What to do when you have no middle mouse button

I usually use my middle mouse button. However I'm away from home and office using somebody's MacBook and they have the old style USB mouse (no middle button). Is there any keyboard shortcut to use with the mouse that will do the same as the middle button (button 3)?

Pastes things into my remote PC onto something called Exceed. The old apple+V won't work because the Exceed won't let you ctrl+V into it. The only way I have ever done it is using the middle button by clicking down on it.
I know, not the norm but I'm stuck!

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Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
iOS: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
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To restore from backup see:
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If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.
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Reboot your Mac and Zap your PRAM which will force the Mac to turn on bluetooth again. Shut down the computer by holding the power button. Hold down Command (the Apple icon 4 leaf clover key), Option, P and R keys together and hold them all down after you turn on the Mac. If you do this before the grey screen you'll see the Mac chime and restart. You can now let go of your keys and see if BlueTooth can now discover your devices.
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Serious Accessbility Feature Requests for Apple (and yes I know this isn't the forum or place to put this, but it needs to be said):
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http://apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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HT1911 what to do when you have forgotten security questions

i have forgotten my security questions what do i do now

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Hi crofty, Welcome to the Forum.
What happens when I reach the 5th one and is there a way of re-setting this counter?
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I am trying to set the preference shortcut for mission control to Middle Mouse Button. When doing so I get a yellow triangle that says "This mouse button settings conflicts with the settings for another mouse button". The shortcut still works even with the error message. I can't find this button being used anywhere else in system settings. Any ideas on how to find out what the conflict is? Sort of silly it doesn't tell you on the warning tool tip.
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Auto-scoll (middle mouse button) gone/not working in Firefox 20/Windows 7 64-bit?

duplicate of [/questions/956896]
I recently upgraded both my work PC and my home PC to Firefox 20.0.1. My work PC (Win XP 32-bit) works fine, but my home PC (Win 7 64-bit) no longer allows me to auto-scroll when I click the middle mouse button (it does nothing). I have tried restarting Firefox with all addons disabled, as well as a totally fresh install, but haven't had any luck. To clarify, the mouse wheel itself still works as it should, it's just clicking it in to auto-scroll that's the problem.
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Did you check the setting?
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*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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Auto-scoll (middle mouse button) gone in Firefox 20/Windows 7 64-bit

I recently upgraded both my work PC and my home PC to Firefox 20.0.1. My work PC (Win XP 32-bit) works fine, but my home PC (Win 7 64-bit) no longer allows me to auto-scroll when I click the middle mouse button (it does nothing). I have tried restarting Firefox with all addons disabled, as well as a totally fresh install, but haven't had any luck. To clarify, the mouse wheel itself still works as it should, it's just clicking it in to auto-scroll that's the problem. I have confirmed that 'Use Autoscrolling' is set under Options>Advanced on both computers.
Has anyone else experienced this?

Did you check the setting?
*Tools > Options > Advanced > General: Browsing: "Use autoscrolling"
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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