A window must be active to scroll though its contents – annoying when several are open. A free tool, Wizmouse, will activate each one as your cursor rolls across it
While Wizmouse works with Windows XP, Vista and 7, some users of Logitech mice have reported problems – so make sure that you have the latest mouse drivers installed. Launch a web browser and go to Antibody Software's website. When the page loads, click the Wizmouse link and at the next screen click Download Now. At the following screen, click Download Now again. If the File Download Security Warning dialogue box appears, click Save and then choose a location for the downloaded file. Firefox users should select Save File to save the download to Firefox’s default download folder. Now locate and double-click the downloaded file to begin the installation.
Follow the setup instructions on screen, accepting the defaults and the licence agreement and when it’s done, click the Finish button. After a moment, this Wizmouse Configuration screen will appear. In our experience you can leave all of the settings as they are and click OK. If you change your mind and want, for example, to add scroll-wheel support for a program that doesn’t normally have it, reopen the configuration box by right-clicking the Wizmouse icon in the Notification Area and choosing Settings.
And here's the result. Of course, things that move are always less impressive when they are seen here but what’s happening in the picture is that although the smaller top window is the active one (as indicated by the bright blue title bar), we have rolled the mouse pointer over the larger window behind it and we are scrolling through that window, with no clicking required.
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