Right Click Menu Disappeared

[Heather]

Well, you got that one right, Martin.....and the other wherein you said
Heirloom and I (among others) were ignored when we suggested it was
probably a bad mouse.

Har Har Harry NEVER listens to advice. Or if he does, he manages to
screw up something else at the time of fixing.

Sigh......

"Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:OK$WhiQWIHA.6140@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Harry wrote :-
>
>> I 'may' keep the old one for
>> 'standby'.
>
> Bin it Harry! You'll only forget about the fault when you try to
> re-use it in a few months time - and we can all guess the
> consequences.
>
>> All in all I consider it a learning experience.
>
> For us too.
>
> Mart
>
>
> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OEW4T4LWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
>> news:uoyk7SJWIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Oh Harry, you can ask for a LOT more............
>>> remember the post I sent for you to test the keyboard 'right click'
>>> and
>> then
>>> the Shift + right click??????? Hello??????
>>> You are now getting an alternate subset menu, instead of the normal
>>> right
>>> click menu. Sometimes, I think, they are the same, but, mostly not.
>>> Heirloom, old and didn't you notice a
>>> different
>>> level on the right button???
>>
>> The only thing different, there was no right click possible for the
>> icons in
>> systray and the right click on the desktop produced the dialog box
>> (if I may
>> call it that) in the upper left corner instead of the point of the
>> right
>> click. In the final analysis the old mouse's right click was 'out of
>> order',
>> because the replacement works as called for. I 'may' keep the old one
>> for
>> 'standby'.
>> All in all I consider it a learning experience and don't understand
>> what
>> 'all the fuss' is about.
>> After all, isn't that the essence of this ng?
>> Please accept my eternal gratitude for your kind assistance H, Mart
>> and
>> everyone involved.
>>
>> Harry.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> > Mart:
>>> >
>>> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing my
>>> > HiTech
>>> > Guy
>>> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was
>>> > 'stuck' and
>>> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become
>>> > stuck and
>> so
>>> > I
>>> > got a replacement.
>>> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old mouse:
>>> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will make
>>> > the
>>> > button work.
>>> > What more can I ask for?
>>> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
>>> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can be
>>> > done
>>> > about
>>> > this.
>>> >
>>> > Harry.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[webster72n]

"Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:OuH%23ycKWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Harry wrote :-
>
> > ... and so I
> > got a replacement.
>
> Well, it took a few column feet on these pages but you finally got there
> Harry, so let's be thankful for that. Next time you have an 'issue' why
not
> try to think of ALL relevant detail before you compose your post then read
> it BEFORE you send it to see if it makes any sense, instead of letting us
> have to second guess. Then change the habit of a lifetime and actually try
> some of the suggestions offered and give feedback on the results. I lost
> count of the number of times Heirloom (in particular) and others suggested
> changing the mouse!
>
> But - you got there! Well done Harry

As a 'trailer' to these comments:
It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for the mouse itself to be at
fault.
My 'HiTech Guy' pointed out to me the possibility of some software glitch as
well.
Would have come up with this sooner, but time is <limited>. <H>.

>
> Mart
>
>
>
> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Mart:
> >
> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing my HiTech
> > Guy
> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was 'stuck' and
> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become stuck and
so
> > I
> > got a replacement.
> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old mouse:
> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will make the
> > button work.
> > What more can I ask for?
> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can be done
> > about
> > this.
> >
> > Harry.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:eyBGRn9VIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Harry, if you want to play games - fine.
> >>
> >> But if you really want to be constructive and do some serious
checking -
> > and
> >> you don't have a spare mouse to swap-out with - then open the Mouse
icon
> > in
> >> Control Panel and check the mouse buttons there. And if your still not
> >> convinced, then transpose the left and right buttons using the test
> > utility
> >> and see if the 'fault' moves with it.
> >>
> >> Then buy a new mouse. Just don't mess us around.
> >>
> >> Mart
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Mart]

Harry wrote :-

> It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
> the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
> pointed out to me the possibility of some
> software glitch as well.

So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed the
problem?

