What happened to my mouse???

DarrylLicke

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I'm using my computer and I get up to do something as I'm on my way to go to work. I come back and do my usual press the windows key to get to shut down and then click stand by. But for whatever reason nothing happens. So I try the windows key again. And again. And Again. Nothing. I ended up doing a soft reboot after an attempted CTRL-ALT-DEL which also didn't work. Windows loads fine for some reason (expected some sort of scan of the drives) but it hiccups on my mouse. It says I don't have a PS/2 mouse installed but I see it right there and was using it no less than 15 minutes before.

My mouse is an Intellimous Explorer. I have yet to install software for it since it worked right away. OS is win98.

I tried unplugging and plugging the mouse back in to no avail.

Any ideas?
 

dkozloski

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Get up from your computer, walk across the floor, come back with a good static buildup, touch your mouse with an accompanying spark and the mouse locks up solid. It takes a power-off reset to get it going again. Next time touch your computer chassis first. Here in the far north the humidity is so low that this becomes second nature.
 

DarrylLicke

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Thats what I said since it would assume i have carpet floors...and I don't. Never created a static charge myself off of hardwood floors.
 

dkozloski

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Slide your butt across the plastic seats in your car and watch a spark an inch long jump from the key to your finger without a carpet in sight, assuming a rubber mat on the floor. There are times we have to spray down the area with fabric softener to keep the equipment operating and that's with tile floors and anti-static mats.
 

dkozloski

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The pointing device that seems to be the most susceptible to lock-ups from static discharge is a graphics tablet, next is a MouseSystems optical mouse and then the Microsoft variants.