Right-click on my mouse is REAL SLOW

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haskellbob

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When I right-click it takes from one to several seconds for the functions to become available. What might be the reason for this, and how can I fix it?

It's more of a tortoise than a mouse at present.


Thanks

Bob Haskell
 
It sounds like a mouse on the way out from wear over time. The button's contacts are probably worn or simply a larger gap is now there between them. The spring for the buttons gets trashed often as well under constant use. Even the "big and tuff" mice like MS Trackball Explorer models see wear and tear take it's toll. The lengthy time being seen would only have one other possible cause namely a problem with the mouse drivers in Windows or those for the make and mouse itself like a programmable type.
 
PC eye said:
It sounds like a mouse on the way out from wear over time. The button's contacts are probably worn or simply a larger gap is now there between them. The spring for the buttons gets trashed often as well under constant use. Even the "big and tuff" mice like MS Trackball Explorer models see wear and tear take it's toll. The lengthy time being seen would only have one other possible cause namely a problem with the mouse drivers in Windows or those for the make and mouse itself like a programmable type.
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His computer will not load the right click options. It wont be a mouse problem, as then he would have to click very hard, etc.
 
Burgerbob said:
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His computer will not load the right click options. It wont be a mouse problem, as then he would have to click very hard, etc.
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You didn't read the post very good apparently. It stated that it takes several seconds to work not that nothing at all worked! As far as having to click hard that's not always the case either. If the upper contact is sticking you can press down hard all day and it won't move. That depends mainly on the quality of the mouse if nothing is found goofed in Windows itself.

Do you have a full install version of Windows onhand? Place that in the cd rom drive and exit the options menu that appears first. Then scroll down from the top of the Start menu to the Run prompt and type in "sfc /scannow" either clicking the "ok" button or pressing the enter key afterwards. This will start up the system file checker that first verifies the integrity of the main system files. It will also repair/replace any found damaged or missing. This is one tool that's been in Windows since 98.
 
haskellbob said:
When I right-click it takes from one to several seconds for the functions to become available. What might be the reason for this, and how can I fix it?

It's more of a tortoise than a mouse at present.


Thanks

Bob Haskell
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how long have you been using this mouse? try changing mouse, if that did not solve the problem, your system must be busy or too many programs running.
 
The first thing to try there regardless is a different mouse even if you have to borrow one to rule out wear and tear seeing problems with the button/contacts and any problems if it is a programmable model. Often especisally with MS optical models the driver for model gets knocked out and the default Windows driver takes over. The mouse will fail to right click there. If it's programmable reinstall the software/drivers that comes with it.
 
I doubt it is a mouse problem, but as chrisalviola says to many programs running and a busy system. Use msconfig to stop some services and proccesses at startup, and see if this helps. You may need to add some more RAM to increase system performance.

Adam
 
Is this being seen on a corded or cordless mouse there? This is another thing to look at if it is a cordless model. Some have had some issues with those. And simply having a number of items running generally never stops a right click menu from popping up or taking a bit longer. The only thing that generally stalls or prevents mouse activity is the load up of a pc game where that then becomes a controller in the game itself after a game map is loaded.

If the mouse software or Windows default drivers are damaged or missing that will see problems right off. After running the system file checker and/or reinstalling the drivers/software for the mouse if there is no improvement seen the idea of a hardware wear + tear problem is a consideration.
 
I hate people lol, no its an option in your mouse properties that basically alow you to choose the speed of the transaction between click and see. You can change how fast your mouse basically does anything.
 
X2BreakOfFate said:
I hate people lol, no its an option in your mouse properties that basically alow you to choose the speed of the transaction between click and see. You can change how fast your mouse basically does anything.
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If you are running a programmable mouse or trackball drivers for it can see problems needing a reinstall. By double clicking on the mouse icon in the control panel you can see if your model is listed there. If not the drivers for it have been made inactive or are missing for some reason. The software for this type of mouse is also seen there as well as when opening any desktop icon seen. A standard mouse relies on the default Windows mouse.sys or mouse.drv files.
 
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