It's not unusual for mice to go bad - especially if it's more than a few years old. Next thing to try would be to re-install the drivers. Go to Start, Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC to open Device Manager (in Win7 or Vista you can type it right into the search box). In Device Manager go to the category for "mouse" and right click the mouse. Choose to remove (or uninstall) the mouse. Then click OK back to the desktop and reboot. Wait till you are at the desktop and see a message at bottom right of screen saying "your new device is installed and ready to use". Hopefully the mouse will be fixed?
If not, the next step would be to try a different mouse if possible. If the mouse is USB, you can just unplug it and plug a different USB mouse in to see if it works. It's pretty unusual for the problem to be related to your computer's onboard controller. So I'm betting you just need a new mouse. Good luck, Donk PS: (is the computer running very, very slow and laggy? If so, it might just "seem" like the double click function is off. She might need to clean up the PC of excess background programs and malware, etc. to try to speed up the operation). On 8/28/2012 12:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: > My mom and I tried to adjust the speed already. We still had problems. > --- In [email protected], Donk <d.knieriem@...> wrote: >> You can adjust the mouse's DoubleClick speed by going into windows control >> panel and selecting the "mouse" category. >> Hopefully that will fix the problem. >> >> Good luck, >> Donk >> On Aug 27, 2012 9:15 PM, "seezero@..." <seezero@...> wrote: >> >>> My mom is having a problem when she is using her mouse. Many times when >>> she single-clicks, the computer acts as if she double-clicks or does >>> another single-click in addition to that first single-click. What are the >>> possible reasons for this problem? How can I solve it? If I possibly need a >>> new mouse is there a way to check other than hooking up another mouse that >>> is a lot like the one my mom has? >>> >>> My mom's mouse is corded and came with the computer (I'm not sure what >>> computer she has (I'm not at it right now.) but I think it is a few steps >>> above a HP p6230y.). >>> >>> ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
