Changing Mouse Settings

You can customize your mouse settings to make things look and act the way you want them to.  If you go to the Start button, then (in Windows 9X versions, click on Settings), then click on Control Panel. Now, double-click the Mouse icon (in Windows XP, click on Printers and other hardware, then click on Mouse).

Here again, some mouse software may change the screens a little, but the basic settings are still the same.  The first item would be pretty much for left-handers.  The Button Configuration swaps the functions of the left and right buttons.  You may find it helpful to slow down the double-click speed. 

Sometimes the computer can be rather finicky wanting the clicks to be closer together so this setting will make things a little easier. 

The click-lock is just what the description says. Most mouse settings won't have this option.

The only setting I recommend you don't change is the single click option. This makes everything work with a single click. While this sounds more convenient, sometimes, like when using Windows Explorer to manipulate files, the single click option makes it much more difficult to perform functions. Some mice have this setting available and others don't.

In the screen below, you can select what you want the mouse pointer to look like.  You can use schemes for cursors, or set them individually by highlighting the cursor you want to change, then clicking the Browse button to find a cursor to use.

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