Master the basics of working with your PC - Tutorial 5 - Configuring the mouse with the Mouse Properties window

Last updated October 27, 2009

If you are having difficulty using the mouse, then setting the mouse properties in Windows might help. From this window, you can change your mouse to a left handed configuration, practise double clicking and alter lots of other settings to do with your favourite electronic rodent.

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Additional notes

If you want to change your mouse pointers, see this tutorial.

To access the mouse properties on Windows XP machines, first open the Control Panel by opening the start menu and choosing "Control Panel". The Control Panel will then appear, as shown below:-

Note - If your Control Panel does not look like this, you may need to click on "switch to category view" on the left hand side of the Control Panel window. Now, locate "printers and other hardware", it is circled in red in the picture above. Click it, and the Control Panel will change to look like the picture shown below:-

Locate "Mouse" from the icons near the bottom of the Control Panel. Click on it and the properties window will appear exactly as it did in the video. You can now follow the tutorial for changing mouse options just like we did in Windows Vista.