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Steve Franks
My HP USB wireless mouse stopped working in Windows XP Home yesterday. I had
not installed anything new, so suspected that its batteries were flat. After
I changed them it still didn't work, but the wireless receiver has a a
activity LED which showed that it is receiving signals from the mouse.
I downloaded the latest driver and installed it, butDevice Manager still
shows the old Microsoft driver.
I've spent hours removing every relevant piece of software; tried two
different mice a wired PS2 mouse and a Logitec wireless mouse; without
success.
The wireless mouse works fine on my other PC and on this one under Linux, so
it's not faulty.
Why won't Windows let me update the driver? It says it has, but lies because
the old (5.1.2600.0 dated 01/07/2001) driver is still showing in device
manager.
I'm running out of options, if I can't solve this I'll have to restore my PC
to its factory state and reinstall everything that I've added in the last 18
months.
Thanks in advance for your help,
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Steve Franks
not installed anything new, so suspected that its batteries were flat. After
I changed them it still didn't work, but the wireless receiver has a a
activity LED which showed that it is receiving signals from the mouse.
I downloaded the latest driver and installed it, butDevice Manager still
shows the old Microsoft driver.
I've spent hours removing every relevant piece of software; tried two
different mice a wired PS2 mouse and a Logitec wireless mouse; without
success.
The wireless mouse works fine on my other PC and on this one under Linux, so
it's not faulty.
Why won't Windows let me update the driver? It says it has, but lies because
the old (5.1.2600.0 dated 01/07/2001) driver is still showing in device
manager.
I'm running out of options, if I can't solve this I'll have to restore my PC
to its factory state and reinstall everything that I've added in the last 18
months.
Thanks in advance for your help,
--
Steve Franks