Problem with MS Optical Mouse
in [Windows XP]
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From: Unknown on 24 Mar 2010 16:15 Always best to remove batteries when transporting battery operated devices. "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23k7ueX3yKHA.2552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > > choro wrote: >> Steve wrote: >> >>>Is your mouse connected directly to your computer or do you have a >>>keyboard/mouse switchbox in between ? And/or is there anything else >>>that could possibly be interfering with the connection to your PC >>>from the mouse ? >>> >>>A couple of alternatives before buying a new mouse. >>> >>>*1 Try an old fashioned Tethered ball mouse... and one that you know >>>works.... >>>*2 Clean the mouse inside (which may invovle unscrewing it) >>>*3 Reinstall Windows. >>> >>> >>>BTW.. For Wireless Optical Mouse designers... how about an ON/OFF >>>switch please to save battery life! >> >> >> Surely you don't mean that. A software auto-on (immediately when movement >> sensed) and auto off (after a certain period of inactivity) is far >> superior. > > unless it's in your briefcase! >
From: Bob I on 24 Mar 2010 17:30 You mean like flashlights, cell phones and laptops? <wink ,wink> Unknown wrote: > Always best to remove batteries when transporting battery operated devices. > "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:%23k7ueX3yKHA.2552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> >>choro wrote: >> >>>Steve wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Is your mouse connected directly to your computer or do you have a >>>>keyboard/mouse switchbox in between ? And/or is there anything else >>>>that could possibly be interfering with the connection to your PC >>> >>>>from the mouse ? >>> >>>>A couple of alternatives before buying a new mouse. >>>> >>>>*1 Try an old fashioned Tethered ball mouse... and one that you know >>>>works.... >>>>*2 Clean the mouse inside (which may invovle unscrewing it) >>>>*3 Reinstall Windows. >>>> >>>> >>>>BTW.. For Wireless Optical Mouse designers... how about an ON/OFF >>>>switch please to save battery life! >>> >>> >>>Surely you don't mean that. A software auto-on (immediately when movement >>>sensed) and auto off (after a certain period of inactivity) is far >>>superior. >> >>unless it's in your briefcase! >> > > >
From: Unknown on 25 Mar 2010 12:25 Gee whiz---------Use common sense. "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23WyXwk5yKHA.244(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > You mean like flashlights, cell phones and laptops? <wink ,wink> > > Unknown wrote: >> Always best to remove batteries when transporting battery operated >> devices. >> "Bob I" <birelan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:%23k7ueX3yKHA.2552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >>> >>>choro wrote: >>> >>>>Steve wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Is your mouse connected directly to your computer or do you have a >>>>>keyboard/mouse switchbox in between ? And/or is there anything else >>>>>that could possibly be interfering with the connection to your PC >>>> >>>>>from the mouse ? >>>> >>>>>A couple of alternatives before buying a new mouse. >>>>> >>>>>*1 Try an old fashioned Tethered ball mouse... and one that you know >>>>>works.... >>>>>*2 Clean the mouse inside (which may invovle unscrewing it) >>>>>*3 Reinstall Windows. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>BTW.. For Wireless Optical Mouse designers... how about an ON/OFF >>>>>switch please to save battery life! >>>> >>>> >>>>Surely you don't mean that. A software auto-on (immediately when >>>>movement sensed) and auto off (after a certain period of inactivity) is >>>>far superior. >>> >>>unless it's in your briefcase! >>> >> >> >> >
From: Alias on 25 Mar 2010 12:56 Unknown wrote: > Gee whiz---------Use common sense. This from someone who uses Expee and Outhouse Distress on a system with no anti virus or malware protection. You and common sense is an oxymoron. -- Alias
From: Unknown on 25 Mar 2010 13:09
Perhaps an oxymoron but I have no problems with either. Try it and see for yourself. "Alias" <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote in message news:hog4k7$ftd$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Unknown wrote: >> Gee whiz---------Use common sense. > > This from someone who uses Expee and Outhouse Distress on a system with no > anti virus or malware protection. You and common sense is an oxymoron. > > -- > Alias |