Request aid: strange PC behaviour

[Husar]

Nice story Sigurd.
Though I guess Bijo would have noticed and he doesn't have boobs.

[Bijo]

Heh heh: boobs pressing a keyboard. How could the woman not have noticed it? But, indeed, from the top there is nothing except for my fingers pressing the keys. Or maybe there is ectoplasma here in the room which Ι ψαν'τ νοτιψε aha, look... the language for the keyboard suddenly turned to Greek without my doing, and without any other thing pressing it from above.

And now the erratic mouse bahaviour is starting again. I cannot find a genuine PS/2 mouse either to buy because they only sell USB ones. The only PS/2 mouse I have is an old two-button Microsoft with a normal mouse ball.

Ah well... I will look for a total new mouse then. I think I will need both a new mouse AND a keyboard.

[Slug For A Butt]

Bijo, I think you are missing the pount man. Just try that old 2 button mouse and see if the haunting stops.
If the problem continues, don't buy a new mouse because that's not your problem. If it works OK, THEN buy a new mouse. Don'y buy new shit that you don't have to, hoping that it works. If you have a ratty old mouse, it will do to test if it IS your mouse that's the problem.

EDIT: you have tried a reformat and reinstall too haven't you?

[Bijo]

I have not attempted any reformat and reinstallation: I cannot take the time for it. I have just connected the old mouse and thus far this seems okay. I will have to use it for a while and observe the results over time. I doubt this would solve the strange keyboard behaviour. If it does, then... heh. I will post another time (maybe a couple days) to see if any erratic behaviour occurs.

Another thing I must say is how "refreshing" this old mouse is. A genuine old PS/2 with two buttons. Well, at least it's not the standard Mac that has only one(!)

I had also found this link which looks useful.

[Bijo]

I have tested my original "broken" mouse on a laptop and it seems it functioned quite alright. It leads me to think there must be something erring on my desktop apparatus. I will test the mouse once more perhaps tonight or this weekend.

Another thing remarkable is the peculiarity of the sudden switch to the Greek keyboard layout. It is actually very simple: as I type I occasionally hold/press [Ctrl Shift] to quickly select words with the arrow keys, and it happens to be that I set the combination of [Ctrl Shift] to switch language (-- it used to be [Shift Alt]). This explains the sudden unexpected switch, for that particular moment only however. I am uncertain whether this was the case before as well, as I paid no attention to it then, but it is plausibly the case too.

This still leaves the sudden appearance of letters I did not type nor were the keys pressed by anything else noticeable. Thus far the situation with the old PS/2 mouse is good, and the fact that my original one works fine on another computer certainly signifies -- as said -- trouble on this desktop. Yes yes, indeed, I will test.

[Slug For A Butt]

Seems like you are on to something.