mouse

Question

how to stop the mouse dialog box from apearing. Every time my mouse rolls over a clickable item I get a box as if I doubled clicked on it

Answer 1

Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Expand Mice and other pointing devices.

Right click on the Mouse and click uninstall

Press Alt + F4

Press the Windows key + X

Press the letter U

Press the letter R

Restart

OR

Press Windows key + X

Press the 'M' key

Press tab once

Use the down arround to select Mice and other pointing devices.

Press the right arrow to expand Mice and other pointing devices.

Use the down arrow again to select your HID-Compliant mouse

Press the right click menu key on your keyboard (usually located between the Alt and Control keys)

Select uninstall

Hit Enter

Press Alt + F4

Press the Windows key + X

Press the letter U

Press the letter R

Restart

Other things you can try.

Method 1: Run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter. This troubleshooter finds and fixes common problems with devices on your computer.

Click Start.

Type Troubleshooting, and select Troubleshooting in the results.

In the new window, click Hardware and Sound.

In the list of options, click on Hardware and Devices.

Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

Method 2: Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files. This allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Press Windows key + X

Click Command Prompt (Admin)

Type in at the prompt OR Copy and Paste these one at a time : (Hit enter after each)

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Also run the System File Checker utility:

Press Windows key + X

Click Command Prompt (Admin)

At the Command Prompt, type: sfc/scannow

This will check for any integrity violations

Restart your system

Answer 2

Thanks Andre,

This worked at first. I got up to a 20 second delay and then I tried going to Facebook and the mouse went wild with dialog boxes turning up on every move of the mouse.

Jimmy

Answer 3

1. Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
2. Navigate to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced
3. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named ExtendedUIHoverTime
4. Double-click ExtendedUIHoverTime and click Decimal
5. To increase the hover delay to 5 seconds, type 5000 . Type 10000 for 10 seconds and so forth…
6. Exit the Registry Editor.
7. Restart your computer.

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up registry, refer the link below:

Backup the registry

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