This problem is obviously still happening. If you can afford to be without your computer for a week or 2, I would be glad to work on it free of charge. If you are local to Los Angeles, I will pick up the PC and give you a receipt for proof that I have your PC. I will work on this issue until I have fixed it and post the answers here for everyone else. I will then drive back to you to drop off the PC. All of this will be free of charge. If you are not local to Los Angeles, all you will have to do is pay the FedEx shipping 1 way. I will fix your PC free of charge and return it to you via FedEx. Feel free to call me (Tim Biden) at 909-992-2031 or 877-243-3601.

I had previously written that I had a couple Windows Vista systems that stopped the mouse from clicking. Well, I seem to have found the answer. Meryl’s post “How to Make Microsoft Word Stop Ignoring Mouse” seems to have the answer.

1. While your mouse still works, close Word, Outlook and all other MS Office programs (ignore the pop up message by clicking X)
2. Start / Run and type regedit
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data
5. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click Yes.
6. Exit Registry Editor.
7. Restart Word.
8. Thank David for the new info.

If you have never used a registry editor before or are uncomfortable wih it, please consult a professional computer technician. We do these edits all the time.

Happy Computing,

Tim

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1. Vista Mouse Problems - Can't Click | Biden PC's IT Blog Says:
   November 19th, 2008 at 8:02 am

   [...] I have posted the answer to this problem at Vista Mouse Cant Click – Fixed! [...]

2. wayne eric Says:
   March 18th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

   I changed my mouse from ball to laser and it is still “sticky.” It seems to stop and get stuck. I am running Vista. The laser mouse worked excellent the first two days after I purchased it, then the problem started all over again. I thought after going from a 5.99 ball mouse to a 20.00+ laser mouse that it would permanently fix my problem. Help someone?

3. VISTA Kan niet klikken - 9lives Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 1:43 pm

   [...] je muis over gaat ,terwijl dat normaal wel gebeurd. Heb er niet veel van gevonden op het internet behalve dit maar die key staat niet in de registry dus dat kan ik niet doen. Iemand nog een idee? Het is vrij [...]

4. Steve Says:
   September 23rd, 2009 at 11:41 am

   Ok,

   I’m having the exact same problem…

   Mouse stops being able to click, I’ve seen this problem on Xp and Vista systems, and from what I’ve seen, it seems to be something to do with multiple displays (that could just be coincidence however)

   Although I’m sorry to say that I am still having the exact problem as above, although I don’t, nor have ever had any MS Office software on my Vista machine, and thus the above reg keys don’t exist!!

   Would love a fix for this, as it’s really rather annoying!

5. Robert Says:
   November 14th, 2009 at 7:37 pm

   This can’t be right… He said the problem was with the plug-and-play service and this page shows messing around with MS Office keys. I call bs…

6. admin Says:
   November 30th, 2009 at 6:55 am

   Robert,

   I thank you for your astute observation. The simple fact is that it appears that there are multiple issues causing this issue. If I am to truly fix this issue, I need more time with it and my PC isn’t exhibiting these symptoms.

   And the Office keys have worked for some but not all.

   I never got to finish my tests with this issue as the client that it happened to needed his laptop back and this issue hasn’t come up again with one of my clients. If you would be generous enough to send me your computer, I’ll send it back after I have finished ALL testing to see what I can find and I will have a more solid answer. If you’re not willing to loan me your ailing computer, I can’t continue the tests to give you anything definitive.

7. /\_|)_|\| Says:
   December 10th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

   I’ve also having problems with what appears to be the “mouse can’t click” Vista problem. But I do can click, it seems thought that the clicks stay within one window or focus area, even if it is in the back of others.

   The problems in my case appers to be started by Firefox. Just about now, when I was right-clicking in certain places outside the Firefox window, pop-up menus of Firefox apperared. But even for changing tab o FF won’t work. By the way, when I’ve changed the FF tab (by Ctrl-Tab), the mouse was hovering the Yahoo! Mail tab content, not the one showed on screen!

   I gess that’s simply weird, someone has any other hints? My mouse has this Lenovo driver, maybe uninstall?