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So you're cat is killing your mouse...
Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 8:01 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19733 messages posted)
isn't that to be expected? For starters why don't you protect the plugs so the cat
can't get to them.
You "re-install" by rebooting, as you have already discovered.
On Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 7:16 am, Joe Blow wrote:
>My USB mouse (kind of) randomly refuses to be recognized and it shows up on screen,
>but won't move. The problem usually starts when my cat hits the button on the powerstrip
>or the plug gets pulled from the outlet.
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>How can I force either the control panel / mouse to show something under hardware
>or force device manager to show "mice and other pointing devices" with something
>inside it so I can reinstall it? Show hidden devices shows the mouse entry, but
>there's nothing under it to re-install.
>My buddy used this mouse for a week and said he had no problems, but the same problem
>happened with his mouse on my computer after a power outage.
>
>All my other usb devices work fine (keyboard, mp3 player, camera, hdd) and this
is
>a fairly new "IBM Kensington mouse*in*a*box scroll".
>
>Sometimes after 3 or 4 restarts and unplugging and plugging it back in over and
over
>again it will work, however, if I have to navigate with tab one more time this won't
>be a problem as I shall be throwing my computer out the window.
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