Vista - Frozen mouse after Vista upgrade

Upon upgrading to Vista, my mouse stopped working. I have installed and
uninstalled it and tried both a PS/2 mouse and a USB. After reading of other
related issues on here I thought to completely uninstall all of the original
mouse software to make sure it did not conflict with Vista. According to
Logitech, there is no current Vista driver for my mouse but if you uninstall
the mouse software Vista's generic drivers should work. Not for me. Vista
sees the mouse and says it is working and there is power to it. It just
doesn't work. Also, when I look at the driver info for the mouse in device
manager it shows it is using a Logitech driver, not a Microsoft driver and I
can't seem to change this. Any suggestions? I would buy another Vista mouse
if I was sure it would solve the problem but it seems one of the 2 I have
should work. Both are optical by the way. Thoughts? Thanks.

patruns wrote:
> Upon upgrading to Vista, my mouse stopped working. I have installed
> and uninstalled it and tried both a PS/2 mouse and a USB. After
> reading of other related issues on here I thought to completely
> uninstall all of the original mouse software to make sure it did not
> conflict with Vista. According to Logitech, there is no current Vista
> driver for my mouse but if you uninstall the mouse software Vista's
> generic drivers should work. Not for me. Vista sees the mouse and
> says it is working and there is power to it. It just doesn't work.
> Also, when I look at the driver info for the mouse in device manager
> it shows it is using a Logitech driver, not a Microsoft driver and I
> can't seem to change this. Any suggestions? I would buy another Vista
> mouse if I was sure it would solve the problem but it seems one of
> the 2 I have should work. Both are optical by the way. Thoughts?
> Thanks.
Are they both Logitech mice? If yes, I'd just buy an inexpensive USB mouse
to hold you over until drivers are available that are fully compatible with
Vista. My Microsoft optical USB works fine in Vista but I also don't use
any special software or features with it, just the basic mouse functions but
those basic functions work.
--
Michael Solomon

Poor little mouse! Place him on a hot water bottle until he thaws out.

Anon

I am the same as you Michael; an old, old microsoft optical USB too. Works
fine
Mick

"Michael Solomon" wrote:

> patruns wrote:
> > Upon upgrading to Vista, my mouse stopped working. I have installed
> > and uninstalled it and tried both a PS/2 mouse and a USB. After
> > reading of other related issues on here I thought to completely
> > uninstall all of the original mouse software to make sure it did not
> > conflict with Vista. According to Logitech, there is no current Vista
> > driver for my mouse but if you uninstall the mouse software Vista's
> > generic drivers should work. Not for me. Vista sees the mouse and
> > says it is working and there is power to it. It just doesn't work.
> > Also, when I look at the driver info for the mouse in device manager
> > it shows it is using a Logitech driver, not a Microsoft driver and I
> > can't seem to change this. Any suggestions? I would buy another Vista
> > mouse if I was sure it would solve the problem but it seems one of
> > the 2 I have should work. Both are optical by the way. Thoughts?
> > Thanks.
> Are they both Logitech mice? If yes, I'd just buy an inexpensive USB mouse
> to hold you over until drivers are available that are fully compatible with
> Vista. My Microsoft optical USB works fine in Vista but I also don't use
> any special software or features with it, just the basic mouse functions but
> those basic functions work.
> --
> Michael Solomon
>
>
>

I had considered that, but I fear the problem is a little more deep rooted
than that. Thanks!

