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The wheel on my mouse just quit working

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  • B Bruce Duncan

    hey, that gives me an idea... Mod my mouse to include boot/trunk space for a spare wheel.

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    Userfriendly, 2003/06/07

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    Paul Watson
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    :laugh: Make sure it takes a full sized spare, not those biscuit sized space savers eh ;) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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    • C Colin Angus Mackay

      I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:


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      Paul Watson
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      Indeed. After a rather vigorous game of Half Life once I realised I had bashed my wheel for the last time. The strange thing is that at first it was not usable anymore but over the months it has slowly been coming right. Now it works pretty well most of the time with the odd lock that sends documents scrolling like mad things. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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      • C Colin Angus Mackay

        I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:


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        Callixte
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        Do someone use this kind of stuff? I was wondering how it feels. Callixte.[^]

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        • S Steve Mayfield

          With (at least) the Logitech mouse, if the window is scrollable, you can push the mouse wheel down and the cursor changes to d directional arrow cursor (ie the cursor has arrows in the direction(s) that you can scroll), then you just move the mouse to scroll up/down/left/right while continuing to hold the mouse wheel down. :cool: Steve

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          CodyDaemon
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          I find that feature annoying, so it the first thing to go when installing the MS mouse drivers. Luckly there is a nice pretty diagram of the mouse to, in case anyone can't work out what each button is called. lol

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          • C Colin Angus Mackay

            A spare Microsoft Optical Trackerball


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            SimonS
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            Good choice in mouse. I can't go back to the *other* type. Cheers, Simon sig ::
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            • S Steve Mayfield

              With (at least) the Logitech mouse, if the window is scrollable, you can push the mouse wheel down and the cursor changes to d directional arrow cursor (ie the cursor has arrows in the direction(s) that you can scroll), then you just move the mouse to scroll up/down/left/right while continuing to hold the mouse wheel down. :cool: Steve

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              Nigel Savidge
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              Microsoft mice do that as well. I had a mouse the other day that closed the window when the mouse wheel was pushed - seems I use this feature all the time:mad: It is also very useful for mice with stuck mouse wheels - I have a couple of those!

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              • P Paul Watson

                :laugh: Make sure it takes a full sized spare, not those biscuit sized space savers eh ;) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                Bruce Duncan
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                Of course! There should be plenty of room in the back of my Intellimouse Optical.

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                • B Bruce Duncan

                  "I wonder why they don't have a Horiz wheel as well" I've always wondered why no one has yet put in a mini trackball instead of a wheel. Or have they?

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                  Henry miller
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                  Here you go. http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e45/ I don't know if it is worth it.

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                  • H Henry miller

                    Here you go. http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e45/ I don't know if it is worth it.

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                    Colin Angus Mackay
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                    Clickety[^]


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                    • P Paul Watson

                      Indeed. After a rather vigorous game of Half Life once I realised I had bashed my wheel for the last time. The strange thing is that at first it was not usable anymore but over the months it has slowly been coming right. Now it works pretty well most of the time with the odd lock that sends documents scrolling like mad things. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                      Henry miller
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                      I'm trying to decide if I should feel sorry for your in South Africa where appearently mice cost so much that it breaks the budget to replace them, or if you are just cheap enough that you won't replace it if there is any way to jury rig it into sort of working. In the first case let me know how to ship a mouse to you, in the latter case. Well I'm the same way, I wouldn't replace it either.

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                      • C Colin Angus Mackay

                        I never realised how much I relied on it. :sigh:


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                        Jason Henderson
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                        Fix it. It probably just needs cleaned.

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                        • H Henry miller

                          I'm trying to decide if I should feel sorry for your in South Africa where appearently mice cost so much that it breaks the budget to replace them, or if you are just cheap enough that you won't replace it if there is any way to jury rig it into sort of working. In the first case let me know how to ship a mouse to you, in the latter case. Well I'm the same way, I wouldn't replace it either.

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                          Paul Watson
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                          :laugh: A normal scroll mouse, even from MS, would be at most R150 but this one I rescued from an exiting boss and costs about R500. It is one of those expensive Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer optical jobs. Also it is one of the original versions and is so much better than the later designs. So even buying a new one isn't going to be great. Plus, the wheel works for the most part fine these days. I just give it some TLC every morning and it behaves. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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