Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 -- Eratic scrolling

[Guest]

Hello forum

has anyone encountered a problem with a Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
where once installed the scroll wheel doesn't scroll, despite the settings in
the Control Panel clearly telling it to?
It will scroll on some occasions, but the direction it scrolls in is not
always the desired one, and at other times it seems like the scroll buffer
(if there is such a thing) clears itself all at once and the active window
scroll bar manically jumps up and down for a few seconds.

I should point out that I am not drunk and have fairly good motor skills, so
I've ruled myself out as the source of the problem

Thanks - Adrian

 

[C.Wilder]

Hello forum

has anyone encountered a problem with a Wireless Intellimouse
Explorer 2.0 where once installed the scroll wheel doesn't scroll,
despite the settings in the Control Panel clearly telling it to?
It will scroll on some occasions, but the direction it scrolls in is
not always the desired one, and at other times it seems like the
scroll buffer (if there is such a thing) clears itself all at once
and the active window scroll bar manically jumps up and down for a
few seconds.

I should point out that I am not drunk and have fairly good motor
skills, so I've ruled myself out as the source of the problem

Thanks - Adrian

Only problems I have ever had were the batteries getting weak after about 6
months of use.

 

[Opinicus]

has anyone encountered a problem with a Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
where once installed the scroll wheel doesn't scroll, despite the settings
in
the Control Panel clearly telling it to?
It will scroll on some occasions, but the direction it scrolls in is not
always the desired one, and at other times it seems like the scroll buffer
(if there is such a thing) clears itself all at once and the active window
scroll bar manically jumps up and down for a few seconds.
I should point out that I am not drunk and have fairly good motor skills,
so
I've ruled myself out as the source of the problem

If, as you say, you're not drunk, it's most likely your batteries. Replace
them.

On my system I get "you need to replace battery" warnings at odd times. I
tend to ignore them, at my cost.

 

[dev]

/Adrian B/ said:

Hello forum

has anyone encountered a problem with a Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
where once installed the scroll wheel doesn't scroll, despite the settings in
the Control Panel clearly telling it to?
It will scroll on some occasions, but the direction it scrolls in is not
always the desired one, and at other times it seems like the scroll buffer
(if there is such a thing) clears itself all at once and the active window
scroll bar manically jumps up and down for a few seconds.

I should point out that I am not drunk and have fairly good motor skills, so
I've ruled myself out as the source of the problem

Been using that mouse for several years, and it has always worked well.

Occasionally, immediately AFTER replacing the batteries, it will go
nuts. Pages are called up randomly or scrolling is irratic. A shake or
two of the mouse, or perhaps a restart, puts a stop to it.

 

[C.Wilder]

/Adrian B/ said:

Been using that mouse for several years, and it has always worked
well.

Occasionally, immediately AFTER replacing the batteries, it will go
nuts. Pages are called up randomly or scrolling is irratic. A shake
or two of the mouse, or perhaps a restart, puts a stop to it.

I remember having weird mouse problems over the years that found an easy
cure by swapping out with a different one from another machine. I swapped a
Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0 with a Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0 and
they both worked on different machines. I have since swapped them back
sometime later while both are working fine. I never did find a real known
fix.

C.W.

 

[Guest]

I think it might be faulty as it's newly installed and the battery is showing
as full. I might go for a replacement.

 

[C.Wilder]

I think it might be faulty as it's newly installed and the battery is
showing as full. I might go for a replacement.

That has always been a strategy of mine to a fault. I have a collection of
about every mouse you can think of. Oh ya, and keyboards too. Most have all
turned out to be either dirty or fine to begin with.

 

[Badr Adas]

Hello Adrian,

I am in fact encountering this problem right now. I just installed my Wireless Interllimouse Explorer 2.0 and everything on screen and in the device manager and control panel is telling me that the device is working properly. exept that the cursor is not moving and nothing is working.
please help

thank you,
Badr

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[Badr Adas]

Hello Adrian,

I am in fact encountering this problem right now. I just installed my Wireless Interllimouse Explorer 2.0 and everything on screen and in the device manager and control panel is telling me that the device is working properly. exept that the cursor is not moving and nothing is working.
please help

thank you,
Badr

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[Jason Tsang]

Did you sync your mouse to the receiver?

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[FeMaster]

Hello Adrian,

I am in fact encountering this problem right now. I just installed my
Wireless Interllimouse Explorer 2.0 and everything on screen and in the
device manager and control panel is telling me that the device is working
properly. exept that the cursor is not moving and nothing is working.
please help

thank you,
Badr

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As Jason stated... You need to push the button on the top of the receiver
unit (LED should now be blinking), and then push the "Connect" button on the
bottom of the mouse until the LED on the receiver stops blinking. Generally
no more than 2 or three pushed on the connect button should be needed.

If it doesn't connect, then perhaps the receive is too far away from the
mouse and it can't get a signal, the batteries in the mouse are not strong
enough (optical LED on bottom of mouse still lights, even when the batteries
are nearly dead,) or there might be a problem with the mouse.

On a side note, I'm not sure how these 'mice' are wired, but by inserting
only ONE battery, the optical LED on the mouse lights up, and appears to
function. Doesn't matter which side it's put in on. Perhaps only ONE of
your batteries is dead, which would not allow the mouse to sync with the
receiver due to not enough voltage...

 

[Andrew Murray]

Did you activate it - synchronise the mouse to the receiver? Press the
"connect" button on the mouse (located below the led/laser/sensor and to the
bottom left of the battery compartment), and the button on the receiver?

Fresh batteries installed? Have you actually installed batteries - period?

Is the receiver plugged into the mouse port firmly?