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Original Message
Name: Viv
Date: February 20, 2007 at 17:23:08 Pacific
Subject: Can't right click
OS: Vista Home Premium
CPU/Ram: 1 gb
Model/Manufacturer: custom built
Comment:

Hello all...

Just a few minutes ago, I lost all ability to right click my mouse. It will open the menu, but will NOT highlight anything.
All of a sudden this happened. It was working fine up until then. I just installed the upgrade Sunday and all was fine...
I would appreciate anyone's suggestions as how to fix this problem...
Thanks all!
Viv

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Response Number 1
Name: Sabertooth
Date: February 21, 2007 at 07:01:24 Pacific
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It could just be a snafu, end task on the application that is affected by this anomaly or if it is system wide - logout & log back in & see if that takes care of it.

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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser
Date: February 21, 2007 at 11:37:02 Pacific
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Snafu is too strong a word - machine OS hiccuping seems to be more appropriate, don't you think Saber?

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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth
Date: February 21, 2007 at 15:26:21 Pacific
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I have had the same issue & I'm sure it is more of a WIndows snafu...........LOL

Have yet to find the cause, fix or preventative measure against the darn anomaly though, but then again, I have not asked Steve Jobs what he thinks I can do to fix it ;-)


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Response Number 4
Name: Viv
Date: February 21, 2007 at 21:02:00 Pacific
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Thanks for the replies guys...
At the end of the night, I ran a program called "ccleaner" (crap cleaner) and when I scanned for issues, it found tons of issues. I then fixed all issues and all of a sudden my right-click and highlight (in the menu) came back. It has been working fine ever since...Strange...


Viv

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Response Number 5
Name: mattie
Date: February 22, 2007 at 02:06:42 Pacific
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that's the job, clean 'da crap outta vista' :-)

p.s. saber, mine is still alive and working ... well without a live support machine :-)

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Response Number 6
Name: Sabertooth
Date: February 22, 2007 at 13:05:45 Pacific
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Well, don't hold your breath! Around Windows & not excluding Vista, ultimately things get real boring sooner than later when that puppy continues to run nicely - what can I say, I've mostly welcomed the occasional snafus with one open arm, leaving the other available for smacking the OS back on track ;-)

I don't think I've had the problem on the Vista side of this machine - I very well may have, but I can definitely recall at least a couple times that it's happened while using XP.


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