Mart


"webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eBVDmNwWIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:OuH%23ycKWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Harry wrote :-
>>
>> > ... and so I
>> > got a replacement.
>>
>> Well, it took a few column feet on these pages but you finally got there
>> Harry, so let's be thankful for that. Next time you have an 'issue' why
> not
>> try to think of ALL relevant detail before you compose your post then
>> read
>> it BEFORE you send it to see if it makes any sense, instead of letting us
>> have to second guess. Then change the habit of a lifetime and actually
>> try
>> some of the suggestions offered and give feedback on the results. I lost
>> count of the number of times Heirloom (in particular) and others
>> suggested
>> changing the mouse!
>>
>> But - you got there! Well done Harry
>
> As a 'trailer' to these comments:
> It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for the mouse itself to be at
> fault.
> My 'HiTech Guy' pointed out to me the possibility of some software glitch
> as
> well.
> Would have come up with this sooner, but time is <limited>. <H>.
>
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>>
>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > Mart:
>> >
>> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing my HiTech
>> > Guy
>> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was 'stuck'
>> > and
>> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become stuck and
> so
>> > I
>> > got a replacement.
>> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old mouse:
>> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will make the
>> > button work.
>> > What more can I ask for?
>> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
>> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can be done
>> > about
>> > this.
>> >
>> > Harry.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>> > news:eyBGRn9VIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> Harry, if you want to play games - fine.
>> >>
>> >> But if you really want to be constructive and do some serious
> checking -
>> > and
>> >> you don't have a spare mouse to swap-out with - then open the Mouse
> icon
>> > in
>> >> Control Panel and check the mouse buttons there. And if your still not
>> >> convinced, then transpose the left and right buttons using the test
>> > utility
>> >> and see if the 'fault' moves with it.
>> >>
>> >> Then buy a new mouse. Just don't mess us around.
>> >>
>> >> Mart
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Heather]

"Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Harry wrote :-
>
>> It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
>> the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
>> pointed out to me the possibility of some
>> software glitch as well.
>
> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed
> the problem?
>
No, Mart......he is waffling as usual. You surely didn't expect to get
a straight answer, did you??

I think he should fire his "HiTech Guy".....and buy a new computer.
OTOH, we could threaten him with a nasty bit of torture if he doesn't
stop messing about with things he is clueless on......hmmm, nah...won't
go there. LOL!!

Night, Mart.....get to bad, old guy!!

 

[Heather]

> Night, Mart.....get to bad, old guy!!

OOPS....that should have been "get to BED"....but bad is OK too, if you
remember what it was. (G)

"Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:OZiPxjwWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Harry wrote :-
>>
>>> It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
>>> the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
>>> pointed out to me the possibility of some
>>> software glitch as well.
>>
>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed
>> the problem?
>>
> No, Mart......he is waffling as usual. You surely didn't expect to
> get a straight answer, did you??
>
> I think he should fire his "HiTech Guy".....and buy a new computer.
> OTOH, we could threaten him with a nasty bit of torture if he doesn't
> stop messing about with things he is clueless on......hmmm,
> nah...won't go there. LOL!!
>
> Night, Mart.....get to bad, old guy!!
>

 

[Heirloom]

>
> I think he should fire his "HiTech Guy".....and buy a new computer. OTOH,
> we could threaten him with a nasty bit of torture if he doesn't stop
> messing about with things he is clueless on......hmmm, nah...won't go
> there. LOL!!
>
> Night, Mart.....get to bad, old guy!!
>
I'm going.....I'm going.
Heirloom, old and going to bad.

 

[webster72n]

"Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
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>
>
> >
> > I think he should fire his "HiTech Guy".....and buy a new computer.
OTOH,
> > we could threaten him with a nasty bit of torture if he doesn't stop
> > messing about with things he is clueless on......hmmm, nah...won't go
> > there. LOL!!
> >
> > Night, Mart.....get to bad, old guy!!
> >
> I'm going.....I'm going.
> Heirloom, old and going to bad.

or is that 'going bad', by any chance? That wouldn't be 'too bed' either,
would it?

>
>

 

[webster72n]

"Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Harry wrote :-
>
> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
> > the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
> > pointed out to me the possibility of some
> > software glitch as well.
>
> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed the
> problem?

Of course not, Mart and if you should see her, tell Heather to mind her
'crockpot'.

