Ghost in my computer?

Happy New Year!

While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox and
it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.

It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened offline
in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS Word,
MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the scroll-bar.

I rebooted the PC and things reverted to normal. To be sure I ran AdAware,
SpyBot, AntiVir, SFC/scannow, CHKDSK/f - *nothing* came up. Hence this post.

I am wondering what could have caused this.

Regards and thanks in advance for any insight.

JP

/JP/ said:
> Happy New Year!
>
> While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
> itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox and
> it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.
>
> It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened offline
> in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS Word,
> MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
> expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
> cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
> occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the scroll-bar.
>
> I rebooted the PC and things reverted to normal. To be sure I ran AdAware,
> SpyBot, AntiVir, SFC/scannow, CHKDSK/f - *nothing* came up. Hence this post.
>
> I am wondering what could have caused this.
>
> Regards and thanks in advance for any insight.

Just perhaps - a crazed mouse. I have seen similar here with the wireless
MS Explorer.
Troubleshoot, if it happens again, by replacing the battery or testing
another mouse.

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"JP" <jp@private.nospam> wrote in message
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> Happy New Year!
>
> While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
> itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox
> and
> it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.
>
> It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened
> offline
> in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS
> Word,
> MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
> expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
> cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
> occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the scroll-bar.


Sounds like the auto- or universal-scrolling function of your mouse is
stuck. Go into your mouse's software or the Mouse applet in Control Panel
to see what buttons or keys are defined to enable a scroll mode, and what
turns it off. Could be you have stuck buttons or keys. Could be you have
yet to use whatever buttons or keys will turn it off.

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Thanks for the response. I have a PS/2 MS standard optical mouse. I do have
a spare somewhere and will change to it later this morning and see if the
behavior returns.

Regards and thanks again.

JP
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"dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
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> /JP/ said:
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
>> itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox
>> and
>> it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.
>>
>> It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened
>> offline
>> in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS
>> Word,
>> MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
>> expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
>> cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
>> occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the
>> scroll-bar.
>>
>> I rebooted the PC and things reverted to normal. To be sure I ran
>> AdAware,
>> SpyBot, AntiVir, SFC/scannow, CHKDSK/f - *nothing* came up. Hence this
>> post.
>>
>> I am wondering what could have caused this.
>>
>> Regards and thanks in advance for any insight.
>
> Just perhaps - a crazed mouse. I have seen similar here with the wireless
> MS Explorer.
> Troubleshoot, if it happens again, by replacing the battery or testing
> another mouse.
>
> --
> For most XP answers and tweaks...
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
> http://dougknox.com http://aumha.org
> http://support.microsoft.com http://www.winhelponline.com/

Thanks for the response - after reading it I checked the mouse settings in
CP, as well as device properties in DM, and they are as they should be.
However, sometime later today, I will be changing the mouse and see if the
phenomenon recurs. It was very weird and almost caused me to fall off my
chair.

Regards and thanks again.

JP
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"Vanguard" <vanguard.code@comcastNIX.net> wrote in message
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> "JP" <jp@private.nospam> wrote in message
> news:PwUtf.4947$R84.1761@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
>> itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox
>> and
>> it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.
>>
>> It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened
>> offline
>> in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS
>> Word,
>> MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
>> expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
>> cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
>> occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the
>> scroll-bar.
>
>
> Sounds like the auto- or universal-scrolling function of your mouse is
> stuck. Go into your mouse's software or the Mouse applet in Control Panel
> to see what buttons or keys are defined to enable a scroll mode, and what
> turns it off. Could be you have stuck buttons or keys. Could be you have
> yet to use whatever buttons or keys will turn it off.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _____
> ** Post replies to the newsgroup. Share with others. **
> For e-mail, remove "NIX" and append "#VC811" to Subject.
> __________________________________________________ _____
>

Weighing in on this a bit late, but...

I've seen similar things, apparently related to the mouse. It mainly seems
to occur when I have Outlook Express (which I use as a newreader) and
Internet Explorer open at the same time.

I have a USB mouse (MS Intellimouse Explorer), and the problem disappears if
I unplug it and plug it in again.

OE appears to be the culprit. I've had glitches with it for 10 years, but I
continue using it because it's free, handles multiple news servers, and
supports killfiles. I guess that I'm prepared for the occasional flame about
top posting. (That's what I'd prefer with a threaded newsreader, anyway.)


Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"JP" <jp@private.nospam> wrote in message
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> Happy New Year!
>
> While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
> itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox
> and
> it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.
>
> It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened
> offline
> in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS
> Word,
> MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
> expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
> cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
> occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the scroll-bar.
>
> I rebooted the PC and things reverted to normal. To be sure I ran AdAware,
> SpyBot, AntiVir, SFC/scannow, CHKDSK/f - *nothing* came up. Hence this
> post.
>
> I am wondering what could have caused this.
>
> Regards and thanks in advance for any insight.
>
> JP
>
>
>
>
>
>

Thanks for the insight. Very interesting. I have OE set as my newsreader
too, with connections to four different news-servers. I tried duplicating
the phenomenon with IE and OE open at the same time. No go! Tried it with
OE, IE as well as Firefox open at the same time - still no go.