"Michael Solomon" wrote:

> patruns wrote:
> > Upon upgrading to Vista, my mouse stopped working. I have installed
> > and uninstalled it and tried both a PS/2 mouse and a USB. After
> > reading of other related issues on here I thought to completely
> > uninstall all of the original mouse software to make sure it did not
> > conflict with Vista. According to Logitech, there is no current Vista
> > driver for my mouse but if you uninstall the mouse software Vista's
> > generic drivers should work. Not for me. Vista sees the mouse and
> > says it is working and there is power to it. It just doesn't work.
> > Also, when I look at the driver info for the mouse in device manager
> > it shows it is using a Logitech driver, not a Microsoft driver and I
> > can't seem to change this. Any suggestions? I would buy another Vista
> > mouse if I was sure it would solve the problem but it seems one of
> > the 2 I have should work. Both are optical by the way. Thoughts?
> > Thanks.
> Are they both Logitech mice? If yes, I'd just buy an inexpensive USB mouse
> to hold you over until drivers are available that are fully compatible with
> Vista. My Microsoft optical USB works fine in Vista but I also don't use
> any special software or features with it, just the basic mouse functions but
> those basic functions work.
> --
> Michael Solomon
>
>
>

Thank you. That was very helpful.

"Steve Thackery" wrote:

> Poor little mouse! Place him on a hot water bottle until he thaws out.
>
> Anon
>
>
>

patruns wrote:
> I had considered that, but I fear the problem is a little more deep
> rooted than that. Thanks!
>
Do you happen to have some other generic mouse lying around? The reason I
ask is, while Logitech builds in a wide feature set, it tends to make mice
and keyboards a bit finicky. I know you stated you tried both PS/2 and USB
but if they were both Logitech, then you are dealing with hardware that
because of that built in wide feature set requires rather specialized
drivers.

I have some generic PS/2 and USB mice lying around from years ago that I can
still plug in and use in a pinch or to test in a situation such as this. If
you have a friend or family menber who might light you borrow a generic
mouse, that would serve the purpose as well and you'd quickly be able to
find out if i'ts just the mouse or if it's something more deeply rooted.

--
Michael Solomon

Mick wrote:
> I am the same as you Michael; an old, old microsoft optical USB too.
> Works fine
> Mick
>
Yup, mine is a stallwart old workhorse now!:-)
--
Michael Solomon

Well, I tried yet another mouse from an HP computer. It dodn't say Logitec on
it but nonetheless Vista found it and identified it as a Logitech mouse and
gave it a new driver. Still no help. What I have noticed is that if I am no a
website and scoll down the page with the arrow keys I can see the links as
they pass under the mouse pointer. So, the mouse is working to the extent
that it sees what is under it. It just doesn't move nor do the buttons seem
to work. I am thinking there is a conflict but I yet to determine what it is.
I have tried both the PS/2 port and various USB ports. Any additional feed
back would be most welcome.

"Michael Solomon" wrote:

> patruns wrote:
> > I had considered that, but I fear the problem is a little more deep
> > rooted than that. Thanks!
> >
> Do you happen to have some other generic mouse lying around? The reason I
> ask is, while Logitech builds in a wide feature set, it tends to make mice
> and keyboards a bit finicky. I know you stated you tried both PS/2 and USB
> but if they were both Logitech, then you are dealing with hardware that
> because of that built in wide feature set requires rather specialized
> drivers.
>
> I have some generic PS/2 and USB mice lying around from years ago that I can
> still plug in and use in a pinch or to test in a situation such as this. If
> you have a friend or family menber who might light you borrow a generic
> mouse, that would serve the purpose as well and you'd quickly be able to
> find out if i'ts just the mouse or if it's something more deeply rooted.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon
>
>
>

patruns wrote:
> Well, I tried yet another mouse from an HP computer. It dodn't say
> Logitec on it but nonetheless Vista found it and identified it as a
> Logitech mouse and gave it a new driver. Still no help. What I have
> noticed is that if I am no a website and scoll down the page with the
> arrow keys I can see the links as they pass under the mouse pointer.
> So, the mouse is working to the extent that it sees what is under it.
> It just doesn't move nor do the buttons seem to work. I am thinking
> there is a conflict but I yet to determine what it is. I have tried
> both the PS/2 port and various USB ports. Any additional feed back
> would be most welcome.
>
Have you checked Device Manager to see if anything is banged out there, any
red or yellow warning notices? Also, if you've installed software for your
Logitech mouse, you probably should remove that software before testing
another mouse.
--
Michael Solomon