>
> Mart
>
>
> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eBVDmNwWIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:OuH%23ycKWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Harry wrote :-
> >>
> >> > ... and so I
> >> > got a replacement.
> >>
> >> Well, it took a few column feet on these pages but you finally got
there
> >> Harry, so let's be thankful for that. Next time you have an 'issue' why
> > not
> >> try to think of ALL relevant detail before you compose your post then
> >> read
> >> it BEFORE you send it to see if it makes any sense, instead of letting
us
> >> have to second guess. Then change the habit of a lifetime and actually
> >> try
> >> some of the suggestions offered and give feedback on the results. I
lost
> >> count of the number of times Heirloom (in particular) and others
> >> suggested
> >> changing the mouse!
> >>
> >> But - you got there! Well done Harry
> >
> > As a 'trailer' to these comments:
> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for the mouse itself to be
at
> > fault.
> > My 'HiTech Guy' pointed out to me the possibility of some software
glitch
> > as
> > well.
> > Would have come up with this sooner, but time is <limited>. <H>.
> >
> >>
> >> Mart
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> > Mart:
> >> >
> >> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing my
HiTech
> >> > Guy
> >> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was 'stuck'
> >> > and
> >> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become stuck
and
> > so
> >> > I
> >> > got a replacement.
> >> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old mouse:
> >> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will make
the
> >> > button work.
> >> > What more can I ask for?
> >> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
> >> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can be done
> >> > about
> >> > this.
> >> >
> >> > Harry.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> >> > news:eyBGRn9VIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> >> Harry, if you want to play games - fine.
> >> >>
> >> >> But if you really want to be constructive and do some serious
> > checking -
> >> > and
> >> >> you don't have a spare mouse to swap-out with - then open the Mouse
> > icon
> >> > in
> >> >> Control Panel and check the mouse buttons there. And if your still
not
> >> >> convinced, then transpose the left and right buttons using the test
> >> > utility
> >> >> and see if the 'fault' moves with it.
> >> >>
> >> >> Then buy a new mouse. Just don't mess us around.
> >> >>
> >> >> Mart
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

 

[Mart]

Heather wrote:-

> No, Mart......he is waffling as usual. You surely didn't expect to get a
> straight answer, did you??

Err, no Heather, my reply was written with my tongue firmly pushed into my
cheek.

Mart


"Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:OZiPxjwWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Harry wrote :-
>>
>>> It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
>>> the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
>>> pointed out to me the possibility of some
>>> software glitch as well.
>>
>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed the
>> problem?
>>
> No, Mart......he is waffling as usual. You surely didn't expect to get a
> straight answer, did you??
>
> I think he should fire his "HiTech Guy".....and buy a new computer. OTOH,
> we could threaten him with a nasty bit of torture if he doesn't stop
> messing about with things he is clueless on......hmmm, nah...won't go
> there. LOL!!
>
> Night, Mart.....get to bad, old guy!!
>

 

[Mart]

Mart asked :-
>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse
>> still hasn't fixed the problem?
and Harry replied :-
> Of course not.

Which I ASS-U-ME to mean that the replacement mouse HAS fixed the problem.

If so, then why, after sending us down the original cul-de-sac where you
implied that the right-click function issue only affected the desktop
context menus (and nothing else) and linked it with your Ad-Aware
'experiments', did you not try any/all the suggestions offered at an earlier
stage? (Admittedly, you conceded that you'd already run System Restore
without success, but that was only after further interrogation)

- Of course, I can answer that one with your perpetual stock excuse, "you
didn't have time!"

So you didn't even have time to do a very simple test on your mouse in
Control Panel?

But had you made the time and done so Harry, I think that even you would
have eventually realized that you had a faulty mouse and come to the same
"foregone conclusion" that the rest of us had already reached. Heather even
suggested substituting the mouse in the fifth post in the thread. And here
we are, some 50+ posts later, still having to ASS-U-ME that the problem is
now resolved.

Not for the first time Harry, if you're not prepared to act on advice, why
bother to ask for it. You're not only wasting your 'valuable time', but ours
too!

