Frank McLean
Senior Member
When I try to select data or text, it breaks off before I can select it all in windows 10 professional.
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The thread discusses issues with selecting text and clicking boxes in Windows 10, which Frank McLean attributes to his wireless mouse's sensitivity, causing erratic behavior. MikeHawthorne suggests troubleshooting mouse settings and trying a wired mouse to rule out interference, which leads Frank to confirm the wireless mouse as the culprit. Overall, the conversation resolves around potential hardware issues affecting input precision, with a leaning towards upgrading or replacing the wireless mouse.
The thread discusses issues with selecting text and clicking boxes in Windows 10, which Frank McLean attributes to his wireless mouse's sensitivity, causing erratic behavior. MikeHawthorne suggests troubleshooting mouse settings and trying a wired mouse to rule out interference, which leads Frank to confirm the wireless mouse as the culprit. Overall, the conversation resolves around potential hardware issues affecting input precision, with a leaning towards upgrading or replacing the wireless mouse.
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I run into that too sometimes, but I've never found a way to fix it when it does it, sometimes I just copy and paste the first half part and then come back to the original and select and copy the rest of it.
I have the same problem on my tablet with Android.
I have the same problem on my tablet with Android.
Frank McLean
Senior Member
It's not like that. It's really hard to select anything accurately. It's like it bounces and pops around very difficult to select anything. sometimes it refuses to select anything at all. Really weird.
Try going to mouse settings and changing the double click speed down a little, try changing some options like pointer precision etc, to the opposite of what ever they are set at and see if it makes any difference.
I don't really know what could cause this except the way the mouse is working.
Does it do this in all locations and like your browser and open documents?
I don't really know what could cause this except the way the mouse is working.
Does it do this in all locations and like your browser and open documents?
Frank McLean
Senior Member
You know I was thinking the same thing that the mouse is too sensitive. I have another program that I use to select a picture or whatever and I'm having the same problem there selecting things. When I try to trace out the area it pops prematurely. I'll have to look to find out where the mouse setting are and try to adjust them. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll let you know how it turns out.
Frank McLean
Senior Member
Yes that does seem to improve the selection of data. Thanks for your help. But another problem seems to be when I click to check a box. Sometimes I have to repeat the action several times to get it to take.
Frank McLean
Senior Member
Spoke too soon. It seems to be back to what it was doing before. Maybe I should check for a firm ware update.
If you have another mouse try it and see if it makes a difference, also do you use a wireless mouse, I'm had problems with them, I'm a graphic artist and gave up and stuck with a wired mouse. With me it's like I get interference sometimes.
Also, my mouse has its own settings and what have you independent of the setting in Windows control panel.
Also, my mouse has its own settings and what have you independent of the setting in Windows control panel.
Frank McLean
Senior Member
The problem seems to be the wireless mouse as the hard wired mouse is not giving me the same problem. So, either I need a firmware upgrade or a new wireless mouse.
Frank McLean
Senior Member
Thank you for your help MikeHawthorne.