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Offline SilverOrchid

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Mouse issues
« on: February 01, 2008, 12:57:49 PM »
The ball on my mouse keeps getting stuck. What can I do to clean it without ruining it? TY.
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Offline Chris_

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Re: Mouse issues
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2008, 01:13:20 PM »
Quote from: SilverOrchid on February 01, 2008, 12:57:49 PM
The ball on my mouse keeps getting stuck. What can I do to clean it without ruining it? TY.
I use rubbing alcohol and have never had problems. Check the wheels inside the mouse -- there should be two bar-type wheels and one (or more) wheel-type wheels.  That is usually where the problem is.

Or, invest the 10 bucks and get an opti mouse.  I haven't had a ball-mouse in about 3 years.  They are all in my "Land of Misfit Technology"
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Re: Mouse issues
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2008, 01:38:38 AM »
It worked, thanks!
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Re: Mouse issues
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 01:18:20 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on February 01, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
I use rubbing alcohol and have never had problems. Check the wheels inside the mouse -- there should be two bar-type wheels and one (or more) wheel-type wheels.  That is usually where the problem is.

Or, invest the 10 bucks and get an opti mouse.  I haven't had a ball-mouse in about 3 years.  They are all in my "Land of Misfit Technology"

I use to spend hours de-linting the little bars in the days before ball-less mice.  Now I have a different question:   I have a machine running XP Home with IE6 and several profiles ( all with admin ).  On one of the profiles the mouse ( optical ) hangs or makes random moves, much like when the bars would get funky.  The other profiles do not experience this problem.  Short of a profile-ectomy any suggestions? The profile in question has my primary mail account.  Cookies are gone as are all temp internet files I can find.  It has been scanned with three different scanners and is germ free..... 

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