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re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP
Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 8:37 pm
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Posted by eskew (40 messages posted)


I still have IE6. Thanks for the info. I will give that a try. Appreciate the help.


On Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 5:03 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>How long has this been happening? A quick Google search turned up a few cases where
>installing IE7 caused uncontrolled scrolling. Did you recently install IE7?
>

How does it behave if you boot to Safe Mode with Networking? If better then something
>is starting at boot that is causing the problem. Try the following:
>
>First, physically disconnect from the Internet to prevent a malware infection while
>your Anti-virus and/or Firewall are disabled in the following steps, then do a normal
>boot:
>
>Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
>Click on the Startup tab and disable everything.
>Do a regular boot, see if it runs normal.
>If yes then use msconfig to enable several items at a time till you find the culprit.
>
>If no, click on the Services tab. Check the Hide All Microsoft Services box
>then disable what's left.
>Again, do a regular boot, see if it runs normal.
>If yes then use msconfig to enable services till you find the culprit.
>
>Reconnect to the Internet when done.
>

Once you've found the culprit, uninstall it or find out how to eliminate it form
>your system. Simply disabling it in msconfig is a temporary fix at best.
>


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re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (Rich Kurtz: Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 5:03 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (eskew: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 8:04 am)
*re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (coryw: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 11:16 am)
-re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (Rich Kurtz: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 1:36 pm)
-re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (eskew: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 2:58 pm)
-re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (Rich Kurtz: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 5:03 pm)
*re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (eskew: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 8:37 pm)
*re: Mouse Scroll Problem With XP (coryw: Mon, Oct 15, 2007, 6:47 am)
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