Sometimes the XP window goes to full screen when I just want to move it.

[Joe Sulla]

I reinatalled XP and all software, updates and drivers.

I now have somthing I've never seen before.

I'm not sure what causes it but it has to do with grabbing the title bar of
a window and draging it.

Sometimes the window goes to full screen when I just want to move it.

If I experiment by moving a window I can't find the way that causes the
problem.

Can I surpress this "feature" ??

 

[Paul]

I reinatalled XP and all software, updates and drivers.

I now have somthing I've never seen before.

I'm not sure what causes it but it has to do with grabbing the title bar of
a window and draging it.

Sometimes the window goes to full screen when I just want to move it.

If I experiment by moving a window I can't find the way that causes the
problem.

Can I surpress this "feature" ??

Try using a brand new mouse.

It could be, that the mouse switch, when depressed, doesn't
remain in contact for the entire drag operation. The noise
from the switch, is detected as a double click.

I recently had a Logitech mouse, with a lot of miles on it,
fail this way. It could be a cracked trace on the mouse PCB,
or the microswitch has dirt inside it. The left mouse button,
no longer gives a nice smooth "button depressed" indication.
It was most obvious, in an FPS 3D game, where you'd fire a
machine gun, and the gun was starting and stopping on its
own, even though the button was still depressed. It was
easier to detect that way, than any other regular desktop way

WinXP doesn't detect when a window "bumps" against the confines
of the screen. Other OSes, tend to do stupid things, when a
window bumps against the borders. Which is another source
of annoyance. At least the WinXP way, offers one fewer "surprise"
when moving windows around.

I'm currently using my identical backup mouse, and the button
on that one is still working. I've pressed left-mouse on that
one so many times, the finish is worn off the button But,
it still works. The broken mouse, the finish is still intact
on left-mouse. Some day, I will be cannibalizing one mouse,
to keep the other mouse working. That's why I bought two.

Paul

 

[Joe Sulla]

Try using a brand new mouse.

It could be, that the mouse switch, when depressed, doesn't
remain in contact for the entire drag operation. The noise
from the switch, is detected as a double click.

I recently had a Logitech mouse, with a lot of miles on it,
fail this way. It could be a cracked trace on the mouse PCB,
or the microswitch has dirt inside it. The left mouse button,
no longer gives a nice smooth "button depressed" indication.
It was most obvious, in an FPS 3D game, where you'd fire a
machine gun, and the gun was starting and stopping on its
own, even though the button was still depressed. It was
easier to detect that way, than any other regular desktop way

WinXP doesn't detect when a window "bumps" against the confines
of the screen. Other OSes, tend to do stupid things, when a
window bumps against the borders. Which is another source
of annoyance. At least the WinXP way, offers one fewer "surprise"
when moving windows around.

I'm currently using my identical backup mouse, and the button
on that one is still working. I've pressed left-mouse on that
one so many times, the finish is worn off the button But,
it still works. The broken mouse, the finish is still intact
on left-mouse. Some day, I will be cannibalizing one mouse,
to keep the other mouse working. That's why I bought two.

Paul

Thanks
I didn't know double clicking did that or I might has figured it out myself.

I'll try to be sure I press the button well and see how that goes.

Thanks again!