I just remembered that originally it was the keyboard that was acting up but that removing the battery cover fixed it and I was asking why. Then the mouse started acting weird and I figured it was the same thing. the keyboard hasn't started acting weird yet (again) so.... On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > goofy me! my wireless mouse has been acting weird. it wouldn't work > sometimes. I was sent a link to a webpage that said this could mean the > battery contacts are bad (corroding) and that a quick fix was to apply > wd-40 to them. the page advised spraying the wd-40 into a cup and to dab > them with cotton or something like that. well, I forgot that advice (I read > it about a week ago) and I just sprayed it in today. now the mouse works > great except now the mouse is SUPER sensitive and up is down, left is > right, down is up, and right is left. perhaps it just needs to dry more or > has anyone had any experience with something like this? for full disclosure > the author of that page recommended using another kind of solveant other > than wd-40 but the wd-40 was on-hand. > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: