2009-08-09, 01:04 AM
Lately my mouse has been acting weird. I accidentally spilled some water on it early today, though it was working okay afterwards. A few hours later, I noticed something weird. My first thought was it was running low on battery, so I changed the batteries. That didn't really fix the problem. Next I remembered I spilled water on it, but I wasn't sure if this type of error matches.
Basically, let's say I'm viewing the forum. My mouse moves around fine, but when I want to click on a link, like let's say a link to a thread, it won't work. It won't even change into the little hand. But if I minimize and maximize the page, it will begin to work. I tried restarting me computer a few times, and I couldn't click the items on my desktop, even though the mouse moved around find. A few moments later, I was able to click my icons, but I couldn't click my start tab. My start tab didn't even have a change in tint to notify that it was clickable, it was just there.
Sometimes when I want to go to a different site and try to highlight my current URL so I can input a new one, it won't work. And again, the icon won't change from the arrow. Although, it seems so far everything on MS works fine.
Any idea what the problem is? It seems more like a computer problem than a mouse problem since if it were the mouse, I would believe it would just not work or something. The fact that the computer doesn't even seem to recognize a link as clickable is what confuses me.
EDIT: I use Windows XP.
Basically, let's say I'm viewing the forum. My mouse moves around fine, but when I want to click on a link, like let's say a link to a thread, it won't work. It won't even change into the little hand. But if I minimize and maximize the page, it will begin to work. I tried restarting me computer a few times, and I couldn't click the items on my desktop, even though the mouse moved around find. A few moments later, I was able to click my icons, but I couldn't click my start tab. My start tab didn't even have a change in tint to notify that it was clickable, it was just there.
Sometimes when I want to go to a different site and try to highlight my current URL so I can input a new one, it won't work. And again, the icon won't change from the arrow. Although, it seems so far everything on MS works fine.
Any idea what the problem is? It seems more like a computer problem than a mouse problem since if it were the mouse, I would believe it would just not work or something. The fact that the computer doesn't even seem to recognize a link as clickable is what confuses me.
EDIT: I use Windows XP.