Strange mouse behaviour, what could be causing this?

dirtydog

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My mouse (or more precisely, Windows) is frequently not responding when I left click - I have to click it again for anything to happen. Of course the prime suspect here is the mouse itself having developed a fault, and that is possible. But it was working perfectly yesterday, and now it is regularly not responding on the first click. But if I click again, with exactly the same amount of pressure, it works.

I noticed it in Firefox first, so I assumed a Firefox issue. But it does it in IE7 as well, and within Explorer. A reboot has not fixed it.

Is there anything software-wise within Windows or another application which might possibly be causing this odd behaviour? Or is it most probably the mouse itself which is buggered?

Ideas appreciated before I go mouse shopping :)
 
Had this with an MS Intellimouse Explorer 4 - the switch under the left button just got less and less reliable. Sometimes it would drop a click, sometimes I'd get a double-click.

In the end I dumped it for a Logitech MX400 which I really like.

Anyway, it *is* possible for softwre to install mouse hooks which can interfere with the mouse messages Windows programs receive, but more than likely it's a dodgy switch or connection in your mouse.
 
Come to think of it I have Linux installed on a dual boot (I haven't used it for so long I forgot about it) so I will try that later to see whether it's a hardware or software issue :)
 
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