mouse

[bentaxle]

ive an old pc the children play on ,and some how they have frozen the mouse the pc starts o/k its just the mouse, any ideas apart from taking it to the the man
all the best

[bongoboy]

are you sure its just the mouse and not the pc that has frozen.
Have the kids somehow connected it in the rear of the pc wrongly.
Have you another mouse you could try.
Take the bottom off the mouse to see if the spindles havn't dropped out of the lugs(quite common)if a ball type mouse.

[Buenchico]

As Bongoboy suggests, it could be that the PC has actually 'frozen'. (If so, there are dozens of possible causes). However, the mouse is the first thing to check. Simply unplugging the mouse from your own PC, and connecting it to the kids' PC, will be the easiest way to check. If you need a new mouse, Tesco sell them really cheaply. (�2.29 the last time I bought one).

If it turns out that it's not the mouse, try starting the PC in Safe Mode. (Hold down 'F8' while its booting up). If the mouse then works, simply rebooting it might cure the problem. Otherwise, if the mouse works in Safe Mode but not otherwise, go Start > Run, type 'msconfig' and hit 'Return'. Go to the Startup tab and remove the check marks from alongside any startup program which isn't strictly essential. Click 'Apply', then 'OK' and reboot the computer.

If none of the above works, it's probably time to reinstall Windows.

Chris

[bentaxle]

thank you both for the advice i will print it off and and have ago ,this is deep water for me but if i win it would make my day ,thanks again