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Mouse problem: Any external mouse. Touchpad OK. Mouse OK in Safe Mode.
Hi guys,
New here, so I hope I'm not out of line asking for help, and that I'm asking correctly. I've exhausted my own ideas on this but the problem is driving me IN.SANE.
THE ISSUE:
When using an external (USB) mouse with my ASUS Win7 laptop, the mouse randomly lifts up and re-clicks while clicking or while dragging (despite the button remaining consistently depressed), resulting in selection of the wrong objects, inadvertent double-clicks, and incorrect dragging. From what I can tell, this affects only the left click and not the right.
WHAT I'VE TRIED:
Laptop touchpad - no problem. Everything works fine with the built-in touchpad.
Another mouse - same problem. These are wired mice, so it's not a battery or connection issue.
Another USB port - same problem in all four. There's no visible issue with the motion of the mouse/cursor, so it seems to be communicating OK via USB.
Safe Mode - no problem, from what I can tell. The wired USB mouse seems to click and drag as normal in Safe Mode.
Mouse Settings - no effect. Adjusting the click/double-click/drag settings doesn't seem to change anything.
System Resources - no effect. Clicking/dragging seems to show the same results in the RAM/CPU monitors whether I'm having the problem (with the mouse) or performing the same actions without the problem (with the trackpad).
WHAT I CANNOT FIGURE OUT:
What haven't I ruled out? What else could be causing the issue?
The problem came on suddenly after about a year, but I can't pinpoint the moment, because I didn't use an external mouse for a while (maybe eight weeks) and when I plugged it in again, the problem had appeared. In that time, I don't think I had installed any new software or made significant (voluntary) changes to the PC.
As a designer/illustrator, it's frustrating to use the touchpad for detailed vector work, so I'm pretty crippled by the loss of the external mouse. Does anyone have any ideas at all about what I've overlooked? Even a clever workaround would be really helpful, if there is such a thing. I'll be very grateful.
Thanks!