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basa · 21-07-2005, 10:45

I use a cheap and cheerful wired optical two button scroll mouse with my Win98SE setup. I have MS Network Client invoked for cable internet access and file sharing on my LAN.

I noticed yesterday that when logged on to my profile whichever way I move the mouse scroll wheel the page scrolls down only ! This happens in both Opera and Avant browsers, Open Office text documents and Windows Explorer panels (and probably all other applications - but I haven't checked them all !)

However if I do not log-on, i.e. click 'cancel' on start up, scrolling in Opera, Open Office and Windows Explorer is normal whilst Avant has no scrolling at all ?

The mouse is a basic PS/2 type and came with no drivers, it was working normally until yesterday. I have re-installed the standard MS mouse drivers (msmouse.vxd and mouse.drv) from the Win98SE CD and have swapped the mouse for another optical scroll mouse all to no avail.

I suspect my user profile is broken somewhere, but I don't know where to start looking (the mouse settings in Control Panel show nothing for scroll action).

Any ideas apart from creating a new user profile ?? If I do create a new personal profile how do I disable the old one and keep my settings for the new one ? I don't really want to have to change all the shared folders ID's and passwords and lose my file sharing abilities as this stuff confuses me slightly !

21-07-2005, 10:45	#1
basa Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: S Manchester Age: 78 Posts: 1,766	Strange Mouse Scrolling Problem I use a cheap and cheerful wired optical two button scroll mouse with my Win98SE setup. I have MS Network Client invoked for cable internet access and file sharing on my LAN. I noticed yesterday that when logged on to my profile whichever way I move the mouse scroll wheel the page scrolls down only ! This happens in both Opera and Avant browsers, Open Office text documents and Windows Explorer panels (and probably all other applications - but I haven't checked them all !) However if I do not log-on, i.e. click 'cancel' on start up, scrolling in Opera, Open Office and Windows Explorer is normal whilst Avant has no scrolling at all ? The mouse is a basic PS/2 type and came with no drivers, it was working normally until yesterday. I have re-installed the standard MS mouse drivers (msmouse.vxd and mouse.drv) from the Win98SE CD and have swapped the mouse for another optical scroll mouse all to no avail. I suspect my user profile is broken somewhere, but I don't know where to start looking (the mouse settings in Control Panel show nothing for scroll action). Any ideas apart from creating a new user profile ?? If I do create a new personal profile how do I disable the old one and keep my settings for the new one ? I don't really want to have to change all the shared folders ID's and passwords and lose my file sharing abilities as this stuff confuses me slightly !