Bizarre laptop behaviour on system start

[Guest]

I don't know how this all started, but recently, when I start windows 2000
and the desktop comes up, I cannot use my notepad mouse or keys, or my
external usb microsoft intellimouse or buttons.
I can move the cursor around ok, but clicking on a quickstart icon does
nothing. Clicking on start does nothing. Clicking on a desktop icon will open
the app, but I cannot then close it by clicking the x in the corner.

However, if I simply hit ctrl+esc to get the start menu up, then everything
is normal from that point forward.

Any clues would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Ian

 

[j9]

try installing the latest ms intellimouse drivers -- I'd bet that a previous
spyware scan got a little carried away at some point....