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Why does the mouse scroll speed go crazy after booting Windows, and why does unplugging it and plugging again...

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1 I'm using a Microsoft wireless keyboard+mouse combo and I mainly use Arch Linux. Whenever I boot MS Windows on my computer, when going back to Linux, my mouse scroll wheel is insanely fast. Apparently, this is a common issue, as is also widely known (1) (2) (3) (4) that unplugging the usb receiver and plugging it again will solve the problem. I can confirm this works. Upon search, we can see that this is not restrict to Microsoft hardware, but Logitech and others as well. The question is WHY ? What is the explanation? I use full disk encryption for my Linux system, including the boot partition. This rules out the hypothesis that Windows is interfering with Linux. linux multi-boot mouse scroll-wheel sh

Which kinds of Wi-Fi networks cause Windows to automatically uncheck the “Automatically Connect” checkbox...

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1 1 When connecting to certain Wi-Fi networks (mainly in public places or when performing the initial setup of a wireless-based device), I've noticed that the "Connect Automatically" checkbox is automatically unchecked. Which kinds of networks cause Windows to assume that you wouldn't want to automatically reconnect to these particular networks in the future? windows-7 networking wireless-networking share | improve this question asked Dec 14 at 10:22 elliott94 6 3