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I'm running Windows 10 on a Lenovo T460s laptop. The laptop has recently developed this strange problem with the mouse. It's very similar to the problem described in this ticket:
The issue reproduces no matter what mouse I use:
I'll try to describe the behavior a little better than the other ticket:
The cursor randomly left-clicks and holds. If I move the mouse when this happens, it drags whatever the cursor was on or it selects text, exactly as if I were holding the left mouse button. It randomly releases, too. Sometimes, it lasts only for a quick second, but sometimes it really gets stuck. When it is stuck, right-clicking usually releases it so I can continue working. Left-clicking doesn't help, I can left-click repeatedly and it doesn't release, when I use the touchpad buttons or the USB mouse buttons. Keyboard actions also don't have any effect on the behavior, as far as I can tell.
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Cursor clicks on things randomly all by itself
I have an HP 360 laptop that's about a year old, running windows 10. A few months ago the cursor started randomly clicking on things all by itself. I'm familiar with the hover feature. The hover
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The issue reproduces no matter what mouse I use:
- Logitech bluetooth mouse
- Logitech wireless USB dongle mouse
- Microsoft Comfort wired USB mouse
- The Machine's touchpad
- I disabled the touchpad
- I uninstalled Logitech software which was recommended by Logitech for the bluetooth mouse
- I updated the driver for the touchpad (it was already up to date)
- I tried a clean boot (according to the MS support instructions)
- Bought a new mouse
- Changed touchpad sensitivity to "low"
- Uninstalled the driver for the touchpad (synaptics pointing device) - weirdly, when I restarted there was a new device listed in the device manager called "PS/2 compatible mouse" and the touchpad now works again, and I can no longer find the setting to disable it. So, that's strange. But apparently it's now using a Microsoft driver, which was the next thing to try - installing MS generic driver...
I'll try to describe the behavior a little better than the other ticket:
The cursor randomly left-clicks and holds. If I move the mouse when this happens, it drags whatever the cursor was on or it selects text, exactly as if I were holding the left mouse button. It randomly releases, too. Sometimes, it lasts only for a quick second, but sometimes it really gets stuck. When it is stuck, right-clicking usually releases it so I can continue working. Left-clicking doesn't help, I can left-click repeatedly and it doesn't release, when I use the touchpad buttons or the USB mouse buttons. Keyboard actions also don't have any effect on the behavior, as far as I can tell.
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