Scrolling issue in Report Studio editor

[Blue]

G'day all
I am at a client and using Cognos BI 10.1 Report Studio with MS Internet Explorer 8.0.6.
When I make a change or even click anywhere in the editor 95% of the time the browser scrolls to the bottom left side corner.  The other 5% it goes to the bottom right side corner.  This is VERY annoying behaviour.
Is this a setting in Report Studio or Internet Explorer that needs to be changed to stop this?

Also, every time I start Report Studio it resets the Options properties.  E.g. I turn off the properties under the Report tab "Delete unreferenced ..." each time I logon and use RS.  But next time I logon this has been reset with these properties turned on.

How can I set these properties such that they stay how I set them?

Cheers,

Bluey

[MFGF]

Hi Blue,

That sounds weird! Is this just on one specific machine or on all machines running IE8?

I have had the same IE8 browser since 10.1 with no issues - mine was (and is) 8.0.7601.86722 so slightly later than your build of IE.

I once saw something like this on my old Lenovo laptop where there was a funky button between the inbuilt left and right mouse buttons below the spacebar. I think it was supposed to emulate a scrollwheel, but if I inadvertently pressed it once I would get crazy scrolling issues. Pressing it again set everything right. It's a long shot, but could it be this, perhaps?

Cheers!

MF.

[Blue]

G'day MF.  On all machines at this particular client site.  Not one of my colleagues at PMSquare has seen this before at other clients.  That's why I suspect some property setting in I.E. (which the client's IT dept prevents us from changing!)

[MFGF]

Hi Bob,

Probably a fruitless question if it's a client site locked down by a ferocious IT department, but... is there any possibility of trying it in Firefox ESR10 or 17? That would give you a good idea whether it's a server-side issue or something to do with the browser settings.

Being English, I won't ask your thoughts on The Ashes either :)

MF.