# Mouse wheel button changes after screensaver

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-wheel-button-changes-after-screensaver/235018>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-wheel-button-changes-after-screensaver/235018 "2004-03-18T13:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-wheel-button-changes-after-screensaver/235018/1 "2004-03-18T13:29:20Z")

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I’m using a Microsoft optical mouse with Microsoft Intellipoint on Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows Plus themes. When the screensaver goes off, the mouse wheel button changes from “double click” to an icon of a circle with two arrow heads. Intellipoint says that it’s still programmed to double click but it don’t work.

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-wheel-button-changes-after-screensaver/235018/2 "2004-03-18T13:37:27Z")

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The mouse software might have a bug. Try finding an updated version over the Internet.