Mart


"webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uk4XFqxWIHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Harry wrote :-
>>
>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
>> > the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
>> > pointed out to me the possibility of some
>> > software glitch as well.
>>
>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed the
>> problem?
>
> Of course not, Mart and if you should see her, tell Heather to mind her
> 'crockpot'.
>
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eBVDmNwWIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>> > news:OuH%23ycKWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> Harry wrote :-
>> >>
>> >> > ... and so I
>> >> > got a replacement.
>> >>
>> >> Well, it took a few column feet on these pages but you finally got
> there
>> >> Harry, so let's be thankful for that. Next time you have an 'issue'
>> >> why
>> > not
>> >> try to think of ALL relevant detail before you compose your post then
>> >> read
>> >> it BEFORE you send it to see if it makes any sense, instead of letting
> us
>> >> have to second guess. Then change the habit of a lifetime and actually
>> >> try
>> >> some of the suggestions offered and give feedback on the results. I
> lost
>> >> count of the number of times Heirloom (in particular) and others
>> >> suggested
>> >> changing the mouse!
>> >>
>> >> But - you got there! Well done Harry
>> >
>> > As a 'trailer' to these comments:
>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for the mouse itself to be
> at
>> > fault.
>> > My 'HiTech Guy' pointed out to me the possibility of some software
> glitch
>> > as
>> > well.
>> > Would have come up with this sooner, but time is <limited>. <H>.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Mart
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Mart:
>> >> >
>> >> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing my
> HiTech
>> >> > Guy
>> >> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was 'stuck'
>> >> > and
>> >> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become stuck
> and
>> > so
>> >> > I
>> >> > got a replacement.
>> >> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old mouse:
>> >> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will make
> the
>> >> > button work.
>> >> > What more can I ask for?
>> >> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
>> >> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can be
>> >> > done
>> >> > about
>> >> > this.
>> >> >
>> >> > Harry.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>> >> > news:eyBGRn9VIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Harry, if you want to play games - fine.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But if you really want to be constructive and do some serious
>> > checking -
>> >> > and
>> >> >> you don't have a spare mouse to swap-out with - then open the Mouse
>> > icon
>> >> > in
>> >> >> Control Panel and check the mouse buttons there. And if your still
> not
>> >> >> convinced, then transpose the left and right buttons using the test
>> >> > utility
>> >> >> and see if the 'fault' moves with it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Then buy a new mouse. Just don't mess us around.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Mart
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

 

[George Gee]

Mart

Why waste ink?
We all know Harry!
Here's a guy, comes on this newsgroup offering advice (via Google),
yet, has to take his mouse to a "HiTech Guy" to have it checked out.

God help us.

George Gee


"Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:uG3B1U1WIHA.5448@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Mart asked :-
>>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse
>>> still hasn't fixed the problem?
> and Harry replied :-
>> Of course not.
>
> Which I ASS-U-ME to mean that the replacement mouse HAS fixed the problem.
>
> If so, then why, after sending us down the original cul-de-sac where you
> implied that the right-click function issue only affected the desktop
> context menus (and nothing else) and linked it with your Ad-Aware
> 'experiments', did you not try any/all the suggestions offered at an
> earlier stage? (Admittedly, you conceded that you'd already run System
> Restore without success, but that was only after further interrogation)
>