I do agree with the assessment of the mouse (or the mouse driver) as the
likely culprit. I already changed the mouse and am waiting to see if the
behavior recurs.

Incidentally I have been using OE the better part of a decade myself but
with no glitches anytime. I use it only for newsgroups - never for email
though, for which I prefer Outlook. And I think OE is an outstanding
newsreader for its price!

Regards and thanks for the response.

JP
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"Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Weighing in on this a bit late, but...
>
> I've seen similar things, apparently related to the mouse. It mainly seems
> to occur when I have Outlook Express (which I use as a newreader) and
> Internet Explorer open at the same time.
>
> I have a USB mouse (MS Intellimouse Explorer), and the problem disappears
> if I unplug it and plug it in again.
>
> OE appears to be the culprit. I've had glitches with it for 10 years, but
> I continue using it because it's free, handles multiple news servers, and
> supports killfiles. I guess that I'm prepared for the occasional flame
> about top posting. (That's what I'd prefer with a threaded newsreader,
> anyway.)
>
>
> Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "JP" <jp@private.nospam> wrote in message
> news:PwUtf.4947$R84.1761@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
>> itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox
>> and
>> it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.
>>
>> It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened
>> offline
>> in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS
>> Word,
>> MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
>> expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
>> cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
>> occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the
>> scroll-bar.
>>
>> I rebooted the PC and things reverted to normal. To be sure I ran
>> AdAware,
>> SpyBot, AntiVir, SFC/scannow, CHKDSK/f - *nothing* came up. Hence this
>> post.
>>
>> I am wondering what could have caused this.
>>
>> Regards and thanks in advance for any insight.
>>
>> JP
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

JP wrote:

> Thanks for the insight. Very interesting. I have OE set as my newsreader
> too, with connections to four different news-servers. I tried duplicating
> the phenomenon with IE and OE open at the same time. No go! Tried it with
> OE, IE as well as Firefox open at the same time - still no go.
>
> I do agree with the assessment of the mouse (or the mouse driver) as the
> likely culprit. I already changed the mouse and am waiting to see if the
> behavior recurs.
>
> Incidentally I have been using OE the better part of a decade myself but
> with no glitches anytime. I use it only for newsgroups - never for email
> though, for which I prefer Outlook. And I think OE is an outstanding
> newsreader for its price!
>
> Regards and thanks for the response.
>
> JP

I think the culprit is more likely the MS optical wheel mouse. I've seen
this and other odd scrolling behaviour with several of them on several
different machines in a variety of situations and applications.

Steve N.

> ---
>
>
> "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:upn1G1xDGHA.3828@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
>>Weighing in on this a bit late, but...
>>
>>I've seen similar things, apparently related to the mouse. It mainly seems
>>to occur when I have Outlook Express (which I use as a newreader) and
>>Internet Explorer open at the same time.
>>
>>I have a USB mouse (MS Intellimouse Explorer), and the problem disappears
>>if I unplug it and plug it in again.
>>
>>OE appears to be the culprit. I've had glitches with it for 10 years, but
>>I continue using it because it's free, handles multiple news servers, and
>>supports killfiles. I guess that I'm prepared for the occasional flame
>>about top posting. (That's what I'd prefer with a threaded newsreader,
>>anyway.)
>>
>>
>>Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>>
>>"JP" <jp@private.nospam> wrote in message
>>news:PwUtf.4947$R84.1761@newsread2.news.pas.eart hlink.net...
>>
>>>Happy New Year!
>>>
>>>While online early this morning the web page I was on started to scroll
>>>itself up and down rapidly and randomly. I closed IE and started Firefox
>>>and
>>>it happened there too. Fearing an intrusion I yanked my connection.
>>>
>>>It was then I found out that this *auto-scrolling* behavior happened
>>>offline
>>>in any application that involved a vertical scroll-bar : Explorer, MS
>>>Word,
>>>MS FrontPage, even in the Windows Fax & Picture Viewer, if the image was
>>>expanded to produce the scroll-bar! This behavior stops when the mouse
>>>cursor is moved to the title or status bars or the scroll-bar itself - it
>>>occured only when the cursor is within the area covered by the
>>>scroll-bar.
>>>
>>>I rebooted the PC and things reverted to normal. To be sure I ran
>>>AdAware,
>>>SpyBot, AntiVir, SFC/scannow, CHKDSK/f - *nothing* came up. Hence this
>>>post.
>>>
>>>I am wondering what could have caused this.
>>>
>>>Regards and thanks in advance for any insight.
>>>
>>>JP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>