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Explorer Mouse & Microsoft 2000 Server

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by rcoleman

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I have put together a computer that has one problem I haven't been able to sort out. The computer is: Abit KG7+RAID MoBo, 1.4Gig Athlon Processor, 1Gig DDR, with Mirrored drives and running 2000 Server OS.

QUESTION:
The Explorer Mouse is erratic. Without warning it will switch between single click and double click to open folders. This is most troublesome when deleting email, because there are times it will delete one email when I press down and a second email when I let up on the key! Is there a special/different driver that is needed for 2000 Server? If there is I haven't been able to find it. Or does this just sound like a defective Mouse? (This is a Mouse I've had for several years but it has never been used up until now so it's basically brand new but may have shipped with an older driver).

Thanks,
Roland

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by brian

I have seen this on mice when using the USB connection. I switched mine to PS2 (with the little green adapter that came with it) and haven't had any problems since. If you are plugged into the USB port, I would bet this will fix it.

by rcoleman

Thanks a lot for your suggestion. I switched to PS2 and to be sure did a reload of the mouse driver, rebooted, but it didn't help. Even though this mouse is basically new I'm starting to suspect it's defective. I tried making the right hand button a left hand default click and went a hundred times without missing a beat on the double-click test. The other way it only goes about five or six if you're lucky. So, I will have a friend bring over his mouse and see if it does the same thing. Never considered this eariler because it's never been used until now! We'll see...
Roland

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