logitcch cordless optical mouse quits

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/digby/ said:

> Mouseman cordless optical decides to stop working one day.
>
> Batteries? Nope.
>
> Transmitter too close to electrical components? Nope.
>
> Mouse broken? Nope. Plugged into another computer, works fine.
>
> Serial port gone bad? Doesn't seem to be. The MS corded mouse that came
> with it doesn't have any problem.
>
> Drivers screwed? Not that I can tell. I've always used the drivers that
> came with Windows because they are less problematic (don't get to use the
> extra buttons, but that's ok.) Furthermore, I've gone back and installed
> original images taken at various points during the original install, images
> that should have no driver screw ups. No dice.
>
> I've got a Dell Dimension 4100 desktop. I use a promise card with two
> harddrives partitioned with partition magic. The put the operating system
> on its own partition, and it is the image of this drive I've restored back
> to the original install in hopes of conquering any software/driver
> problems.
>
> Is it possible some kind of worm or virus sitting on one of the other
> partitions has singled out my cordless optical mouse and manages to
> sabotage any attempts to reinstall a clean image of the operating system
> (which by the way, was XP when it first went bad, after operating fine for
> many months-- however, I've also tried reinstalls of Win98se images on
> which the mouseman had functioned fine on in the past)?
>
> What gives?

Local interference? Try another transmitter channel, if available on that
mouse.
Try another wireless mouse on that PC.

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