Wireless Mouse and Windows 2000 SP4 Boot Up Problem

[DaffyD®]

I just bought a USB Microsoft wireless mouse and it works fine. But when the
wireless receiver is plugged into the USB powered hub and I reboot my
computer it's just a blank screen. When I unplug the receiver and reboot,
everything's OK again. I can then plug the receiver back in and the mouse
works.

Any ideas what may be causing this? This behavior never happened with a
wired optical mouse.

I'm posting this to this newsgroup because I never got an answer to this in
the W2K general newsgroup. I've also been unable to find an answer to this
question on the web

 

[Dave Patrick]

Mostly the same people read this one as well. If the device is new then
there may not be a driver for Windows 2000 from the manufacturer. You might
try uninstalling the device from Device Manager and let windows use a
generic device driver.



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[DaffyD®]

I tried that. The generic driver is installed. For some reason, it blocks
W2K from starting. I guess there's no easy tech answer to this problem.

Mostly the same people read this one as well. If the device is new then
there may not be a driver for Windows 2000 from the manufacturer. You might
try uninstalling the device from Device Manager and let windows use a
generic device driver.



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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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I just bought a USB Microsoft wireless mouse and it works fine. But when
the
wireless receiver is plugged into the USB powered hub and I reboot my
computer it's just a blank screen. When I unplug the receiver and reboot,
everything's OK again. I can then plug the receiver back in and the mouse
works.

Any ideas what may be causing this? This behavior never happened with a
wired optical mouse.

I'm posting this to this newsgroup because I never got an answer to this
in
the W2K general newsgroup. I've also been unable to find an answer to this
question on the web

 

[Dave Patrick]

What does that mean? blue screen stop error?


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[DaffyD®]

There is no blue screen at all. It's a blank black screen. There's no bootup
screens at all showing the memory, the screen where it says to press F8,
nothing. I was going to buy a new wireless mouse since the one I was trying
out belongs to my daughter--she bought it for her laptop--but I'm not sure
if any wireless mouse would cause this problem. A wired mouse works fine.

What does that mean? blue screen stop error?


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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I tried that. The generic driver is installed. For some reason, it blocks
W2K from starting. I guess there's no easy tech answer to this problem.

 

[Dave Patrick]

If the pc stops at some point before windows starts then for some reason
your mobo isn't happy with it. So simply unplugging the device allows
windows to start up?


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[edwardsprague]

I have the same problem, anyone have a solution yet?