problems with mouse

twink_893 · 02-27-2005, 06:40 PM

hi everyone im kinda new to this forum but very familiar with message boards and could use some help with a computer that me wifes uncle gave to us. first of all it is a compaq presario, 700 MHz athlon proc, 64MB ram.
When you turn it on the mouse doesn't work. i go to the "My computer" icon and right click with the keyboard and go to properties and go to device manager. it says the mouse isn't working properly and so i unplug and then remove from system. restart and it says the same thing. so i went and bought a cheap new mouse and it says the same thing. then i tried the one off of another computer and it was a USB plug and it also said the same thing. the first 2 that i tried where ps/2? mouse. does anyone have any ideas. i am fairly knowledgable about computers but not an expert by any means so if you have any questions about what i have tried plz ask as i won't feel that you are insulting me by any means.

thanks in advance,
theo

Volt-Schwibe · 02-27-2005, 06:48 PM

this is an odd problem if the USB mouse had the same problem that a PS/2 mouse had.

when you tried the USB mouse, did you install drivers for it?

twink_893 · 02-27-2005, 06:55 PM

yes i reinstalled the sofware that came with it and it said that it was installing the driver from the database in windows.

twink_893 · 02-27-2005, 08:32 PM

does anyone else have any ideas?

twink_893 · 03-01-2005, 04:49 PM

anyone have any other ideas as i have not found what is wrong yet?

thanks,
theo

02-27-2005, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
twink_893 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 37 OS: Vista	problems with mouse hi everyone im kinda new to this forum but very familiar with message boards and could use some help with a computer that me wifes uncle gave to us. first of all it is a compaq presario, 700 MHz athlon proc, 64MB ram. When you turn it on the mouse doesn't work. i go to the "My computer" icon and right click with the keyboard and go to properties and go to device manager. it says the mouse isn't working properly and so i unplug and then remove from system. restart and it says the same thing. so i went and bought a cheap new mouse and it says the same thing. then i tried the one off of another computer and it was a USB plug and it also said the same thing. the first 2 that i tried where ps/2? mouse. does anyone have any ideas. i am fairly knowledgable about computers but not an expert by any means so if you have any questions about what i have tried plz ask as i won't feel that you are insulting me by any means. thanks in advance, theo

02-27-2005, 06:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
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02-27-2005, 06:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
twink_893 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 37 OS: Vista	yes i reinstalled the sofware that came with it and it said that it was installing the driver from the database in windows. Last edited by twink_893; 02-27-2005 at 06:56 PM.

02-27-2005, 08:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
twink_893 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 37 OS: Vista	does anyone else have any ideas?

03-01-2005, 04:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
twink_893 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 37 OS: Vista	anyone have any other ideas as i have not found what is wrong yet? thanks, theo