> - Of course, I can answer that one with your perpetual stock excuse, "you
> didn't have time!"
>
> So you didn't even have time to do a very simple test on your mouse in
> Control Panel?
>
> But had you made the time and done so Harry, I think that even you would
> have eventually realized that you had a faulty mouse and come to the same
> "foregone conclusion" that the rest of us had already reached. Heather
> even suggested substituting the mouse in the fifth post in the thread. And
> here we are, some 50+ posts later, still having to ASS-U-ME that the
> problem is now resolved.
>
> Not for the first time Harry, if you're not prepared to act on advice, why
> bother to ask for it. You're not only wasting your 'valuable time', but
> ours too!
>
> Mart
>
>
> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uk4XFqxWIHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Harry wrote :-
>>>
>>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
>>> > the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
>>> > pointed out to me the possibility of some
>>> > software glitch as well.
>>>
>>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed the
>>> problem?
>>
>> Of course not, Mart and if you should see her, tell Heather to mind her
>> 'crockpot'.
>>
>>>
>>> Mart
>>>
>>>
>>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eBVDmNwWIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> >
>>> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>>> > news:OuH%23ycKWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> >> Harry wrote :-
>>> >>
>>> >> > ... and so I
>>> >> > got a replacement.
>>> >>
>>> >> Well, it took a few column feet on these pages but you finally got
>> there
>>> >> Harry, so let's be thankful for that. Next time you have an 'issue'
>>> >> why
>>> > not
>>> >> try to think of ALL relevant detail before you compose your post then
>>> >> read
>>> >> it BEFORE you send it to see if it makes any sense, instead of
>>> >> letting
>> us
>>> >> have to second guess. Then change the habit of a lifetime and
>>> >> actually
>>> >> try
>>> >> some of the suggestions offered and give feedback on the results. I
>> lost
>>> >> count of the number of times Heirloom (in particular) and others
>>> >> suggested
>>> >> changing the mouse!
>>> >>
>>> >> But - you got there! Well done Harry
>>> >
>>> > As a 'trailer' to these comments:
>>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for the mouse itself to be
>> at
>>> > fault.
>>> > My 'HiTech Guy' pointed out to me the possibility of some software
>> glitch
>>> > as
>>> > well.
>>> > Would have come up with this sooner, but time is <limited>. <H>.
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Mart
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> >> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> >> > Mart:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing my
>> HiTech
>>> >> > Guy
>>> >> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was
>>> >> > 'stuck'
>>> >> > and
>>> >> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become stuck
>> and
>>> > so
>>> >> > I
>>> >> > got a replacement.
>>> >> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old mouse:
>>> >> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will make
>> the
>>> >> > button work.
>>> >> > What more can I ask for?
>>> >> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
>>> >> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can be
>>> >> > done
>>> >> > about
>>> >> > this.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Harry.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>>> >> > news:eyBGRn9VIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> >> >> Harry, if you want to play games - fine.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> But if you really want to be constructive and do some serious
>>> > checking -
>>> >> > and
>>> >> >> you don't have a spare mouse to swap-out with - then open the
>>> >> >> Mouse
>>> > icon
>>> >> > in
>>> >> >> Control Panel and check the mouse buttons there. And if your still
>> not
>>> >> >> convinced, then transpose the left and right buttons using the
>>> >> >> test
>>> >> > utility
>>> >> >> and see if the 'fault' moves with it.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Then buy a new mouse. Just don't mess us around.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Mart
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Mart]

