USB optical mouse keeps dying - Solved - sort of

[Claude Jones]

Jan Morales wrote:

> Claude Jones wrote:
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>> Claude Jones wrote:
>> | I have a MS optical USB mouse. After a time, once the screen
>> | save has kicked in, the mouse dies. The light goes out, and
>> | even tho the keyboard still works and returns the screen, the
>> | mouse continues to sleep. Only unplugging it and plugging it
>> | back in revives it. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have an
>> | almost identically configured box at work and it doesn't happen
>> | there. | | --
>> | Claude Jones
>> | Bluemont, VA, USA
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>> Claude Jones
>> Levit & James, Inc./WTVS
>> Leesburg, VA, USA
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> So what is the sort-of solution?
>
> Jan
>
Sorry about that. I hit the enter key prematurely and was in the process 
of leaving. I did a lot of searching and found no solutions. A lot of 
spcculation about lost USB configurations and mounts and such. I gave up 
and plugged a USB>PS2 adapter in. Now it stays on.

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Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA