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The Help Desk => Computer Related Discussions & Questions => Topic started by: SilverOrchid on February 01, 2008, 12:57:49 PM
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The ball on my mouse keeps getting stuck. What can I do to clean it without ruining it? TY.
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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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It worked, thanks!
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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.....