Wireless Mouse Problems

[Tim Ball]

I have a Wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse,
which have been working fine for about 3 months. The
other day my mouse became very sluggish and would not
scroll across the screen unless I clicked the mouse
first. Thinking it was the batteries running down I
changed them for some fresh ones.
The mouse will now only work if it is within a 6 inch
range of the reciever. The keyboard works fine from over
3 feet away. Nothing about my work enviroment has changed
since this problem started occuring.
I have re set the "connect" buttons on the mouse and
reciever to re set the wireless frequency but still can't
solve the problem. Any Suggestions?
Tim

 

[Doug]

-----Original Message-----
I have a Wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse,
which have been working fine for about 3 months. The
other day my mouse became very sluggish and would not
scroll across the screen unless I clicked the mouse
first. Thinking it was the batteries running down I
changed them for some fresh ones.
The mouse will now only work if it is within a 6 inch
range of the reciever. The keyboard works fine from over
3 feet away. Nothing about my work enviroment has changed
since this problem started occuring.
I have re set the "connect" buttons on the mouse and
reciever to re set the wireless frequency but still can't
solve the problem. Any Suggestions?
Tim
.
A slugish mouse on systems I have worked on usually had a

virus of some kind.

Doug

 

[Tim Ball]

The mouse works ok within the limited range of the
receiver, so don't think its a virus. Did a scan all the
same.

 

[Albert]

Have you tried "connect" in Control Panel? Is the receiver near any
electrical fields that may block the signal (monitor, desk lamps, etc)?
That is the most common problem.
Al