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more computer help please .

• craigswan 31,556 Posts

  Thu, Sep 10 2015 2:13 PM

  Laptop is only a few weeks old and has worked fine once I removed the bloatware but now wireless mouse and mouse with cable are both refusing to work . After a little research it might be a windows 8 problem .Tried advanced search and typed Bios as requested and the mouse works for a couple of seconds but then stopped .

  Any help would be appreciated .

• ScottHope 10,353 Posts

  Thu, Sep 10 2015 2:20 PM

  Try mouses (mice?) on another computer if possible.

• mathia14 1,271 Posts

  Thu, Sep 10 2015 2:30 PM

  craigswan:

  Laptop is only a few weeks old and has worked fine once I removed the bloatware but now wireless mouse and mouse with cable are both refusing to work . After a little research it might be a windows 8 problem .Tried advanced search and typed Bios as requested and the mouse works for a couple of seconds but then stopped .

  Any help would be appreciated .

  One time my wireless stopped.  I changed the batteries & still didn't work.  I have a backup mouse.  Put the batteries in it.  Still that one didn't work.  Then the wife asked if I checked it.  I said no.  I did (sheepishly) and 1 battery I took just out of the pack was dead from jump.  Checked another and it was good.  Mouse back up and running like a champ!!  (I hate when women are right)

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Sep 10 2015 2:54 PM

  mathia14:

  (I hate when women are right)

  Women love to put dead batteries back in the pack of good ones and then wait for us to use one!  

• mathia14 1,271 Posts

  Thu, Sep 10 2015 4:09 PM

  andyson:

  mathia14:

  (I hate when women are right)

  Women love to put dead batteries back in the pack of good ones and then wait for us to use one!  

  LOL!!!!!!!  I'll start & keep the batteries in the safe.;)

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Sep 10 2015 4:25 PM

  craigswan:

  but now wireless mouse and mouse with cable are both refusing to work

  This could be a USB issue. Try another port. You can also uninstall the mouse, reboot  and let Windows find it again.

• 9,041 Posts

  Fri, Sep 11 2015 12:09 AM

  andyson:

  Women love to put dead batteries back in the pack of good ones and then wait for us to use one!  

  To be fair tho.....

  They are in one hell of a rush to get the new batteries in the 'thing' that has just died on them !  

  Run rabbit, run rabbit, run run run.  ;-))

• ScottHope 10,353 Posts

  Fri, Sep 11 2015 1:10 AM

  Andy, you need some bromide in your tea!  hehe.  ; )

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Sep 11 2015 4:39 AM

  andyson:

  mathia14:

  (I hate when women are right)

  Women love to put dead batteries back in the pack of good ones and then wait for us to use one!  

  Yes, we love to be sneaky for a few grins in private and laugh at visualization of what the reaction may be. In late teen years my personal fav was at the super-market. I would carefully load up a shopping cart with goodies ( liverwurst, buttermilk, gelfilte fish, limburger cheese, etc.) and then carefully make my selection of who to switch carts with. ~SP~ 

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Fri, Sep 11 2015 5:06 AM

  SweetiePie:

  and then carefully make my selection of who to switch carts with. ~SP~ 

   

  Now that's funny!