George wrote :-

> Here's a guy, comes on this newsgroup offering advice etc.,

- and, Surprise!, Surprise!. to his credit, he (very) occasionally gets
it right <g>

> God help us.

Amen to that George.

However, I suppose that the most important lesson that I really ought to
have learned over the years of dealing with Harry is, when your head aches,
demolish the brick wall.

Mart


"George Gee" <georgegee@nomaps.com> wrote in message
news:eWwPC41WIHA.4548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Mart
>
> Why waste ink?
> We all know Harry!
> Here's a guy, comes on this newsgroup offering advice (via Google),
> yet, has to take his mouse to a "HiTech Guy" to have it checked out.
>
> God help us.
>
> George Gee
<snipped>

 

[Heather]

ROFL!! I cringe when I see him offer *advice* late at night when you
gurus are fast asleep.......and I have been known to warn the OP that
Harry doesn't have two clues to rub together and that they should wait
until you all are up and about.

A thought.....how come he never has time for anything?? He claims to be
retired, so he should have all the the time in the world. Maybe he is
really 30 years old with an IQ in the single digits. (G)

Heather
(and stay off the antivirus group, Harry....you know dick all about that
sort of stuff....which you have now amply proven)

"George Gee" <georgegee@nomaps.com> wrote in message
news:eWwPC41WIHA.4548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Mart
>
> Why waste ink?
> We all know Harry!
> Here's a guy, comes on this newsgroup offering advice (via Google),
> yet, has to take his mouse to a "HiTech Guy" to have it checked out.
>
> God help us.
>
> George Gee
>
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uG3B1U1WIHA.5448@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Mart asked :-
>>>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse
>>>> still hasn't fixed the problem?
>> and Harry replied :-
>>> Of course not.
>>
>> Which I ASS-U-ME to mean that the replacement mouse HAS fixed the
>> problem.
>>
>> If so, then why, after sending us down the original cul-de-sac where
>> you implied that the right-click function issue only affected the
>> desktop context menus (and nothing else) and linked it with your
>> Ad-Aware 'experiments', did you not try any/all the suggestions
>> offered at an earlier stage? (Admittedly, you conceded that you'd
>> already run System Restore without success, but that was only after
>> further interrogation)
>>
>> - Of course, I can answer that one with your perpetual stock excuse,
>> "you didn't have time!"
>>
>> So you didn't even have time to do a very simple test on your mouse
>> in Control Panel?
>>
>> But had you made the time and done so Harry, I think that even you
>> would have eventually realized that you had a faulty mouse and come
>> to the same "foregone conclusion" that the rest of us had already
>> reached. Heather even suggested substituting the mouse in the fifth
>> post in the thread. And here we are, some 50+ posts later, still
>> having to ASS-U-ME that the problem is now resolved.
>>
>> Not for the first time Harry, if you're not prepared to act on
>> advice, why bother to ask for it. You're not only wasting your
>> 'valuable time', but ours too!
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uk4XFqxWIHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Harry wrote :-
>>>>
>>>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
>>>> > the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
>>>> > pointed out to me the possibility of some
>>>> > software glitch as well.
>>>>
>>>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed
>>>> the
>>>> problem?
>>>
>>> Of course not, Mart and if you should see her, tell Heather to mind
>>> her
>>> 'crockpot'.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mart
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:eBVDmNwWIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> >
>>>> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>>>> > news:OuH%23ycKWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> >> Harry wrote :-
>>>> >>
>>>> >> > ... and so I
>>>> >> > got a replacement.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Well, it took a few column feet on these pages but you finally
>>>> >> got
>>> there
>>>> >> Harry, so let's be thankful for that. Next time you have an
>>>> >> 'issue' why
>>>> > not
>>>> >> try to think of ALL relevant detail before you compose your post
>>>> >> then
>>>> >> read
>>>> >> it BEFORE you send it to see if it makes any sense, instead of
>>>> >> letting
>>> us
>>>> >> have to second guess. Then change the habit of a lifetime and
>>>> >> actually
>>>> >> try
>>>> >> some of the suggestions offered and give feedback on the
>>>> >> results. I
>>> lost
>>>> >> count of the number of times Heirloom (in particular) and others
>>>> >> suggested
>>>> >> changing the mouse!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> But - you got there! Well done Harry
>>>> >
>>>> > As a 'trailer' to these comments:
>>>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for the mouse itself
>>>> > to be
>>> at
>>>> > fault.
>>>> > My 'HiTech Guy' pointed out to me the possibility of some
>>>> > software
>>> glitch
>>>> > as
>>>> > well.
>>>> > Would have come up with this sooner, but time is <limited>.
>>>> > <H>.
>>>> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Mart
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> >> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> >> > Mart:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing
>>>> >> > my
>>> HiTech
>>>> >> > Guy
>>>> >> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was
>>>> >> > 'stuck'
>>>> >> > and
>>>> >> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become
>>>> >> > stuck
>>> and
>>>> > so
>>>> >> > I
>>>> >> > got a replacement.
>>>> >> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old
>>>> >> > mouse:
>>>> >> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will
>>>> >> > make
>>> the
>>>> >> > button work.
>>>> >> > What more can I ask for?
>>>> >> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
>>>> >> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can
>>>> >> > be done
>>>> >> > about
>>>> >> > this.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Harry.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>>>> >> > news:eyBGRn9VIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> >> >> Harry, if you want to play games - fine.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> But if you really want to be constructive and do some serious
>>>> > checking -
>>>> >> > and
>>>> >> >> you don't have a spare mouse to swap-out with - then open the
>>>> >> >> Mouse
>>>> > icon
>>>> >> > in
>>>> >> >> Control Panel and check the mouse buttons there. And if your
>>>> >> >> still
>>> not
>>>> >> >> convinced, then transpose the left and right buttons using
>>>> >> >> the test
>>>> >> > utility
>>>> >> >> and see if the 'fault' moves with it.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Then buy a new mouse. Just don't mess us around.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Mart
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[webster72n]

"George Gee" <georgegee@nomaps.com> wrote in message
news:eWwPC41WIHA.4548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Mart
>
> Why waste ink?
> We all know Harry!
> Here's a guy, comes on this newsgroup offering advice (via Google),
> yet, has to take his mouse to a "HiTech Guy" to have it checked out.
>
> God help us.

You (us) just may need that, only for a different reason!

