It doesn't have to be a virus or spyware. I've seen this happen on three different machines. Two running Windows 98 and one running Windows 2000.
It appears that the shell "gets confused", usually when an application crashes. When this happens I suddenly wind up with two "right mouse buttons" and at least once the left button acted as you are describing. Usually shutting down and restarting the system resolves the problem. You might also check what the settings are for the "pointing device" in the control panel. Depending on your mouse driver software it could be that it has somehow gotten set so that the left mouse button action is the same as "double-clicking". Since I only run Windoze for applications that really need it I haven't encountered this problem in a long time so I don't remember all the details. But it is quite likely that you are seeing this OS / Shell bug rearing its ugly head. That said, it is still a good idea to do a thorough virus check and spy ware check/removal for good measure. Burt On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 18:18, Phillip Stevens wrote: > CD> I just wonder *what* got changed to cause this. > > Perhaps some spyware/adware got installed, which is affecting > the mouse events? > > Have you tried running some of the spyware detection and removal > utilities, like AD-Aware or Spybot S&D on it? > > ---Phil * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
