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Host = win 7 enterprise
Guest = arch linux

Before yesterday, all was working perfectly, then IT pushed a ton of MS patches, one of which (and this *may* be a red herring) was with regards to USB mice.

Since then, the scroll wheel in my Arch Linux guest fails to do anything - it doesn't even register anything in xev

I've seen a few guides on adding entries to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d but they have conflicting advice and none of them worked for me.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?

The scroll wheel does still work on windows. I've tried changing mice to see if it was limited to the MS USB mouse I had but the same problem occurs with a logitech one too


Update
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(I also changed the title to fit the [solved] message in there)

Not exactly sure *how* I fixed it, but I know for sure the following happened
1) re-installing guest additions had no effect (using the ArchLinux package)
2) I removed the guest additions and guest modules and then ensured no dangling entries were left
3) installed the previous version of guest additions and guest modules and problem was not resolved
4) upgraded back to the version I was removing/reinstalling in (1) and this fixed it

Doesn't really make much sense to me, but I'm not complaining. I never realised how much I love the scroll wheel before this week

FWIW, I have 'enable absolute pointing device' set in 'system > motherboard'

If I unset it, it the scroll wheel works but the mouse pings around my dual-screens to the point where it's almost as frustrating as having no scroll wheel.

I cannot uninstall the MS stuff, our IT group will just scan and push the patches again (but I do have admin rights on the host)