Mouse Freezes

[User]

XP Media Center, Version 2002, Service Pack 2
Dell Dimension E520

Quite often my USB mouse "sticks" for a moment, then recovers.
Several times a day it freezes entirely and I have to unplug it then
plug it back in to get it working again. (Some sort of driver
conflict?)

Surfing around on the web I see a lot of people recommending to
uninstall/reinstall the mouse driver. But I'm a little reluctant to
do this. If I uninstall the driver, won't the mouse stop working?
How would I do anything after uninstalling the driver, and where would
I find a new driver to install?

Thanks.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "User" <[email protected]>

| XP Media Center, Version 2002, Service Pack 2
| Dell Dimension E520

| Quite often my USB mouse "sticks" for a moment, then recovers.
| Several times a day it freezes entirely and I have to unplug it then
| plug it back in to get it working again. (Some sort of driver
| conflict?)

| Surfing around on the web I see a lot of people recommending to
| uninstall/reinstall the mouse driver. But I'm a little reluctant to
| do this. If I uninstall the driver, won't the mouse stop working?
| How would I do anything after uninstalling the driver, and where would
| I find a new driver to install?

| Thanks.


I suggest trying a different mouse and if that works, replace the defective one.