Switch from touchpad to wireless mouse?

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does it batteries in it?
did you push the "connect" buttons?
does it have a clear line of sight to receiver?
peter
"Tag" <Tag@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've installed the software and everything seems to be in order, but the
> wireless mouse doesn't work. Do I have to switch over somehow?

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PS/2 or USB?

USB should automatcially work.

PS/2 may need to have a setting changed in the BIOS so as to "turn-on" the
PS/2 mouse port. Normally, then the computer left the factory, the touchpad
was set as the only "mouse" enabled.


"peter" <peter@nomalarky.ca> wrote in message
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> does it batteries in it?
> did you push the "connect" buttons?
> does it have a clear line of sight to receiver?
> peter
> "Tag" <Tag@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:53F2E950-BD44-46F8-AA93-22E24A38C301@microsoft.com...
>> I've installed the software and everything seems to be in order, but the
>> wireless mouse doesn't work. Do I have to switch over somehow?
>
>