Glitchy Computer, please help! :)

[mrspotts]

My computer is wigging out and need a bit of advice. Normally hubby would take care of this but he is out of town for the week and I don't think I can survive without my computer that long.

So last night I noticed that any type of list on my computer that needs to use scrolling is broken. It will scroll until it gets to the end of the list. For example, I was working in PSE and needed to crop my photo. I went up to the aspect ratio window and tried to change it to 4 X 6. However after selecting that particular ratio, the area kept scrolling until it reached the bottom aspect ration which was 8 X 10. This happens most every where on my computer, but not everything is affected.

Any suggestions as to what is going on? PLEASE tell me it isn't a virus of some sort. I ran my virus software and it comes up clean, but maybe it is smarter than AVG?! Help, anyone!

 

[lmccandless]

Are you using Windows 7? Mouse or trackpad?

 

[Peppermint]

I'm assuming you already rebooted? Did you change the batteries in your mouse? Sometimes it's just bad/dying batteries in a mouse.

 

[mrspotts]

***GRRR, I just typed this and guess what happened as soon as I typed it? Yep it stopped working. See below in red for follow up***

Oddly enough, it has started working again. In the process to get it to work I did reboot it, but that didn't work. However, as I'm looking at my mouse the green light is out which means I should probably change the battery and that could be the culprit. Thanks for responding ladies! Now here's to hoping the mystery problem stays fixed

Okay I changed the battery in mouse that didn't work. Yes I am on Windows 7, and I'm using a wireless mouse. Anything else you can think of that might work?

 

[Karen]

Is it your scroll lock button that is off perhaps?

Also, check for a tiny hair or fuzzy on your mouse sensor. I've had that cause issues a couple times in the past.

 

[mrspotts]

So the mouse problem stopped. Now firefox won't work. I tried to reboot the computer. That didn't help. Any thoughts? Thanks for your help! Currently using safari which seems to be working ok.

 

[lmccandless]

There's actually a known Firefox bug that causes weird mouse issues. Google your version for the fix. You just have to fix your universal settings.