Mighty Mouse going crazy

Hi,
When my mighty mouse first freaked out, it was time to clean him.. So problem solved but this time, he 's going nuts. When I only tough him, all of my windows disappear, the same way they disappear when you click to see your desktop.. When it goes that way, I try to click and when I do that it freaks out. My windows appear - disappear, appear - disapear. Only when I use the mouse-pad on my MacBook, it stops.. What could it be and can somebody please help me?

Are you using only a MacBook? Or is this connected to an iMac G5? In any case try resetting the PRAM and see if that calms the mouse down. You might also try changing your mouse pad to a solid color.

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