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Strange problem affecting Mouse and Keyboard functions
Hi all, I hope you can help me with a very annoying problem that started around 6 weeks ago - that seems to be getting worse!
My PC is only around 6 months old - Windows 7, 64 bit, and has developed a very weird problem. It first started with my cut/paste shortcuts (Ctrl/C Ctrl/V) not working in Firefox - basically I can't copy anything when using Firefox (but then occasionally it DOES work). This works fine in Internet Explorer, however. Also in Firefox, when jumping between fields when completing a form, the TAB key no longer works (but again, works ok in IE).
The next, most annoying problem is the Mouse - a single click will often behave as a double-click. This happens with everything - when opening programs, email, folders, etc. Today the problem has spread to my Wacom Graphics tablet - the pen is now acting strangely as though it's also double-clicking a lot of the time, making work almost impossible.
I'm pretty sure this is a Windows problem, not my keyboard, tablet and mouse all going wrong at the same time. I tried a System Restore a few times when this first started, but the problems were back within a day or two. I've played with the mouse settings and tried changing the speed etc, but this hasn't worked.
The problem doesn't happen every time - I would say about 60% of the time it doesn't work properly.
Does anybody have any advice as to what I can try, to find and fix this problem?
Many thanks in advance!
Sharon