won't recognize mouse, plug and play, ps/2

[Linda]

I have recently had xp reinstalled on my computer. I am randomly having the
following problem.
Sometime I will boot up and it won't recognize my mouse (the mouse won't
move) and if I hit Ctl-Alt-Del several times, the task manager will finally
appear, but it won't allow me to use it. I can't click on it, I can't hit "E"
to end task. Basically, it seems it won't recognize my keyboard or the
mouse. Everything is just locked. So, then, I manually turn the computer off,
which I have been told repeatedly is very bad for the hard drive and which I
have had to do dozens and dozens of times with this computer. When I turn the
computer bafck on, everything works. Then it might work fine thru several
restarts, then it won't work again. My mouse is a plug-and-play, very old
(and very good) Logitech TrackMan Vista.

BTW--computer is HP Pavilion a1540n running windows media center edition but
without all the unneeded HP junk on it.
I don't know if this is significant--probably not since this problem was
happening before this new thing appeared--but in the lst several days, I will
go to a website in Internet Explorer, and I will get this error message of
"stack overflow at line: ___." I click OK, and then it lets me go to the site.

Prior to this, it would also not save my refresh rate (defaulting to 60 Hz),
but I have fixed that via the registry.

Finally, I have checked the "notify me of replies" box for the discussion
forums, but I never get notified.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[Elmo]

I have recently had XP reinstalled on my computer. I am randomly having the
following problem.
Sometime I will boot up and it won't recognize my mouse (the mouse won't
move) and if I hit Ctl-Alt-Del several times, the task manager will finally
appear, but it won't allow me to use it. I can't click on it, I can't hit "E"
to end task.

Basically, it seems it won't recognize my keyboard or the
mouse. Everything is just locked. So, then, I manually turn the computer off,
which I have been told repeatedly is very bad for the hard drive and which I
have had to do dozens and dozens of times with this computer.

You should press Alt to highlight the Toolbar, then cursor left, right,
up and down, to the "Shut Down", "Restart" option.

When I turn the
computer back on, everything works. Then it might work fine thru several
restarts, then it won't work again. My mouse is a plug-and-play, very old
(and very good) Logitech TrackMan Vista.

When the computer is off, try unplugging, then reinserting the mouse.
Also try a different mouse; it could be failing on you.

 

[Andrew E.]

Microsoft has several updates for that area,911562,899588,905749,914882.
Also,you need to install the boards chip set installation utility,get that
from
the mfg web site (intel,amd,etc)...

 

[Jose]

I have recently had xp reinstalled on my computer. I am randomly having the
following problem.
Sometime I will boot up and it won't recognize my mouse (the mouse won't
move) and if I hit Ctl-Alt-Del several times, the task manager will finally
appear, but it won't allow me to use it. I can't click on it, I can't hit"E"
to end task.  Basically, it seems it won't recognize my keyboard or the
mouse. Everything is just locked. So, then, I manually turn the computer off,
which I have been told repeatedly is very bad for the hard drive and which I
have had to do dozens and dozens of times with this computer. When I turnthe
computer bafck on, everything works. Then it might work fine thru several
restarts, then it won't work again. My mouse is a plug-and-play, very old
(and very good) Logitech TrackMan Vista.

BTW--computer is HP Pavilion a1540n running windows media center edition but
without all the unneeded HP junk on it.
I don't know if this is significant--probably not since this problem was
happening before this new thing appeared--but in the lst several days, I will
go to a website in Internet Explorer, and I will get this error message of
"stack overflow at line: ___." I click OK, and then it lets me go to the site.

Prior to this, it would also not save my refresh rate (defaulting to 60 Hz),
but I have fixed that via the registry.

Finally, I have checked the "notify me of replies" box for the discussion
forums, but I never get notified.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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than a weak guess!

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