USB mouse stops responding after reboot on Toshiba laptop

[Yousuf Khan]

I got an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 4260 laptop (PII-450), with Win2K Pro,
and the Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse attached through the USB port, as
well as a Logitech Cordless iTouch Keyboard also going through the USB port.
The problem is with the Microsoft mouse rather than the Logitech keyboard.
The problem seems to happen about 80% of the time, and it doesn't occur
about 20% of the time -- so far I haven't been able find out why it's not
occurring all of the time. What happens is that after a reboot the mouse
stops responding. The workaround is to unplug the mouse and plug it back in
again, and then it works.

Now both cordless devices are currently attached to the single USB port on
the laptop through a 4-port USB hub. Thinking that maybe the hub had
something to do with it, I've tried attaching the mouse (and keyboard too,
BTW) directly to the laptop's USB port, bypassing the USB hub. Made no
difference. I've even tried plugging the mouse into the PS/2 port instead
(the mouse can work either as PS/2 or USB), and that was even worse, as I'd
have to re-detect the mouse drivers in that case.

Now as far as the Logitech keyboard goes, it's not finicky, it suffers no
problems, it works through the PS/2 port, it works through the USB port, and
it works through the USB hub as well. It's completely well behaved. Wish my
mouse were that good.

Ideas?

Yousuf Khan

 

[veinless]

mouse stops responding. The workaround is to unplug the mouse and
plug it back in again, and then it works.

I had the exact same problem on my Toshiba A10-REH. It first
started occuring after I had removed the built-in modem from
Device Manager. Re-installing the modem drivers resolved the issue.
This is on Windows XP Home.

Cheers,
Dennis

 

[Yousuf Khan]

I had the exact same problem on my Toshiba A10-REH. It first
started occuring after I had removed the built-in modem from
Device Manager. Re-installing the modem drivers resolved the issue.
This is on Windows XP Home.

I never had any modem drivers installed on this thing.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Owen]

I am currently having the same problem on a desktop Compaq
7588 system. I did a clean install of W2K. Had a hard
time getting the modem to work but did, now when I power
down and restart the mouse has to be unplugged and
replugged to make it work. Then as long as you do not
power down the mouse will continue to work. Any help will
be appreciated.
Owen

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In comp.sys.laptops Yousuf Khan

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mouse stops responding. The workaround is to unplug the mouse and
plug it back in again, and then it works.

I had the exact same problem on my Toshiba A10-REH. It first
started occuring after I had removed the built-in modem from
Device Manager. Re-installing the modem drivers resolved the issue.
This is on Windows XP Home.

Cheers,
Dennis