with my system.
Well, I have still been having problems, really annoying ones that have made digitising, copying/pasting, browsing and even selecting text, almost impossibly difficult.
Every time I clicked on something in Embird, it would open a selection box or something equally stupid or annoying.
If I tried to select a file to move it, it would open it, regardless of what it was. And if I wanted to move zipped files, it would keep on opening Winzip program, instead of letting me just select the file.
And selecting text was driving me absolutely batty as it would jump it and move it, it even move complete folders inside other folders when I tried selecting them.
I was going batty and blaming the computer, the RAM, the programs being incompatible, the wireless interference, the fan, everything but the mouse itself!
It has been such a struggle to do anything, and everything I have digitised has taken me at least four times longer to complete than it should have. It had made digitising a chore instead of a pleasure.
And this has been going on for months and months.
Well, I finally went out today and bought a new mouse and, VOILA! problems completely solved.
Just goes to show that sometimes it is the simplest thing causing the problem and just because a product has a five year warranty, doesn't mean it will LAST five years.
I wonder if Logitech will honour my warranty and replace my mouse????
Now at last, I can get back into digitising without the frustration. WOOHOO!!
Who'da thought a mouse could cause such problems???
Hugs n roses, Meganne
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It always amazes me how small things like that can make me crazy. And then I wonder why I let those little things get to me so much. So glad it's fixed and you're having fun again.
Joann
6574One of my DH's quotes....to err is human, to really mess things up takes a computer. lol
He's a programmer.
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by meganne
22 Jun 2010
Have to agree with that one but thought it should be "computer OPERATOR" LOL!!!
HNR, M
4436I would never had thought a mouse would cause all of the trouble! Go figure!
62461Not just the ones for the computer cause problems...the 4 legged ones can chew things they shouldn't!!!! Had one in a car and BOY did HE have a FEAST on the wires!!!
31942Glad to hear you got everything sorted Meg. By the way I love the skeleton of the mouse sent in by Gerry! It's hilarious!
Gave me a good giggle!
Love and blessings Chris
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by meganne
22 Jun 2010
Gee it has been a busy week. I dragged Ray off to the Woodworking show on Sunday, if I thought I was sore after the craft show I was very sadly mistaken. LOL!!!
Had a great time at both shows!
hugs n roses, Meg
by pennifold
22 Jun 2010
I bet Ray loved it though - thank God they do put on shows for men - I felt sorry for some of those gentlemen on Thursday - just the look on their faces! LOL - you could almost read their minds!
Love and blessings Chris
234505I feel your frustration. Recently I was having a problem. I blamed it on the new Norton I had loaded on the computer. Well them my son comes over after about a week and all he did was unplug the router from the power cord and plug it back in and what you think happened. It is working great again. I spent hrs on the phone with Norton and my internet provider. And in less than 2 minutes it was fixed.
10191that pesky mouse, should have given it rat poisen long time ago.....
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by meganne
21 Jun 2010
LOL!!! PH, I so agree, I was goin round the twist with frustration for probably 12 months and blaming everything but the right thing.
Hugs n roses, Meganne
25546how frustrating, there is nothing worse that i can think of right now that would tick me off more. I hate it when computer gives you the jeebbies, lucky I can fix mine, through to programming clean installs and even replacing components, thank to a very helpful friend.. mind you he lives about 100 kilo meter away so it has all been done via phone calls.Was hard at first but now I help him out when he has a computer glitch.. LOL
4865Interesting how it is often the small things that cause the problems. I have had a odd mouse at work and finally have asked the IT boys to check it over. Happy digitising
115775Oh technology. It can drive us crazy, but we no longer can do without it. My Vista Laptop will not let me delete some empty folders. Says they don't exist. Go figure. It finds them though when I search.
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by almag
21 Jun 2010
Try downloading Unlocker. It's free and deletes files easily and quickly with a right click when asked to.
Google 'Unlocker' and read about it.
AlmaG.
109774Meganne, so glad that every thing is on track again, sometimes small thing cause great problems :0)
58029I had a college PC instructer one time that kept a drawer labeled CAT FOOD. It was full of dead mice. lol
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1561Meganne, So glad you found out the problem. I was having some of your same problems and wondered if it could be the mouse. I still had my old mouse from the computer that I lost due to the Power surge ( Gravity Wave ) last year. It worked perfectly. You're right sometimes it is the small things. Nancy
16513My DIL got me over that hump. She came and checked my PC out once when it was acting wonky and as soon as she turned it on she said "it's your mouse". She also taught me a little trick to get more life out of your mouse if it's not wireless. The ones with a roller ball in them should be taken apart and cleaned regularly. There will be a panel that screws off on the bottom where the ball is. Unscrew it, take the ball out and clean the ball and the inside of the mouse of dust and grit. Then just put ie back together and it should work better.
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by meganne
21 Jun 2010
Yes I sometimes think the old roller ball mice were the best. I only ever had to clean mine out if it played up, but this $99, you beaut, programmable, cordless, laser had nothing I could access to fix.
If I had done a search for it on the Net I would have seen that there were 1,000's of other people having the same problems with this particular mouse...... now I know why they discontinued it and I had to pay $199 for a replacement that doesn't do half the things the other one did.
By jeez this new one had better last more than 4 years!!!! LOL!!!!
HNR, Meganne
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169064Glad to hear you got the problem fixed...now, the FUN part...digitizing ~~~~~~~~~
Hugs & flowers to you!
Linda
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211079Logitech is very good. They've replaced cordless keyboard and mice for me. Send them an email and tell them the problem. I'm sure they'll help you. Good luck :)
2332Magenne thay will honor your warentt I had a dvd player and it liked 4 days being out of warentt and they gave me a new up graded one for just the difference in the price I paid for the old one was not much.they are good about warentee policy. any way I would try any way.
Hugs Lenamae good luck.
32767Meganne, glad you are back to enjoying your computer again. Becky
9846oh yes,a mouse can cause trouble. Mine had a virus once look at the picture and you can see for yourself LOL
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by meganne
21 Jun 2010
ROFLMBO!!!!!
That's just what I needed to lighten my mood, Thanks Gerry.
Hug n roses, Meganne
743323Computers....they are great when all goes well, but a real pain whenever they are not working well. Glad you got your problem resolved.
29648Computers can be so VERY frustrating - glad you figured out your issue at last!
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