6th March 2002

Every once in a while, my infrared mouse will "scroll" the foreground window. Initially, I thought this was due to having dropped the unit a few months back. Turns out that might not be the case. I'll let Lockergnomie John Smith shed some light on the subject. "I had trouble with my Logitech cordless optical mouse scrolling. When I first got the device, it worked fine. I would be on a Web site or working in a Word document or Excel spreadsheet and the page would just start scrolling for no reason. I tried moving the transmitter / receiver to different places and would intermittently have the same problem. Then, one day, the document I was working on started to scroll and (by luck) I moved my hand over the top of the mouse and the scrolling stopped, I took my hand away and it started scrolling again. I put my hand back - and it stopped. I had purchased a new desk light a month or so after I bought my mouse and it was much brighter than my previous one. Light was getting through the mouse housing and causing interference, I moved my light over about 6 inches and have not had a problem since. I hope this helps." Well, it's worth trying!