NO MOUSE DETECTED
 

The problem is at startup, the following error message is
displayed: Windows did not detect a mouse attached to the
computer......... The cursor sits in the middle of the
screen. The keyboard does not respond either. I got a new
mouse and keyboard (serial), same message. I can't get
into anything to see if something is missing. It's my
girls computer and Internet withdrawl is setting in. Any
help is appreciated.

NO MOUSE DETECTED
 

Can it be they are plugged into each other's socket? (I guess, really,
you'd get a complaint from BIOS, if it were that.)

I'd hate to fool with my own mouse/keyboard this way, but...

(a) Boot to Safe Mode.
(Hold F5 as you boot, or hold CTRL for the Startup Menu.
Alternatively, turn on the Startup Menu at "START, Run, MSConfig,
Advanced button.)

(b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".

(c) Open the Mouse branch, & Remove every Mouse driver in it.
If there were more than one (& just one is plugged in), you had a
"ghost".

(d) Reboot to Windows Normal Mode.

If it does not automatically detect the mouse at that reboot, you will
need to reinstall it the way you originally did.

CAVEAT: I have a "Readme" that says (speaking of a Device Manager remove
of the mouse)...

.......Quote..............
Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 have the ability to load device
drivers without running the Setup program. Loading the devices
drivers this way, however, does not install the user interface
programs such as the Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control Center.
Using the "Have Disk" function will install only the Logitech
mouse drivers.
.......End of quote.....


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"HARPO" wrote in message
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| The problem is at startup, the following error message is
| displayed: Windows did not detect a mouse attached to the
| computer......... The cursor sits in the middle of the
| screen. The keyboard does not respond either. I got a new
| mouse and keyboard (serial), same message. I can't get
| into anything to see if something is missing. It's my
| girls computer and Internet withdrawl is setting in. Any
| help is appreciated.

NO MOUSE DETECTED
 

Thanks, PCR, but I can't boot to safe mode cuz the
keyboard does not function at all, almost like there is no
connection, no caps light, number lock light, etc - dead
in the water along with the dead mouse. This happened once
before and new replacements solved the problem, this time,
no go. Could it be the connector for the plug on the back
of the CPU?

Have no fear, you will not be held responsible should
bodily harm befall me from the wrath of the loved one.

-----Original Message-----
Can it be they are plugged into each other's socket? (I
guess, really,
you'd get a complaint from BIOS, if it were that.)

I'd hate to fool with my own mouse/keyboard this way,
but...

(a) Boot to Safe Mode.
(Hold F5 as you boot, or hold CTRL for the Startup
Menu.
Alternatively, turn on the Startup Menu at "START, Run,
MSConfig,
Advanced button.)

(b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".

(c) Open the Mouse branch, & Remove every Mouse driver in
it.
If there were more than one (& just one is plugged
in), you had a
"ghost".

(d) Reboot to Windows Normal Mode.

If it does not automatically detect the mouse at that
reboot, you will
need to reinstall it the way you originally did.

CAVEAT: I have a "Readme" that says (speaking of a Device
Manager remove
of the mouse)...

.......Quote..............
Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 have the ability to load
device
drivers without running the Setup program. Loading the
devices
drivers this way, however, does not install the user
interface
programs such as the Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control
Center.
Using the "Have Disk" function will install only the
Logitech
mouse drivers.
.......End of quote.....


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"HARPO" wrote in
message
...
| The problem is at startup, the following error message
is
| displayed: Windows did not detect a mouse attached to
the
| computer......... The cursor sits in the middle of the
| screen. The keyboard does not respond either. I got a
new
| mouse and keyboard (serial), same message. I can't get
| into anything to see if something is missing. It's my
| girls computer and Internet withdrawl is setting in. Any
| help is appreciated.


.

