Hi Jack,
Sounds like you have some keyboard or mouse software installed
which is causing that behaviour, or you might have another input
device (joystick?) plugged in which is stuck in the down position.

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>I have had this problem with Microsoft games like Age of empires, age of
> empires 2, rise of nations etc. When I start the game, it keeps scrolling
> down to the right bottom of the screen even though I'm not pressing any
> buttons and quitting the game and closing it doesn't help.. can anyone help..
> please?