Mouse BUTTONS suddenly stop working

[illuminattile]

Hello,

For a while now I've had a recurring problem that I can't figure out. The buttons on my mouse will suddenly stop working; I can move the cursor around the screen, but the mouse buttons (all of them, plus the scrollball) do nothing.

It's not a problem with the mouse (so it might not belong in this forum), because I've tried other mice and had the same behaviour. I don't know if there's a pattern, but I think I've only had the problem since I've started running the new Football Manager 2011 game.

Has anyone else encountered this? Any suggestions?

 

[mrsir2009]

What mouse have you got?

 

[illuminattile]

What mouse have you got?

A standard, wired, Apple Mighty Mouse.

But as I said, switching to another USB mouse had the same results - the cursor would move but the buttons wouldn't work.

 

[mrsir2009]

Have you done tests, like tried using a different mouse with the computer and/or using that mouse with a different computer to see if it is the mouse or the computer?

 

[mrsir2009]

A standard, wired, Apple Mighty Mouse.

But as I said, switching to another USB mouse had the same results - the cursor would move but the buttons wouldn't work.

Ah, so its the computer then. Try resetting the SMC perhaps?