I turned over my Logitech mouse to see if perhaps there was something
> to clean (akin to the mouse rollers on a regular mouse) and saw a
> "reset" button. I hit it twice, and voila, no more sticky mouse!
> Weird, because I had re-installed the software. Must be some kind of
>  memory onboard the mouse itself.

Doubt that.  You using the Logitech software?  It raised hell with w2000
Pro so I dumped it.  Problems sort of went away, although now and again,
usually when in Thunderbird, the mouse will get a little wonky but
eventually recovers.  I've chalked that up to w2000 driver, known to be

On 2/19/2008 4:21 PM Indigo scribbled:

<snip>

> 
> I look there, I still want to solve the right click/properties problem, it

> really irks me. No luck finding the solution on Google yet either. 

Btw, did you look in the control panel mouse settings?  There is a check

"AndrewB" <loyal@spamcop.user> wrote in message 
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>
> Two quick ideas...
>
> - can you try your pc with another mouse?
>

Yes, I did. I brought out the original cordless mouse that came with the PC 
and tried the right click/properties move, but no joy. However, the left 
click was no longer "sticky" and I didn't have to hit buttons and
links 
right on the bulls-eye either. I turned over my Logitech mouse to see if 
perhaps there was something to clean (akin to the mouse rollers on a regular 
mouse) and saw a "reset" button. I hit it twice, and voila, no more
sticky 
mouse! Weird, because I had re-installed the software. Must be some kind of 
memory onboard the mouse itself.

> - Not sure about Vista, but in XP, in the Control Panel, the Mouse applet 
> has all sorts of options, including settings on tweaking the time to 
> recognize a click.  This may vary from mouse driver to mouse driver, but I

> think the basic settings are in there.
>

I look there, I still want to solve the right click/properties problem, it 
really irks me. No luck finding the solution on Google yet either.