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12-24-2003, 10:17 AM
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problem with win 98 second edition
hi,
i have win 98 sec. edition on my a pc and when i start up office or internet explorer the scrollbar just runs up and down . if i try to drag it with the mouse it runs again as soon as a let the bar go. could u tell me what that is all about. debuters |
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12-24-2003, 10:48 AM
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Hello and welcome to PC Mech.
Have you scanned your PC for viruses recently ? If not, I'd do that, strange things like that are likely some kind of virus. RJ
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12-24-2003, 11:09 AM
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I dunno RJ... I've been having that happen on IE on my machine and my work machine lately.... I just use the scroll wheel and the prob goes away. I've done spyware checks with AdAware and Spybot, virus checks with NAV, Etrust and Housecall... nothing.
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12-24-2003, 01:26 PM
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Same here on occasion...but it goes away if I reboot. I have no idea if it is a hardware or software problem. After this thread I am leaning towards software since I doubt if we all have the same hardware. Just another fun extra from Microsoft I guess...lol. But if anyone knows the cause and a cure I will gladly forgo this extra feature.
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12-24-2003, 01:53 PM
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I never have to reboot... just scroll with the wheel or change to a different page and its fine.... but it's such a minor prob in my case, I haven't bothered looking for a solution.
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12-24-2003, 09:49 PM
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maybe mouse drivers, What kind of mice. Spotted? No seriously programmable mouse drivers could be the problem. Might be worth a shot. Same prob on a Me box but is minor and I haven't really investigated further but we do have a logitech w/webwheel on it. Problem was not there before we got the mouse!?!
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12-24-2003, 09:51 PM
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Have any of you installed anything recently? Maybe you all installed the same program and its causing the problem.
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12-24-2003, 09:59 PM
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Well.. my bench machine at work does it.... Windows ME, stuff installed and uninstalled constantly, Logitech 3 button mouse.... this machine does it... WinXP, nothing new installed, Logitech optical w/wheel.
Hmmm... logitech mouse driver? Off to experiment with new ones. |
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12-27-2003, 09:57 PM
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try a panda active scan, i scan my computer with norton every tuesday automatically and never find anything, i did one panda scan... SEVEN VIRUSES!!!
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/ |
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12-30-2003, 07:43 AM
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i am going to try to use another mouse.if it is not working i am going to install another windows.
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12-30-2003, 07:38 PM
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slight rk-around
One thing I did try was to make my video memory larger on the Me system, (onboard graphics). Then I went to control panel>system>performance>graphics>. Once there I moved the graphics acceleration back one notch. It seemed to help some, but it still happens occasionally.
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01-02-2004, 11:57 PM
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You might check to see how many lines your scroll is set for. Could have got changed by faulty install of mouse drivers or by a software program. Have had biggest problems with Logitech's software in the last couple years of using their drivers. Have had so many wierd things happen that I could not mention them all here but suffice to say that I use only Microsofts drivers for any kind of mouse now and I don't ever seem to have a problem with those. I did find a small program that works great for setting up middle buttons and scroll beside Microsoft's too a while and seems very stable. It's called Cool Mouse and can be downloaded and registered at
https://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-...gi?item=1808-2 Cool Mouse Help Manual, Copyright © 2000 Shelltoys, Inc. Larry |
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01-03-2004, 09:35 PM
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I had that happen to me aswell when I was running Win98SE.
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01-06-2004, 04:03 PM
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then mouse was the problem.after i changed the mouse the srolling problem stopped.
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