Left mouse button doess menu - right button does nothing

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Blackmax

HELP

My left mouse button brings up the context menu that the right button is
supposed too, the right button does nothing.

This just started, there were no software changes, no hardware changes and
no new updates.

the mouse is:
Logitech USB Optical Wheel Mouse M-B T96a

My System:
E-Machine T6412
AMD 2188MHz
512MB RAM
XP Home Edition SP2

I have checked device manager and there are 3 USB Root Hubs each with 500mA
available.

Hub 1 has:
USB Mass Storage Device 100mA --- (I can't find any Mass Storage
Devices on my system)
3 port(s) available 0mA

Hub 2 has:
HID-compliant Wheel Mouse 98mA
3 port(s) available 0mA

Hub 3:
8 port(s) available 0mA


I'm at my wits end here. I have reinstalled XP 3 times,I have changed
ports, downloaded the latest drivers and tried the mouse on another computer
(it works fine). I have run the latest Anti-Virus programs (McAfee, Norton,
and StopSign).
Iran AdAware and there were no spyware programs or cookies.

There has to be an answer.
Please someone help me!
 
"Blackmax" <Blackmax@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> HELP
>
> My left mouse button brings up the context menu that the right button is
> supposed too, the right button does nothing.
>
> This just started, there were no software changes, no hardware changes and
> no new updates.
>


I've seen that before
Look in the control panel under mouse properties...
it somehow must have gotten switched from "right handed" to "left handed
 
"philo" wrote:

>
> "Blackmax" <Blackmax@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B068DB5A-8489-4EAD-AFDE-8375D97C5F8A@microsoft.com...
> > HELP
> >
> > My left mouse button brings up the context menu that the right button is
> > supposed too, the right button does nothing.
> >
> > This just started, there were no software changes, no hardware changes and
> > no new updates.
> >
>
>
> I've seen that before
> Look in the control panel under mouse properties...
> it somehow must have gotten switched from "right handed" to "left handed
>
>

Yea that was my thought as well, i tried checking it to reverse the buttons
but that just killed the left and the right,leaving only the wheel working.

Thanks for the idea though.
>
 
Blackmax wrote:
>
> "philo" wrote:
>
>> "Blackmax" <Blackmax@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B068DB5A-8489-4EAD-AFDE-8375D97C5F8A@microsoft.com...
>>> HELP
>>>
>>> My left mouse button brings up the context menu that the right button is
>>> supposed too, the right button does nothing.
>>>
>>> This just started, there were no software changes, no hardware changes and
>>> no new updates.
>>>
>>
>> I've seen that before
>> Look in the control panel under mouse properties...
>> it somehow must have gotten switched from "right handed" to "left handed
>>
>>
>
> Yea that was my thought as well, i tried checking it to reverse the buttons
> but that just killed the left and the right,leaving only the wheel working.
>
> Thanks for the idea though.

Picked up any driver updates from Windows Update ?

Could there be a mouse driver that doesn't belong to that
mouse, that is screwing up the mapping ?

Maybe the mouse enumeration is corrupted, making it look
like another type of mouse ?

If the mouse is plugged into one of the motherboard USB ports,
you may be able to see the mouse with this - UVCview. I think this
program could be the same thing as USBview, as I've seen several
efforts to build program like this. I'm still waiting for a
program that "does it all".

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/stream/vidcap/UVCViewdwn.mspx

What I'd be looking for there, is the device enumeration hex
numbers, and look them up to see if they match the physical product
you bought.

As far as I know, the official device registry services, do not divulge
a list of devices, to protect the intellectual property of the
companies involved. So we have to use community efforts like this,
and these lists are far from complete. There is a similar list for PCI
devices too.

http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

Paul
 
"Blackmax" <Blackmax@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "philo" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Blackmax" <Blackmax@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B068DB5A-8489-4EAD-AFDE-8375D97C5F8A@microsoft.com...
> > > HELP
> > >
> > > My left mouse button brings up the context menu that the right button
is
> > > supposed too, the right button does nothing.
> > >
> > > This just started, there were no software changes, no hardware changes
and
> > > no new updates.
> > >
> >
> >
> > I've seen that before
> > Look in the control panel under mouse properties...
> > it somehow must have gotten switched from "right handed" to "left handed
> >
> >
>
> Yea that was my thought as well, i tried checking it to reverse the
buttons
> but that just killed the left and the right,leaving only the wheel
working.
>
> Thanks for the idea though.
> >


Not too many people thank me when my ideas make things worse :(
 
>> but that just killed the left and the right,leaving only the wheel
> working.

Could it be that the right button is broken! If switching the 'left/right
handiness' leaves you with nothing, rather then a reversal.

Is there a test that actually shows the right button to be working? Is the
connector fully in?

- Just an idea.

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Blackmax" <Blackmax@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2AB6F1D1-DA43-43C6-98EE-22A7DCDB64B6@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> "philo" wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > "Blackmax" <Blackmax@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:B068DB5A-8489-4EAD-AFDE-8375D97C5F8A@microsoft.com...
>> > > HELP
>> > >
>> > > My left mouse button brings up the context menu that the right button
> is
>> > > supposed too, the right button does nothing.
>> > >
>> > > This just started, there were no software changes, no hardware
>> > > changes
> and
>> > > no new updates.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > I've seen that before
>> > Look in the control panel under mouse properties...
>> > it somehow must have gotten switched from "right handed" to "left
>> > handed
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Yea that was my thought as well, i tried checking it to reverse the
> buttons
>> but that just killed the left and the right,leaving only the wheel
> working.
>>
>> Thanks for the idea though.
>> >
>
>
> Not too many people thank me when my ideas make things worse :(
>
>
 
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