My mouse seems to have a problem with utilizing the middle button to rotate the camera.....short of getting a different mouse is there a different way to rotate the camera? Thanks for any help for this dumb question.

I don't know if this helps but rolling the middle button does nothing. You must mash it down hard and swirl the mouse.

Which mouse do you have?
I hava a logitech mouse + keybord wireless. I had to unistall the logitech suit for them as it was blocking the middel button in the game.

Hit Alt Gr then move your mouse. I have the same problem and it works for me.