[BC] computer question

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 01 June 2006 01:08 pm, jvodenik wrote:
>Been there, done all that.  Yes, it's a PS-2 mouse.  The cables work on
>the NT computer, so it must be in the XP PRO program.

 Hmmm.....

>Swapped meese all 
>over the place.  An optical mouse lights up, just won't work.  That same
>mouse plugged directly into the computer works.

 Tells me that it's NOT XP !

>Beats me. 
>John

> Can you ( temporarily ) try a different OS on the problem machine ?
> A Knoppix CD, for instance.

 Reason for that, if the same symptoms are exhibited with a different OS,
 ( and I expect they will be ) it's a hardware problem, most likely the
 computer end.

 Here's a wild one.....

 Try the mouse on the keyboard port, and vice versa.
 Normally, it's not workable at all, but does the machine do ANYTHING
 when the mouse is sending "random" key presses, and the keyboard
 is sending "random" mouse movements ?

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