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Mouse cursor opens everything without clicking - just by hovering
Hello!
I am having an issue with my mouse on my Lenovo X230 running Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit. This laptop is about 4 months old - and the issue started about a month ago.
The problem - at times - usually after using the laptop for 10-15 minutes, the mouse cursor starts to go a bit crazy. It will open and or close anything it is near - programs, webpages, files - resize windows, move windows as I try to move the cursor to the X to close the program, and it will highlight randomly - deleting text that I am typing - all without me clicking or doing anything. When it happens, the laptop is nearly unusable - any mouse cursor motion can cause any number of things to happen nearly at once - once it rested on the open a new window tab in Chrome and about 30 windows opened all at once.
I use a Logictech M215 mouse - not the touchpad, and the same thing has happened with three different mice. But - the same behavior does occur if I try using the touchpad when things get really bad with the mouse.
I am fearful that something will get opened or started that I don't want - it is just very very sensitive and very unpredictable when it happens!
Here is what I have done so far:
1. Had Norton run a deep scan for viruses, along with my normal scan - nothing found.
2. Updated latest MS updates, Norton updates, updated the display drivers, updated .NET (at Norton's suggestion), updated JAVA.
3. Uninstalled and reinstalled all USB controllers.
4. Reinstalled mouse - tried in all USB ports - same behavior. Tried different mice - same thing.
5. Tried to update all mouse drivers - none needed updating.
6. Unchecked "activate window by hovering" in Ease of use settings in Control Panel.
7. Set mouse to double click.
8. Disabled trackpad tapping (thought I don't use the trackpad or accidentally brush against it while typing)
9. Note: all USB controllers, HID settings and Mice settings are set to NOT let the laptop manage power or wake (as I also have had an ongoing sleep issue - another story).
I see that this is a well documented issue with Win 7 on many forums and there is lots of advice - none seems to work. There must be a way to disable this "open just by hovering for a millisecond" behavior in Win 7 - as this seems not to be a specific mouse issue, though that is where it is seen.
I have not called Lenovo as of yet - hoping to get a fix from the forums. I had read of some registry setting that might work - but can't seem to locate something that will prevent this behavior.
As I said - it is not constant - but once it starts, I can't type, can't move the mouse without having things pop open or clsoe, and the laptop is basically unusable till I restart - if I can get to that without setting off a chain reaction of other things opening.
Laptop specs:
Lenovo Thinkpad X230
Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1 and up to date
i5 3230 processor with 2.60 GHz
500 GB HDD
4 GB RAM
Logictech mouse
Norton Internet Security
anything else??
Thanks to anyone who can help - I am about at my wits end!
TN