Sorry to plug a company I detest but the new Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer rodents
are FANTASTIC for CAD work. No balls, no rollers, absolute precision when you wish to
put the cursor just there! I'd go so far to say they are better than the prehistoric
Mouse Systems optical mice and they work on almost any surface: use mine on an ordinary
white melamine table top - and it doesn't matter how dirty it is or isn't.

Brian

"Stephen R. Gregory" wrote:

> In a message dated 02/09/2000 8:28:37 PM Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > I have been noticing as of late that the mice on several of my CAD systems
> >  have been acting 'funny'.
> >
> >  It appears that during :#7 minute (07,17 etc) of each hour (only if
> >  mouse-ing at that time) the left button appears to stick down.  This is
> >  definitely not a mechanical issue as several systems with different makes
> of
> >  mice have repeated this problem.
> >  This is not malicious 'virus', unless the mouse happens to be over the
> >  delete, undo, or other unwanted command when this occurs.
> >
> >  I have tried Mcfee & Norton Antivirus - no virus detected.
> >
> >
> >  Has anyone else seen anything like this?
> >
> >  Joe Duclos
>
> Hi Joe!
>
> Don't think that there's any hacker stuff out there yet that will screw with
> your mouse (but then again I don't want to underestimate the creativity of
> these guys).
>
> More likley, you may need to stoop to the level to clean your mouse balls
> (and rollers)...hehehe. I'm saying that (knowing that it sounds perverted),
> but is true. When was the last time that anybody has cleaned their mouse
> balls?
>
> When the ball picks up junk, and the rollers inside get junked-up that are
> transmiting the movement of the ball in your mouse, things will get
> weird....and it can be where on one axis movement things are funny, and the
> other axis it's okay. That usually tells me that the mouse needs a good bath.
> I clean my mouse ball in alcohol and then take a q-tip and clean the rollers
> inside the mouse (making sure that I clean the whole roller
> circumference)....usually after that, my mouse is dead-on...balls that are
> cared for work better...(get your mind outta the gutter!!!)
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
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