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Frank J. Lhota
Recently I bought a new computer. During initial setup, I had two
instances where the mouse suddenly stopped working. I opened the Device
Manager so that I could perform the usual fix where I uninstall the
mouse, so that a hardware scan could then re-install it. To my surprise,
the Device Manager had *two* entries labeled "HID-compliant mouse" under
"Mice and other pointing devices" section. When I try to uninstall the
one of the other "HID-compliant mouse" entries, the Device Manager seems
to hang. The other "HID-compliant mouse" entry can uninstall easily and
quickly, but if I do a hardware scan after that, that second entry
reappears.
What is going on here? Is this a problem, and how do I fix it?
instances where the mouse suddenly stopped working. I opened the Device
Manager so that I could perform the usual fix where I uninstall the
mouse, so that a hardware scan could then re-install it. To my surprise,
the Device Manager had *two* entries labeled "HID-compliant mouse" under
"Mice and other pointing devices" section. When I try to uninstall the
one of the other "HID-compliant mouse" entries, the Device Manager seems
to hang. The other "HID-compliant mouse" entry can uninstall easily and
quickly, but if I do a hardware scan after that, that second entry
reappears.
What is going on here? Is this a problem, and how do I fix it?