Mouse mis-behaving

[Bruce Bowler]

Hello,

First, the environment...

Windows XP 64 bit host OS running VMware player.

3 guest OSes. Ubuntu, Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit.

For the last year or so until sometime during the last week (I was on
vacation, so I don't exactly when), the mouse has worked fine in the host
OS and all 3 guest OSes.

During the last week the mouse picked up a strange behaviour in the 32 bit
XP guest only.

2 symptoms so far...

1) If I click in the title bar, the window moves such that the point in
the title bar where I clicked moves to the top left corner of the desktop.

2) Sometimes (I'm sure there's a pattern, I just haven't figured it out
yet) if I click on "my computer" on the desktop (maybe other icons as
well) it will create a vertical toolbar on the left edge of the screen
with the bits and pieces you would expect to see if it opened in Explorer.

Further weirdness is that if I connect to the 32bit XP system using remote
desktop (from the 64 bit Win7 system), the mouse works as expected.

Any ideas on how to remedy the situation are most welcome as I'm stumped...

Bruce

 

[BillW50]

In Bruce Bowler typed:

Hello,

First, the environment...

Windows XP 64 bit host OS running VMware player.

3 guest OSes. Ubuntu, Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit.

For the last year or so until sometime during the last week (I was on
vacation, so I don't exactly when), the mouse has worked fine in the
host OS and all 3 guest OSes.

During the last week the mouse picked up a strange behaviour in the
32 bit XP guest only.

2 symptoms so far...

1) If I click in the title bar, the window moves such that the point
in the title bar where I clicked moves to the top left corner of the
desktop.

2) Sometimes (I'm sure there's a pattern, I just haven't figured it
out yet) if I click on "my computer" on the desktop (maybe other
icons as well) it will create a vertical toolbar on the left edge of
the screen with the bits and pieces you would expect to see if it
opened in Explorer.

Further weirdness is that if I connect to the 32bit XP system using
remote desktop (from the 64 bit Win7 system), the mouse works as
expected.

Any ideas on how to remedy the situation are most welcome as I'm
stumped...

Bruce

Are you sure it isn't the mouse itself? Mice are not the most reliable
devices out there and they can get flaky over time.