Vista - wireless desktop problems

My keyboard and mouse are now playing up. They were fine for a couple of
days after installing VISTA.

I have a Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard and the accompanying optical
mouse.

Problems include mouse freezing

Mouse not going where I am trying to point it

Keyboard repeating a letter even if the letter has been lightly touched and
by this I mean
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Keyboard not printing a pressed letter

Backspace deleting 2 -3 lines of text when only pressed long enough to take
out one or two letters.



I have been into the settings and altered them to the lowest repeat etc

I have also been into the drivers to update them but they report back as up
to date

And I have pressed the reset buttons so many times it feels like it's after
every letter. This is an intermitent problem, in that it might be fine for a
while and then jsut decide to go whacky. Time ranging from PC switching on to
having been on a couple of hours.

Any ideas or similar problems? BTW I have just moved the reciever to see
if that helps. I have also been on MS site to look for drivers but it
doesn't give a UK English language option just a US one

celfyddydau,

It seems that you have already done all the troubleshooting you can do, but
just to make sure, check out this Microsoft troubleshooting guide for
keyboards:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/258826

Improper functioning of hardware almost always is caused by something
incompatible with the drivers, but it's sometimes hard to be sure. If you
can't resolve your issue, try contacting Microsoft directly for help. You
can learn how to make the contact by visiting the Microsoft website and
looking for contact information.
--
freddy


"celfyddydau" wrote:

>
>
> My keyboard and mouse are now playing up. They were fine for a couple of
> days after installing VISTA.
>
> I have a Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard and the accompanying optical
> mouse.
>
> Problems include mouse freezing
>
> Mouse not going where I am trying to point it
>
> Keyboard repeating a letter even if the letter has been lightly touched and
> by this I mean
> rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
>
> Keyboard not printing a pressed letter
>
> Backspace deleting 2 -3 lines of text when only pressed long enough to take
> out one or two letters.
>
>
>
> I have been into the settings and altered them to the lowest repeat etc
>
> I have also been into the drivers to update them but they report back as up
> to date
>
> And I have pressed the reset buttons so many times it feels like it's after
> every letter. This is an intermitent problem, in that it might be fine for a
> while and then jsut decide to go whacky. Time ranging from PC switching on to
> having been on a couple of hours.
>
> Any ideas or similar problems? BTW I have just moved the reciever to see
> if that helps. I have also been on MS site to look for drivers but it
> doesn't give a UK English language option just a US one
>

I have the same wireless desktop combo set and am glad/mad that someone else
has an issue - at least it's not just me. Have you downloaded the most
recent Intellipoint/Intellitype software? Go to microsoft's hardware site to
get it: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/wi...a/support.mspx

The thing is, for this particular set, you need to get both Intellipoint 6.1
AND Intellitype 6.1 (be sure to uninstall previous versions first).

But, don't get your hopes up. My keyboard and mouse still just lose the
connection without warning, sometimes locks up vista, and all the time Vista
will not shut down - I have to do a forced power down. Luckily, I am on a
laptop and the touchpad/keyboard still work when this happens. I think this
is a compatibility/driver issue with Vista. The set works fine on my XP
system.

Hope I will find something that works.

"celfyddydau" wrote:

>
>
> My keyboard and mouse are now playing up. They were fine for a couple of
> days after installing VISTA.
>
> I have a Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard and the accompanying optical
> mouse.
>
> Problems include mouse freezing
>
> Mouse not going where I am trying to point it
>
> Keyboard repeating a letter even if the letter has been lightly touched and
> by this I mean
> rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
>
> Keyboard not printing a pressed letter
>
> Backspace deleting 2 -3 lines of text when only pressed long enough to take
> out one or two letters.
>
>
>
> I have been into the settings and altered them to the lowest repeat etc
>
> I have also been into the drivers to update them but they report back as up
> to date
>
> And I have pressed the reset buttons so many times it feels like it's after
> every letter. This is an intermitent problem, in that it might be fine for a
> while and then jsut decide to go whacky. Time ranging from PC switching on to
> having been on a couple of hours.
>
> Any ideas or similar problems? BTW I have just moved the reciever to see
> if that helps. I have also been on MS site to look for drivers but it
> doesn't give a UK English language option just a US one
>