<div dir="ltr"><div>Not been to one since covid, but local Goodwill stores seemed to always have a bunch of mice and keyboards around, usually for a few bucks just to be rid of them. I've found some nice stuff at them, even expensive gaming keyboards and various peripherals. One man's garbage...</div><div><br></div><div>-mb</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 5:16 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Michael via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:26:46 -0400<br>
<br>
>On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 8:30 AM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <<br>
><a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Michael via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:36:53 -0400<br>
>> <br>
>> >I have a problem. When I click and drag the mouse will create the<br>
>> >selection box and it will expand but the click will unclick<br>
>> >periodically and then reclick and then (repeat).<br>
>> >Does anyone know what's wrong or else should I just get another<br>
>> >mouse? <br>
>><br>
>> If your mouse has batteries and you haven't changed them in the past<br>
>> 30 days, just for fun, put new batteries in your mouse. It might<br>
>> work, and even if not, you ruled out the batteries, which is a<br>
>> common source of mouse problems.<br>
<br>
>Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately it is a wired mouse. I don't have<br>
>those new-fangled contraptions!<br>
<br>
Mice are so cheap that you should always have a known good mouse handy<br>
to rule out the mouse in problems like this. I've used several of the<br>
following mouse, and they worked EXTREMELY well, like quicker and more<br>
accurate than anything else:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/304119211215" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/itm/304119211215</a><br>
<br>
Even if your problem isn't your existing mouse, the Blackweb Blue Trace<br>
Mouse linked above is a tremendous productivity booster.<br>
<br>
<br>
SteveT<br>
<br>
Steve Litt <br>
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