wireless mouses stopped working - any & all! but wireless keyboard works! ????

bevamjo

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i've had 2 or 3 wireless mouses that have just stopped working; they make the noise when i plug in the receiver; but then they don't work at all; and they were not too long ago....?? also, they are different brands, like 2 logitech,etc....i went out and bought a new one, and it won't work either. the red lights come on all of them, like when they work, and i've tried all usb ports and my wireless keyboard works fine...so i can't figure it out. why would all mouses suddenly not work?
 

bevamjo

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yes, but....i was thinking...what if i uninstalled the drivers? would that be a bad thing? cos i'm scared to even try it! but when you first put the receiver into the usb port, doesn't the driver install itself then? i am clueless. sorry
 

bevamjo

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i suppose these are all standard, because they ALL worked at one point. and i believe they would ALL still work had i not done something terribly wrong....... which i have no idea what i might've done. when i go to look at devices and printers, i see that i have like something that says (and it shows only one) "logitech unifying receiver" and shows a pic of it. ok, so then when i go to "mouse properties" it shows "HID-compliant mouse" under hardware---- but when i go to the first tab that says "buttons"-- it has "synaptic touchpad" listed as the device. so is something wrong with that picture? i am clueless about all of this. sorry.
 

bevamjo

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i'm the one who changed it from "touchpad" to "mouse" tho---even tho i don't think that was really necessary. don't ask me why...???????? lol! anyway- maybe if i just removed the "hid compliant" mouses?