>
> George Gee
>
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uG3B1U1WIHA.5448@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Mart asked :-
> >>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse
> >>> still hasn't fixed the problem?
> > and Harry replied :-
> >> Of course not.
> >
> > Which I ASS-U-ME to mean that the replacement mouse HAS fixed the
problem.
> >
> > If so, then why, after sending us down the original cul-de-sac where you
> > implied that the right-click function issue only affected the desktop
> > context menus (and nothing else) and linked it with your Ad-Aware
> > 'experiments', did you not try any/all the suggestions offered at an
> > earlier stage? (Admittedly, you conceded that you'd already run System
> > Restore without success, but that was only after further interrogation)
> >
> > - Of course, I can answer that one with your perpetual stock excuse,
"you
> > didn't have time!"
> >
> > So you didn't even have time to do a very simple test on your mouse in
> > Control Panel?
> >
> > But had you made the time and done so Harry, I think that even you would
> > have eventually realized that you had a faulty mouse and come to the
same
> > "foregone conclusion" that the rest of us had already reached. Heather
> > even suggested substituting the mouse in the fifth post in the thread.
And
> > here we are, some 50+ posts later, still having to ASS-U-ME that the
> > problem is now resolved.
> >
> > Not for the first time Harry, if you're not prepared to act on advice,
why
> > bother to ask for it. You're not only wasting your 'valuable time', but
> > ours too!
> >
> > Mart
> >
> >
> > "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uk4XFqxWIHA.5716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> >> news:O9d$jWwWIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>> Harry wrote :-
> >>>
> >>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for
> >>> > the mouse itself to be at fault. My 'HiTech Guy'
> >>> > pointed out to me the possibility of some
> >>> > software glitch as well.
> >>>
> >>> So are you telling us that the replacement mouse still hasn't fixed
the
> >>> problem?
> >>
> >> Of course not, Mart and if you should see her, tell Heather to mind her
> >> 'crockpot'.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Mart
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:eBVDmNwWIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>> >
> >>> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> >>> > news:OuH%23ycKWIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>> >> Harry wrote :-
> >>> >>
> >>> >> > ... and so I
> >>> >> > got a replacement.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Well, it took a few column feet on these pages but you finally got
> >> there
> >>> >> Harry, so let's be thankful for that. Next time you have an 'issue'
> >>> >> why
> >>> > not
> >>> >> try to think of ALL relevant detail before you compose your post
then
> >>> >> read
> >>> >> it BEFORE you send it to see if it makes any sense, instead of
> >>> >> letting
> >> us
> >>> >> have to second guess. Then change the habit of a lifetime and
> >>> >> actually
> >>> >> try
> >>> >> some of the suggestions offered and give feedback on the results. I
> >> lost
> >>> >> count of the number of times Heirloom (in particular) and others
> >>> >> suggested
> >>> >> changing the mouse!
> >>> >>
> >>> >> But - you got there! Well done Harry
> >>> >
> >>> > As a 'trailer' to these comments:
> >>> > It definitely was not a foregone conclusion for the mouse itself to
be
> >> at
> >>> > fault.
> >>> > My 'HiTech Guy' pointed out to me the possibility of some software
> >> glitch
> >>> > as
> >>> > well.
> >>> > Would have come up with this sooner, but time is <limited>.
<H>.
> >>> >
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Mart
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> >> news:ewQL0QHWIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >>> >> > Mart:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Firstly I hope this post will show and secondly, after seeing my
> >> HiTech
> >>> >> > Guy
> >>> >> > (only possible Wednesdays) he determined the right click was
> >>> >> > 'stuck'
> >>> >> > and
> >>> >> > could be released by pulling, but it would continue to become
stuck
> >> and
> >>> > so
> >>> >> > I
> >>> >> > got a replacement.
> >>> >> > When back home I tried the following on my own with my old mouse:
> >>> >> > Activating right click and press 'Shift' on the keyboard will
make
> >> the
> >>> >> > button work.
> >>> >> > What more can I ask for?
> >>> >> > Thanks so much for everyone's input.
> >>> >> > Now this "Nut" has invaded all of us here, hope something can be
> >>> >> > done
> >>> >> > about
> >>> >> > this.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Harry.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> >>> >> > news:eyBGRn9VIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>> >> >> Harry, if you want to play games - fine.
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> But if you really want to be constructive and do some serious
> >>> > checking -
> >>> >> > and
> >>> >> >> you don't have a spare mouse to swap-out with - then open the
> >>> >> >> Mouse
> >>> > icon
> >>> >> > in
> >>> >> >> Control Panel and check the mouse buttons there. And if your
still
> >> not
> >>> >> >> convinced, then transpose the left and right buttons using the
> >>> >> >> test
> >>> >> > utility
> >>> >> >> and see if the 'fault' moves with it.
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> Then buy a new mouse. Just don't mess us around.
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> Mart
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>