Wireless Mouse and Windows 2000 SP4 Boot Up Problem

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I just bought a USB Microsoft wireless mouse and it works fine. But when the
wireless receiver is plugged into the USB powered hub and I reboot my
computer it's just a blank screen. When I unplug the receiver and reboot,
everything's OK again. I can then plug the receiver back in and the mouse
works.

Any ideas what may be causing this? This behavior never happened with a
wired optical mouse.

I'm posting this to this newsgroup because I never got an answer to this in
the W2K general newsgroup. I've also been unable to find an answer to this
question on the web
 
Mostly the same people read this one as well. If the device is new then
there may not be a driver for Windows 2000 from the manufacturer. You might
try uninstalling the device from Device Manager and let windows use a
generic device driver.



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I tried that. The generic driver is installed. For some reason, it blocks
W2K from starting. I guess there's no easy tech answer to this problem.

Dave Patrick said:
Mostly the same people read this one as well. If the device is new then
there may not be a driver for Windows 2000 from the manufacturer. You might
try uninstalling the device from Device Manager and let windows use a
generic device driver.



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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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DaffyD® said:
I just bought a USB Microsoft wireless mouse and it works fine. But when
the
wireless receiver is plugged into the USB powered hub and I reboot my
computer it's just a blank screen. When I unplug the receiver and reboot,
everything's OK again. I can then plug the receiver back in and the mouse
works.

Any ideas what may be causing this? This behavior never happened with a
wired optical mouse.

I'm posting this to this newsgroup because I never got an answer to this
in
the W2K general newsgroup. I've also been unable to find an answer to this
question on the web
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There is no blue screen at all. It's a blank black screen. There's no bootup
screens at all showing the memory, the screen where it says to press F8,
nothing. I was going to buy a new wireless mouse since the one I was trying
out belongs to my daughter--she bought it for her laptop--but I'm not sure
if any wireless mouse would cause this problem. A wired mouse works fine.


Dave Patrick said:
What does that mean? blue screen stop error?


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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DaffyD® said:
I tried that. The generic driver is installed. For some reason, it blocks
W2K from starting. I guess there's no easy tech answer to this problem.
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If the pc stops at some point before windows starts then for some reason
your mobo isn't happy with it. So simply unplugging the device allows
windows to start up?


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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