Mouse clicking and scrolling on its own

[calccrypto]

Is there any reason why my laptop's pointer sometimes just click and scrolls on its own? Most of the time it doesnt, but sometimes, if my pointer is on a button (close, submit, etc), it automatically clicks it. i am sure that there is nothing pressing the left mouse buttons (the built in ones and the actual mouse i sometimes use) when it happens, so what is going on? the only things in the mouse setting that i have changed is the speed of the pointer, not the double-click speed or anything else.

 

[ryo]

hello..
if you try the other mouse..is it the same issue you got?

 

[calccrypto]

yes, all 3 mice do that unfortunately. now its also dragging stuff at random, like links, and highlighting text im scanning for viruses right now, but i doubt anything will be found

 

[ryo]

try to http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html and see what you get.

 

[calccrypto]

"Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."

 

[ryo]

since when the problems appear?? is it when you change the speed on your pointer??

 

[ratman]

you probably have already done this, but my laptop did the same thing once and i restarted the computer and then it stopped.

 

[calccrypto]

This started happening a few days after i changed the pointer speed, but then again, Ive only had this laptop for about a week and yes, i have restarted my laptop a few times aready

 

[neo101]

Would this be a clue?

"Windows 7 Enterprise"

Someone interfering/messing with your pc on a hidden remote connection.

 

[Petey7]

Have you tried reinstalling the drivers for your laptop touchpad?

 

[calccrypto]

Hmm... Interesting... that might be true, since at least 1 other person I know is having similar problems. ive disabled remote connections and remote desktop. i'll wait and see what happens. why would anyone want to mess with my computer? I go to a college, not a weird company that tracks your every move. my laptop is a Lenovo Thinkpad T410 and no, i have not reinstalled my drivers, how would i do that? i dont have my "real" mouse with me, so i dont want the trackpoint/touchpad to not work at the same time while reinstalling

 

[Petey7]

Go here: Lenovo Support & downloads - Drivers and software - ThinkPad T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, T510, T510i and W510

Scroll down to Mouse/Trackpoint, and select the driver that applies to you (32-bit or 64-bit). Also, it would be helpful if you updated your system specs to specify which you have. For example, if I knew which version you had, I could have given you a direct link to the download instead of having to tell you to find it yourself.

 

[calccrypto]

I updated some of my system specs, the ones after the comma are the laptop specs. is there any way to create a second computer specs that is separate from the first? i found the new drivers and installed them. now to see if anything changes

 

[calccrypto]

Nope. The new drivers stopped the touchpad from working at all. also, the mouse settings menu woulnd come out. i did a system restore, so it works now, but the problem is back

 

[neo101]

I woz kicked out of skool @ 16

How about this - switch off "speech recognition"

Other normal thing to do, is just try loading other drivers made for similar but different mice/pc tabs - normally works as a stop gap.

 

[calccrypto]

its not enabled (i just checked), so it shouldnt be affecting anything. ive also turned off tapping the pad, but its not helping. i think i'll just go get the laptop fixed or get a replacement. it has too many problems (besides this).

 

[Petey7]

What other problems are you having? If we follow Occum's Razor, logic dictates that all your problems should have a single cause.

 

[calccrypto]

they are unrelated (i hope):

i got 2 blue screens in less than a week (not bsod, but sort of like kernel failures or something. theres nothing in the errors folder, since i clean the garbage from my computer almost every day)

the computers is getting very hot despite not running anything close to intensive. i only ran super pi twice on 1mb

movies freeze up randomly. i dont know if thats the graphics card or bad ram, or i virus i once had (i actually found a trojan when i scanned the laptop the day i got it, before i installed anything/connected any storage drive)

and some programs change setting by themselves before being installed. somehow, when i was trying to install ms visual c++, the compatibility settings changed, not letting me install. yet everyone around me could

my batteries are already dying even though i dont charge until i have around 5-7% left

 

[Petey7]

As for the battery, you shouldn't let it get that low. Letting it fall below 40% puts extra stress on the battery, and kills it faster.

It sounds to me like you have a overheating problem, and that heat has damaged other components. Remember, the worst enemy of electronics, is heat.

 

[calccrypto]

yeah. okay. i'll charge around 40% now, i guess

would the heat be affecting the mice? i didnt think that they were so easy to mess up