Your mouse has gone faulty or you have to
use the only serial port for the modem. Use of mousekeys
instead of the mouse is the way out.
To turn on MouseKeys
- Open the Accessibility
Properties dialog box by clicking Start, pointing to Settings,
clicking Control Panel, and then double-clicking Accessibility
Options Click the Mouse tab.
- Under MouseKeys,
select the Use MouseKeys check box.
- If the Use
shortcut check box in the Settings for MouseKeys dialog box is
selected, you can turn on and turn off MouseKeys by pressing LEFT ALT+LEFT SHIFT+NUM LOCK.
To drag by using MouseKeys
- To move
the pointer over the object you want to move, press the arrow keys on your
numeric keypad.
- To hold
down the mouse button, press the INS
key on your numeric keypad.
- To move
the pointer over the area you want to move the object to, press the arrow
keys on your numeric keypad.
- To release
the mouse button, press the DEL
key on your numeric keypad.
To
move the mouse pointer by using MouseKeys
- To move
the pointer horizontally or vertically, press the arrow keys on your
numeric keypad.
- To move
the pointer diagonally, press HOME, END, PAGE
UP, and PAGE DOWN on your
numeric keypad.
To click by using
MouseKeys
- To click
(for example, on a menu command), press 5 on your numeric keypad.
- To
double-click, press the PLUS SIGN (+)
on your numeric keypad.
- To
right-click, press the MINUS SIGN
(–) on your numeric keypad, and then press 5
to click, or press the PLUS SIGN (+)
to double-click.
- To click
as if you were using both mouse buttons at once, press the ASTERISK (*) on your numeric keypad, and
then press 5 to click or the PLUS SIGN (+) to double-click.
To switch back to standard clicking, press SLASH (/) on
your numeric keypad.
