USB mouse not recognized on Inspiron 8600 and Latitude D800

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HID devices drives are built in to the OS. I'd suspect the mouse before the
two laptops.

TOm
<dgrnyc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a known good, functional USB mouse. I have connected the mouse
> to the USB 2.0 port on my Dell Latitude D800 and on the USB 2.0 port of
> my Dell Inspiron 8600. Neither computer recognizes the mouse and the
> mouse is currently not ussable with these 2 computers. Each computer is
> running Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 installed. I have
> run Dell Diagnostic software on the USB ports and everything checks out
> fine. Plus I think it is unlikely that the USB ports on both computers
> would fail at the same time.
>
> I think the problem is either a driver conflict or perhaps some
> settings are not correct. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
>
> Daniel
>

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Try another device in the laptops usb ports if this works then you know for
sure that its not the laptop, and that it is either the mouse or the o/s
"Yddap" <yddap@spyentrailsmac.com> wrote in message
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> "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
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>> HID devices drives are built in to the OS. I'd suspect the mouse before
>> the two laptops.
>>
>> TOm
>> <dgrnyc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1110566043.559232.225260@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>>I have a known good, functional USB mouse. I have connected the mouse
>>> to the USB 2.0 port on my Dell Latitude D800 and on the USB 2.0 port of
>>> my Dell Inspiron 8600. Neither computer recognizes the mouse and the
>>> mouse is currently not ussable with these 2 computers. Each computer is
>>> running Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 installed. I have
>>> run Dell Diagnostic software on the USB ports and everything checks out
>>> fine. Plus I think it is unlikely that the USB ports on both computers
>>> would fail at the same time.
>>>
>>> I think the problem is either a driver conflict or perhaps some
>>> settings are not correct. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>
>>
> Possible Elimination
> Can you try it on a USB 1.0 connection might just be the mouse is not
> forward compatible ?
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