I came across a strange problem that one of customers had. If they opened a browser, it
would open many instances of not only that website, but others as well. All on its own.

I was able to scan the disk for any errors and fix them. I also did a file health restore,
which ensured every file of the operating system was up-to-date, and still the problem
continued.

I finally pulled their mouse dongle out and put mine in. Voila. It worked perfectly.

The lesson is, if it's not a software problem, it's could be a hardware issue.

Mike Dippel

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I finally pulled their mouse dongle out and put mine in.
Voila. It worked perfectly.

The lesson is, if it's not a software problem, it's could be a
hardware issue.

Glad you figured it out. I was going to suggest that some site might have switched their home/start page to one that opens a ton of other sites. I remember that happening at work a few times, long ago, and usually to the same co-worker. ;)

Mike P

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On 10/9/2026 4:37 PM, Mike Powell wrote to Mike Dippel:

I finally pulled their mouse dongle out and put mine in.
Voila. It worked perfectly.

The lesson is, if it's not a software problem, it's could be a
hardware issue.

Glad you figured it out. I was going to suggest that some site might have switched their home/start page to one that opens a ton of other sites. I remember that happening at work a few times, long ago, and usually to the same
co-worker. ;)

Mike P

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I do computer repair regularly in my community. I was thinking that I should post more
stories. It seems that I have discovered a lot of strange things over the years.

My motto is: I never let a computer beat me. If it's man vs. computer. I will win.

Mike Dippel


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I do computer repair regularly in my community. I was thinking
that I should post more stories. It seems that I have
discovered a lot of strange things over the years.

Please do share. Some of them can turn out to be the oddest things.

My motto is: I never let a computer beat me. If it's man vs.
computer. I will win.

LOL, good luck with that! :D

Mike P

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On 10/9/2026 4:37 PM, Mike Powell wrote to Mike Dippel:

I do computer repair regularly in my community. I was thinking that I shoul st more stories. It seems that I have discovered a lot of strange
things over the ye .

My motto is: I never let a computer beat me. If it's man vs. computer. I wi in.

Even if we need some help from AI!

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3,ftps,nntps
,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)

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On 10/10/2026 9:33 PM, Shurato wrote to Mike Dippel:

On 10/9/2026 4:37 PM, Mike Powell wrote to Mike Dippel:

I do computer repair regularly in my community. I was thinking that I shoul
st more stories. It seems that I have discovered a lot of strange
things over the ye .

My motto is: I never let a computer beat me. If it's man vs. computer. I wi
in.

Even if we need some help from AI!

I am always using AI to find quick answers. It's very helpful.

Mike Dippel

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* In a message originally to Shurato, Mike Dippel said:

On 10/10/2026 9:33 PM, Shurato wrote to Mike Dippel:

On 10/9/2026 4:37 PM, Mike Powell wrote to Mike Dippel:

I do computer repair regularly in my community. I was thinking that

I shoul

st more stories. It seems that I have discovered a lot of strange things over the ye .

My motto is: I never let a computer beat me. If it's man vs.

computer. I wi

in.

Even if we need some help from AI!

I am always using AI to find quick answers. It's very helpful.

Agreed! And I've found cursor extremely helpful with vibe coding! I don't have the attention span to learn to code, so this really makes it accessible for me!

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3,ftps,nntps
,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)
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* In a message originally to Shurato, Mike Dippel said:

On 10/10/2026 9:33 PM, Shurato wrote to Mike Dippel:

I am always using AI to find quick answers. It's very helpful.

Agreed! And I've found cursor extremely helpful with vibe coding! I don't have the attention span to learn to code, so this really makes it accessible for me!

Ok, sometimes it wastes credits... I tell it exactly what I think might be a problem with an upcoming build and instead of agreeing, it thinks for a
while, builds it then says it hast the problem I thought it would, wasting at least $5 in the process...

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,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)

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Hello Mike!

** On Friday 09.10.26 - 08:50, Mike.Dippel wrote to All:

I finally pulled their mouse dongle out and put mine in. Voila. It worked perfectly.

You mean a dongle to operate a mouse wirelessly? BT? or, wifi?

I thought the dongle and the mouse were usually paired to each other, so that simply swapping out the radio dongle is not enough.

And, was your customer using a newly acquired wireless mouse set? Sounds like one of the buttons was stuck on clicking the function if it opened the same site over and over.
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../|ug
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On 10/9/2026 7:01 PM, Ogg wrote to Mike Dippel:

Hello Mike!

** On Friday 09.10.26 - 08:50, Mike.Dippel wrote to All:

I finally pulled their mouse dongle out and put mine in. Voila. It worked perfectly.

You mean a dongle to operate a mouse wirelessly? BT? or, wifi?

I thought the dongle and the mouse were usually paired to each other, so that
simply swapping out the radio dongle is not enough.

And, was your customer using a newly acquired wireless mouse set? Sounds like one of the buttons was stuck on clicking the function if it opened the
same site over and over.
--
../|ug
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I mat have used the wrong word when I said dongle, but it is the USB piece that
connects to the computer. I tried checking the buttons like the Shift, CTRL and Enter
keys to see if they were stuck.

Simply switching out the mouse cured it.

Mike Dippel


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