'Mouse click' sound keeps randomly happening...

[marsdenprimary]

Hello. Weird issue...

 

A PC in our school (XP) keeps making the 'mouse click' sound that happens when you open a folder or click a link on the internet. Thing is- it does it when nothing is open and there is no user activity...! Really weird.

 

Never encountered this issue before- anyone else?

 

It's almost like there's a ghost opening folders and clicking links in the background!

 

Checked the task manager and can't see anything suspicious. Virus software up-to-date.

 

Hope you can help!

 

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[jamesbrown]

I had this problem on my computer, did a virus scan and found nothing... It seems to have stopped now but i never found out what was causing it.

[chazzy2501]

check the sound scheme maybe some one has linked the sound to something automatic?

[marsdenprimary]

check the sound scheme maybe some one has linked the sound to something automatic?

 

Hey that's a good idea- i'll check that out.

[Alpha2x]

Not a website with a auto refresh meta tag refreshing in a switched session or something? Have you tried restarting the machine and seeing if it goes away?

[TheMinister]

Have you tried switching the mouse?

[Michael]

I've seen the same problems with Smartboards. You hear the sound of a USB device being disconnected then re-connected. I put it down to a wiring problem and without re-wiring, there isn't much more I could do!

[elsiegee40]

Have you tried switching the mouse?

I agree. Weird results like this often come when the mouse is starting to pack up.

[marsdenprimary]

Not a website with a auto refresh meta tag refreshing in a switched session or something? Have you tried restarting the machine and seeing if it goes away?

 

A restart doesn't seem to make any difference...it's very odd. I'm going to check the sound scheme now to see if that may be the problem.

[marsdenprimary]

I agree. Weird results like this often come when the mouse is starting to pack up.

 

I'll give that a try as well but i don't see how that can make the sound as the mouse isn't clicking anything...i'll try it though.

[marsdenprimary]

Still haven't had a look at the sound settings yet!! It's MEGA busy here but i'll get on it soon and post back.

[chazzy2501]

did you fix this?

[marsdenprimary]

Hey guys sorry for not getting back in touch it's been crazy here- didn't manage to fix the problem as it disappeared next time i went to check it...VERY bizarre... still in the dark about what it was and why it happened!