ComancheLady Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Well, this has me scratching my head wondering what now?!?Everything has been working great til last night. It seems the gremlins have found me and are working overtime.When I try to close an email in Outlook Express with the red X, it closes down OE completely and puts me back at my desktop. It also takes several tries to highlite and delete email addys before I forward. Then when I try to delete an email, it deletes 2 or 3 at the same time.When I'm in a website on IE6 and use the back arrow, it takes me out of the website to my start window.Also clicking the Start button opens the start menu then shuts back down immediately. Takes several tries to keep it on screenThere may be other things it's doing but I can't remember at this time. These things don't happen every time, maybe 5 or 6 times out of 8. I'm using WinXP Home SP2 and all updates were installed when released. Norton Anti-virus (updated) run, Ad-Aware run, Symantec Security Ck - clean. I've deleted temp files, history, checked defrag (not needed yet), did a disk cleanup.Any suggestions as to what may be going on? I HOPE it's something easy...I'm not to well acquainted with all this computerese.Many thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Try this. If it doesn't work reply back.How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ComancheLady Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Unfortunately, I have NOOOO clue how to do that kind of stuff. Especially with the registry...I wouldn't even attempt to touch that. Oh, well....looks like I call Gateway tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
il_wiccan Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Unfortunately, I have NOOOO clue how to do that kind of stuff. Especially with the registry...I wouldn't even attempt to touch that. Oh, well....looks like I call Gateway tomorrow. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You might try a system restore if you have a fairly new restore point. It might be worth a try because it should have the settings for IE....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms1033 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Unfortunately, I have NOOOO clue how to do that kind of stuff. Especially with the registry...I wouldn't even attempt to touch that. Oh, well....looks like I call Gateway tomorrow. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>If you have Norton Win Doctor, that may work instead of messing up the registry, an alternative. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms1033 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I have really not heard of a problem like this without it being A VIRUS OR A HIJACKER OR SPYWARE if it is not those, it has to be something simple Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ComancheLady Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Thanks Il_wiccan....tried the restore but it didn't work. It's still doing whatever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ComancheLady Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 ms1033...I sure hope so. Can't afford anything major. And can't stand the thought of not being able to contact family.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ComancheLady Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Just had a wierd occurance with the mouse. While playing solitare, when I held the button down for a few extra seconds the cards started jumping around. Could any of the above problems be associated in some way with my mouse? Everything stems from a mouse click. Or am I being too hopeful...LOL! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
il_wiccan Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Just had a wierd occurance with the mouse. While playing solitare, when I held the button down for a few extra seconds the cards started jumping around. Could any of the above problems be associated in some way with my mouse? Everything stems from a mouse click. Or am I being too hopeful...LOL!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Maybe try another mouse if you have one. It might be one of the buttons is sticking sometimes and giving multiple clicks or something. I know my wireless one starts going wacky like that when the batteries are getting low...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ComancheLady Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Unfortuantely I'm mouse poor. Only the one. Maybe I can borrow someone's before buying another one to see if that might be the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Makai Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Unfortuantely I'm mouse poor. Only the one. Maybe I can borrow someone's before buying another one to see if that might be the problem.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>If you can, that would be a good idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 If you've narrowed it down to mouse actions it could be you are using the wrong driver or the driver is corrupted (in addition to the possibilities others have stated). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gold68 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 (edited) What would happen if you uninstall the mouse driver and re-booted?and also take your mouse apart and clean it? Edited September 1, 2005 by Gold68 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ComancheLady Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Mouse is always cleaned every 2 weeks at least...usually sooner. Have 2 cats...and their hair gets in and on everything. I'm in the process of checking with friends that might have an extra mouse I can borrow. Path of least resistance...in this case, simple and free. If I rule that out then I go to the next level. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) Unless I missed it you didn't say what OS you're using. If it's Windows '9x you could be running out of system resource memory. Let us know if that may be the case. <edit> Doh, I should have inferred from your attempt at a System Restore that it's XP. Nevermind (darn, the second time I had to do that today!). Edited September 2, 2005 by JDoors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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