NO MOUSE DETECTED
 

Are the keyboard and mouse connectors default serial connections on the PC?
If not, get the proper type. For instance, PS/2 or USB. The old style
keyboard connector was serial in nature, but not a standard serial connector
(like com1 or com2).
"HARPO" wrote in message
...
The problem is at startup, the following error message is
displayed: Windows did not detect a mouse attached to the
computer......... The cursor sits in the middle of the
screen. The keyboard does not respond either. I got a new
mouse and keyboard (serial), same message. I can't get
into anything to see if something is missing. It's my
girls computer and Internet withdrawl is setting in. Any
help is appreciated.

NO MOUSE DETECTED
 

You are welcome. I don't know why two connectors would go bad at once,
unless it were a lightning strike or such. I don't know much more;
perhaps Lil' Dave has it. Well... do the mouse/keyboard work in
DOS...?...

Get a Startup Diskette from
http://www.bootdisk.com/ , if you don't already have one from "Control
Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Startup Disk tab". Test the Startup
Diskette. Boot it, put in a CD and "DIR" the CD. It will say which
letter is the CD. (Otherwise, it is likely one letter higher than
normal.)

To see whether the mouse works...

(a) DIR /s /a C:\mouse.exe
Does it show up?... If so...
(c) C:\Mouse\Mouse.exe
(If that is where it is.)

I believe you should now have a mouse in DOS. A DOS app that certainly
would use it is "EDIT". So...

(d) EDIT C:\Autoexec.bat

(ALT-F-X-ENTER, pressed separately, gets you out, if there is no mouse.
TAB before ENTER, if you've made changes you don't want to keep.)

Do you have mouse control? Then that mouse, I guess, must be good, and
it hasn't been installed properly in Windows.


C:\dir /s /a mouse.exe
Directory of C:\MOUSE
MOUSE EXE 104,556 08-18-99 8:35a MOUSE.EXE


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

wrote in message
...
| Thanks, PCR, but I can't boot to safe mode cuz the
| keyboard does not function at all, almost like there is no
| connection, no caps light, number lock light, etc - dead
| in the water along with the dead mouse. This happened once
| before and new replacements solved the problem, this time,
| no go. Could it be the connector for the plug on the back
| of the CPU?
|
| Have no fear, you will not be held responsible should
| bodily harm befall me from the wrath of the loved one.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| Can it be they are plugged into each other's socket? (I
| guess, really,
| you'd get a complaint from BIOS, if it were that.)
|
| I'd hate to fool with my own mouse/keyboard this way,
| but...
|
| (a) Boot to Safe Mode.
| (Hold F5 as you boot, or hold CTRL for the Startup
| Menu.
| Alternatively, turn on the Startup Menu at "START, Run,
| MSConfig,
| Advanced button.)
|
| (b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".
|
| (c) Open the Mouse branch, & Remove every Mouse driver in
| it.
| If there were more than one (& just one is plugged
| in), you had a
| "ghost".
|
| (d) Reboot to Windows Normal Mode.
|
| If it does not automatically detect the mouse at that
| reboot, you will
| need to reinstall it the way you originally did.
|
| CAVEAT: I have a "Readme" that says (speaking of a Device
| Manager remove
| of the mouse)...
|
| .......Quote..............
| Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 have the ability to load
| device
| drivers without running the Setup program. Loading the
| devices
| drivers this way, however, does not install the user
| interface
| programs such as the Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control
| Center.
| Using the "Have Disk" function will install only the
| Logitech
| mouse drivers.
| .......End of quote.....
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "HARPO" wrote in
| message
| ...
| | The problem is at startup, the following error message
| is
| | displayed: Windows did not detect a mouse attached to
| the
| | computer......... The cursor sits in the middle of the
| | screen. The keyboard does not respond either. I got a
| new
| | mouse and keyboard (serial), same message. I can't get
| | into anything to see if something is missing. It's my
| | girls computer and Internet withdrawl is setting in. Any
| | help is appreciated.
|
|
| .
|