Black Circle With Line Through It!

Hi i have done a search but cant find this mentioned,

I am running Windows XP Pro and IE 7 and i also have Firefox as well,

When i click on a Internet link using either browser i often get a black circle with line though it (Looks a bit like a no entry sign) and i have to click the link several times to make it work,

Someone told me it is because i am trying to do two things at once but i am not and this has only started in the last month or so, I have tried system restore and all the virus etc scans i can to try and fix this with no result,

Any advice would be appreciated!!

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Is this happening in IE or FireFox ? ?
What protection apps do you have installed including firewalls ? ?

Is this happening in IE or FireFox ? ?
What protection apps do you have installed including firewalls ? ?

Hi thanks for the reply, It happens in IE8, IE7 and Firefox, I have the free version of AVG, Windows Defender and Zonealarm as a Firewall.

Regards

are you sure your clicking and not dragging the icon? This sounds like the "no-drop" icon you get when you try to drag a program icon over top of another one.

if your sure your not dragging, it could even be a problem with the mouse- a sticky mouse button or something wrong inside that causes the button to stay down; which might explain why you need to perform multiple clicks.

It could also simply be that your "drag" window is too small for you. If your able to determine that the mouse is functioning, I recommend increasing the drag sensitivity value.

First, you need a handy tool from Microsoft, called "tweakUI". It can be found here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

once installed, It should appear in Start->All Programs->PowerToys for XP->TweakUI. Start it.

Select the "mouse" item, found on the box in the left hand pane. You'll find a "drag" box within the "Mouse sensitivity" Frame, increase this, click apply, and try starting one of your programs that would give you trouble before. Hopefully you will find a value confortable enough so that the computer doesn't mistake one of your double clicks for a drag click

Yes!! that does seem to have cured it, Thankyou very much for your help!!

Yes!! that does seem to have cured it, Thankyou very much for your help!!

Excellent! Glad to help