XP SP2 and Intellimouse Optical

[TLC]

I installed XP SP2 and everything went smoothly as far as my software
apps all seem to be working ok. However I have a hardware problem
now. My Microsoft brand Intellimouse USB Optical mouse keeps dying
every 10 minutes or so. The light on the mouse goes out and the
pointer won't move. If I unplug the mouse and plug it back in to a
USB 1.1 port on the back of the computer, it usually starts working
again automatically for another 10 minutes but then crashes again. I
installed the latest 5.2 drivers for the mouse from the Microsoft
update site and it didn't fix the problem. I don't see any yellow
exclamation marks in device manager so no apparent conflicts that I
can see. Anyone else experiencing this? Is there a hotfix or
something I can do to fix the problem? Thanks in advance...

TLC

 

[Ron]

I found that 5.2 caused me all sorts of trouble so I reinstalled the prior
version and everything cleared up and runs fine now. Worth trying.

Ron

 

[Ken Birks]

After installing SP2 my Trackball Optical refused to work. Light went
out during Windows bootup and pointer wouldn't move. Unplugging,
re-plugging made no difference. PS2 mouse works. I have now
uninstalled SP2 and I'll wait until MS get the bugs out. (say 6
months?)
Seems totally bizarre that a MS update stops an MS mouse working!

Ken