Windows
Continuous scrolling caused by wireless mouse receiver
All apps and menus kept scrolling indefinitely, including Excel and Windows Settings. Unplugging the wireless mouse USB receiver stopped the scrolling, so the mouse/receiver was treated as faulty and left disconnected pending replacement.
Killed once by someone from XL.net, on 2026-10-02.
Affects
Apps
- Excel
- Settings
Hardware
- wireless mouse
- USB receiver
What you see
- Every app and menu scrolls continuously
- Excel and Windows Settings keep moving/scrolling without input
Why it happens
Likely A faulty wireless mouse or its receiver was likely sending continuous scroll input.
When it shows up
A Windows computer scrolls on its own across multiple apps and menus, and the behavior stops when a wireless mouse receiver is disconnected.
You are in this case if:
- Wireless mouse USB receiver connected
- Unplugging the receiver stops the scrolling
1 fix below
The steps that killed it
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Keeping it away
- Replace the faulty wireless mouse before reconnecting its receiver.
Someone from XL.net killed this on a Windows computer on 2026-10-02. It is written up from that one repair, so it cites no outside page.