Mouse wheel does not scroll

[ronald.dale]

I am running VBox 3.0.8 on a Windows Vista Host with a Windows Vista guest. I am using a Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 which works great on the host, but the wheel does not scroll in the guest. I tried the following (from another post) to no avail:

• I installed the Intellipoint 6.1 driver and rebooted the guest, but mouse wheel still did not work.
• I tried changing mouse to the Wireless Presenter 8000 and the wheel still does not work.
• I unistalled the Intellipoint software and the wheel still does not work.

Does the mouse wheel in VirtualBox not work at all?

[Perryg]

Yup.
But you can't install special drivers in the guest. It will use the VirtualBox mouse.
Try installing the guest additions and see if you get you wheel to work.

[ronald.dale]

I forgot to mention that I do have the 3.0.8 Guest Additions already installed. Is there anything else required beyond installing the Guest Additions to get the mouse wheel to work?

[Sasquatch]

The mouse scroll should work out of the box. Just grab a Linux LiveCD, boot it in the VM and see it scroll. You might need to change a thing or two inside the VM.

[ronald.dale]

I am not sure what a Linux LiveCD is, but it sounds like mouse wheel scrolling does not work in Vista guests...

[Perryg]

Sure it works in Vista guest. You just can not install special drivers for it. That can make it stop working properly.
Look in the devices menu and see what the mouse is set to. Mine says MS ps2/mouse which is the default mouse driver for Vista.

[ronald.dale]

Mine also says Microsoft PS/2 Mouse. That is what it said initally, then I tried installing the Intellipoint driver, then I uninstalled the Intellipoint driver... Still not working - wonder if it is just my mouse, Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 7000, since wheel scrolling works for you in a Vista guest. I just noticed that VirtualBox 3.0.10 just came out today - maybe installing that will fix the problem.

[aweber1]

I am having pretty much exactly the same problem with my Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0- using both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 as guests.

I have Guest Additions installed on both guests
I have not installed the Intellipoint driver on the guests
I have observed this behavior on both VirtualBox 3.0.9 and 3.0.10
I have tried disabling USB in both machine settings, but that didn't solve the problem
I have tried adding a USB device filter for the mouse in both guests, but that only killed the mouse in the guests
I have tried installing the Intellipoint driver on only the host, nothing changed and I have since uninstalled it from the host
I have tried installing KatMouse on the guests, still no luck
I tried disabling high resolution scrolling per this thread: http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/1156 ... ta-w7.html, still no luck

I should note that my wheel *technically* works, it's just that I have to crank on it just to get it to scroll 1-2 lines. One common theme I'm seeing with this type of problem is that only Microsoft mice seem to be problematic.

I am going to try plugging in a different mouse to see if the problem persists.

UPDATE
I plugged in an old Microsoft USB mouse (Optical Mouse Blue) and the wheel works as expected in both the Windows Server 2003 guest and the Windows Server 2008 guest. So I think it's safe to assume the problem is specific to my wireless Microsoft mouse (and certain other high resolution Microsoft mice).

Unless some miracle solution comes along, I will just have to use the old mouse for the guest machines. Not ideal, of course, but it works! At least until I buy a new wireless keyboard/mouse set

[Sasquatch]

Can you still try a Linux LiveCD (like Ubuntu) on the Windows VM and see if that scrolls properly? If it does, it's a Windows bug, as the mouse wheel events are sent to the VM, but Windows doesn't pick them up properly. Also check in the Linux environment using the terminal with xev what events are passed with a scroll tick.

[ronald.dale]

Please explain what you mean by "Linux LiveCD." Do you mean creating a new guest for Linux on my Windows host? I am unfamiliar with Linux and don't know where to get the media for it...

[Sasquatch]

Go to www.ubuntu.com and grab the ISO from it. Now mount that to the VM as you would with the Windows install disc or other media. Boot the VM from the CD and test your scroll there.

[ronald.dale]

I created a new guest and installed Ubunto and guest additions. At first I did not think scrolling was working, but then I pushed the scroll wheel hard and rolled it fast and then I could see it making very small movements. I went to my Vista guest and did the same thing and sure enough I could scroll very slowly with much effort. It is really unusualbe at this sensitivity level - is there a way to adjust it? I fournd a mouse control panel in Ubunto, but the scroll wheel was not an option listed that could be adjusted.

Thanks

[Sasquatch]

There is another topic about this with the exact same problem. The source is the Microsoft hardware or the driver Windows gives it. Since it only happens with specific Microsoft mice, I doubt it's a VB problem.

[Perryg]

I had this problem a long time ago. If you crank and crank you could see the scroll work.
I fixed mine (MS Wireless Mouse) by putting the USB to PS2 converter on it and plugging it into the PS2 port.
I have never had a problem since.
Of course if you do not have PS2 port then this will not help but if you do give it a shot. You should have no more problems with your mouse.

[netify]

I had the same problem. I removed the USB transmitter for the wireless mouse, plugged in a USB wired mouse, problem went away - scrolling is as fast on guest as on host - as it should be.

Appears to be a driver issue with the wireless mouse.