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Old October 4th 04, 11:12 AM
David Starks
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Default Computer Hangs...USB Mouse Quits Operating

My Dell laptop running Windows ME is constantly hanging.
When I do Ctrl-Alt_Delete, I always get Msg32(Not
Responding). My Optical USB mouse wont work, but I can use
the touch pad to end task and unfreeze the screen. But the
mouse wont work again unless I re-boot. Then the whole
process usually repeats within a few minutes.
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Old October 4th 04, 12:16 PM
oops!!
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David,

Try disabling the floppy drive in that hardware profile:

Control Panel System Device Manager

Zee



"David Starks" wrote in message =
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My Dell laptop running Windows ME is constantly hanging.=20
When I do Ctrl-Alt_Delete, I always get Msg32(Not=20
Responding). My Optical USB mouse wont work, but I can use=20
the touch pad to end task and unfreeze the screen. But the=20
mouse wont work again unless I re-boot. Then the whole=20
process usually repeats within a few minutes.

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Old October 4th 04, 08:58 PM
Noel Paton
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Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL mice - and related devices in the USB branch
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your problem

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My Dell laptop running Windows ME is constantly hanging.
When I do Ctrl-Alt_Delete, I always get Msg32(Not
Responding). My Optical USB mouse wont work, but I can use
the touch pad to end task and unfreeze the screen. But the
mouse wont work again unless I re-boot. Then the whole
process usually repeats within a few minutes.



 




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