Microsoft Lazer Mice Scroll Wheel Problems in Vista/W7  

michaelst said:

Have you tried the Win7 Beta mouse drivers?

They solved all my problems with a 5000 mouse and desktop elite keyboard.

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/windows7/support.mspx

Thanks for your help, I'm afraid I had already tried this driver with no success.

nate42nd said:

I too have a 5000 the Windows 7 beta drivers didn't work the first try but did the second. A little buggy I believe.

I wish I could say the same, I have re-installed the drivers more times that you can imagine without success.

This exact issue occurs in Vista too, and I easily could replicate it on my friend's PC running Windows Server 2008 (not R2).

All the best
Zambz

whether you notice this problem or not really depends on what programs you use. even with the 7 drivers scrolling is inconsistent/broken in some apps, but not others. the issue disappears only when the ipoint software is disabled. of course you lose all customizability obtained from the software - which is not an acceptable trade off.

The final Windows 7 drivers for all Microsoft keyboards and mice will be released on June 26. You might want to wait until then.

ebmebm said:

The final Windows 7 drivers for all Microsoft keyboards and mice will be released on June 26. You might want to wait until then.

Thanks, will do. Although on the MS site, there already appear to be final 7.0 Intellipoint drivers.

Now that RTM is around the corner, I just wanted to bump this thread before buying a Logitech mouse. Has anyone found a resolution to the problem? I am still having it with the final Microsoft Intellipoint 7.0 drivers on W7 RC.

Thanks
Zambz

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have tried the stable 7.0 drivers with Windows 7 RTM and the issue still exists. Looks like I'll be grabbing myself a Logitech mouse soon.

If anyone else has experienced this issue or found a way around it, please let me know :)

Cheers
Zambz

Just thought I'd bump this incase a solution was found over the last few months?

Well my friends, I gave in and just bought a Logitech MX1100, just playing with it now. The good news is that scrolling works flawlessly with the Logitech mouse, and hyper scrolling just rocks as does the app switcher.

It does have a different pointer feel though, which I'm hoping I'll get used to.

The moral of the story, don't buy Microsoft mice! :)

I still got this problem, with intelipoint i have had some success by picking a profile of a similar mouse.... why has this still not been fixed!

The solution that worked for my Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 (might work for others as well) was pretty simple:

- Install the latest IntelliPoint software
- During setup select your type of mouse (e.g. Wireless Lasermouse 6000)
- When the setup is complete, choose "Wireless Laser Mouse 8000" in the Intellipoint configuration window (drop down below the image of the mouse)

The buttons of the WLM 8000 are the same as the WLM 6000.
You might want to reduce the mouse wheel sensitivity.
After that the mouse wheel of the WLM 6000 (V1) worked fine on my Windows 7 x64.