----- Original Message ----- From: "Harvey Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Alt Cpu" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:39 PM Subject: [H] Weird Mouse Problem
On my home desktop. Windows Xp Pro everything updated just suddenly started acting asif the mouse had gone bad. When you open a window, any
Very seldom is the problem hardware related, such as a bad PS/2 keyboard or mouse port. When it is, you can circumvent it (patch job) by using a USB keyboard or mouse.
As a technician I have found a very valuable diagnostic tool to be Windows 98 installed on a small IDE hard drive. Windows 98 will load in Safe Mode on most any IBM compatible computer. Just unhook your hard drive and hook up the hard drive containing Windows 98. If you are using a SATA hard drive, there is no need to unhook it. Most computers try first to boot to an IDE hard drive if one is hooked up.
Hit F8 and select Safe Mode. Once Windows 98 is loaded in Safe Mode you will have use of your mouse and keyboard. If your mouse and keyboard work here (but did not work in Windows XP) there is nothing wrong that a format and reinstall job will not fix. I just fixed a keyboard problem yesterday by formatting and reinstalling. I tried the built in Windows XP Restore thingy but that did not solve the problem.
So here we go again, the patch 'em up team who loves to "fix" Windows screaming, "Do not format! Fix it!" And we on the format and reinstall team, "Don't tune it up, just replace the engine! (Windows XP). This sounds like the Democrats and Republicans, doesn't it?
The only thing I kick myself for is fooling around trying to fix it for a few minutes before going ahead with the format and reinstall job. When the internal Restore thingy works, it goes home and comes back a week later with the same problem. The results of most patch jobs are the same.
Chuck
