Mighty Mouse is freaking out!!

Sorry folks, don't know where else to post this. Last night my mighty mouse started reacting as if I was pressing the two side buttons but I was not touching them, it kept trying to launch Expose. The slightest touch would trigger the side button action. It took about 10 minutes of fighting the mouse to get to the control panel to turn of the Expose feature. (Try getting to the control panel when Expose is going of every 2 seconds!) Has anyone else had this happen to them?

Steve (and others):
Thanks for all these posts. I bought my Mighty Mouse two days ago. It worked fine initially but now is doing the same thing as you mentioned. Basically it is like the side buttons are way oversensitive and also "get stuck." I'm not a software guy but this seems to be a mechanical/electrical switch-type problem, not software. At any rate, your posts have been very helpful as now I will just return it and get my money back. By the way, I bought this at my local Apple Store, are they going to give me a hassle if I just want my money back, seeing that it is not a problem with my individual mouse but the design itself?
I have been a PC user since 1984, switched to Apple a few weeks ago, got sick of unreliablility of MS. I have had a few questions and problems and they were solved very quickly with one trip to the store. You don't get this with a PC, hardware blames the software, then software blames the hardware. So far I have not had this problem with my iBook. I guess this will be the true test.
By the way, I was told that Apple engineers actually monitor these discussions, if so, why haven't they come out with anything on this. Maybe it has just not been out long enough.
Thanks
John

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Denied! Denied! Windows XP is behaving like my best friends mother telling me her son has a cold and I can't come over to play and he can't come out.
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Thanks Barry
I remember trying this download earlier in the year and getting nowhere. Still I gave it another shot.
I downloaded the update "AppleBcUpdate.exe" from the link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3934
and tried to install it in Windows.
As the link you directed to me explained it is possible to get the following message "This update is not intended for this computer and will not be installed".
Well that put an end to that little idea.
It wouldn't install and the link didn't explain how to get around this message. The link also suggested that you should see if the drivers were correctly installed. I figured if the update wouldn't install it was because the drivers were already there. So I followed the instructions - Start menu/All Programs/Accessories/Systems Tools/Systems Information/Software Environment/(+) and looked for the drivers.
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Who know?
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I have a young friend who has just bought the small version iMac and I helped him install Windows XP using Bootcamp. He also can't use his mouse.
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Hello all.. I'm now on my third mighty mouse, and all the ones I've tried so far are behaving quite oddly.
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I've had this Bluetooth mighty-mouse for about two months now. I sent back the first one because it was slow or deaf on the right-click. Apple sent me a new one with the same problem. I just 'gave up' and used it... but it is now worse.
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Hey thanx a lot man! --There's a very good possibility it's just dirty. I'm pretty sure my mouse pad is ok as it's the same one I've been using for almost a year though.
But I will definitely check out that link and do what I can as per it's advice also.
I will be sure to come back and mark your post as solving the prob if everything comes out all right...otherwise, I might be asking you for more help...hehe!
Thanx very much!
P.S. I always liked Maryland's flag better than any other state...even mine (Hawaii). ~Seeya.

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Hi there!
I have an quite annoying issue with my wireless mm:
Sometimes it lets the cursor jump around and it is almost impossible to control it.
I am pretty sure it does not have to do with dust on the lens or shiny surfaces, because for 2 weeks it worked without any worries in the same environment. I almost believed the problem was gone.
Most of the time I manage to solve the problem by switching the mouse on&off for a couple of times and/or reinitializing the bluetooth connection.
Then it usually works for a while. But next time i wake my MacBook it starts all over again!!
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Bizzare Mighty Mouse Issue

I apologize if this posting seems poorly placed in the forums, I can't find a spot specific to the mighty mouse.
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*Hi Phil, Welcome (Back)* to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
Yep, needs cleaning of the scroll wheel. Slightly dampen lintless cloth w water or acohol. Unplug mouse and scroll firmly on the cloth. I have a can of compressed air and blow it out.
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hi all
wireless mighty mouse..had the scroll wheel problems...cleaned it..put in new batteries...now it is scrolling but FREAKING OUT on me...if the pointer just touches something it opens it up..clicks without clicking so to speak..i have tweeked my pref's but nothing changes..it is making me NUTS!!! what can i do??

I would like to suggest to the management of this forum, that they create a separate sub-forum just for Mighty Mouse issues. I have had similar issues with mine and I have tried both the Bluetooth version and the corded version. It would be nice to be able to go to a forum that has just mouse issues. I have also had the Bluetooth tracking issue, so after reading all the posts I've stumbled across here and elsewhere, I'm convinced that the Mighty Mouse needs a major re-design. Not the outside shell - it both looks and feels perfect. I switched reluctantly because I really liked how the Mighty Mouse worked when it was working. I wonder if Apple is even thinking in that direction? Like a lot of others, I have changed to a third party mouse, but it is butt-ugly and doesn't really fit in with the Mac look.
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I don't know about those that hates the Mighty Mouse, but I am loving mine every minute! Ever since I got it my left hand is taking on a long vacation, no longer I need to click and hold "Option" or "Command" key with my left fingers!! All I need to do is a Right Click, and Scroll, wow, scroll man with my middle right hand fingers... "Look Ma, One Hand!"
Yes but on the other hand I have to "sacrafice" my Wireless Mouse and keep it in "storage"... still not very use to the dangling cord after going Bluetooth for so long...
I think the cord length is about the same as the Pro Mouse, if you plug it directly behind the iMac G5 on a desk, you still have plenty of cord length to pull around, I still keep my wireless keyboard, that's why I didn't plug it into a keyboard, call me a neat freak but I can't reallt stand looking at one or two cords coming out of the keyboard and then go pass through the iMac's metallic stand, it is just "messy"... hee hee hee
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Cheers

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