Re: XP Pro install problem with USB mouse

is the usb in bios on.

"Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good evening

I have just rebuilt my PC after it ground to a halt and wouldn't even play
MP3's in Media Player. It had been getting slower for a while and I'd
been intending to rebuild the recalcitrant beast for some weeks now. I
bit the bullet this morning and had a particularly awe-less time with my
mouse. As per the subject line, it's the USB variety and I hadn't
previously had a problem with it. The problem is outlined below...

After progressing past the initial clobbering of my Windows partition,
plus the recreation of, and complete and utter reformatting of same, I
merrily commenced installing Win XP Pro from its CD (SP1 I believe). When
the PC rebooted and fired up Windows to continue the installation, I was
mouseless. I figured it was a glitch of some non-permanent description and
I just proceeded using the keyboard, which seemed highly successful
(despite the obvious difficulty). Alas, the mouse still wouldn't budge
after the install was completed and the *** had been rebooted. It
continued to defy my commands despite reseating of non-associated cards (I
was clutching at straws at this point) and significant blowing-off of dust
from various componentry within my almost-stock-standard Compaq pile of
***.

After several reboots (purely speculative), it still wouldn't come good
and I was left with the dilemma of starting again or proceeding with the
upgrade to SP2. Figuring that the SP2 part of my rebuild may, perchance,
correct the problem, I proceeded with the subsequent upgrade and
everything went fine as far as the upgrade was concerned. The mouse,
however, was still conspicuous by its constant placement at a somewhat
central set of co-ordinates.

I eventually found out how to get it working. It required rebooting 16
times, accompanied by profanities bellowed at around 140dB between and
during each reboot, and also required all nearby physical objects
(excluding the PC and peripherals) being tossed around my abode with
not-so-gay-abandon.

Fearing a thorough beating around the cranial region if I didn't conduct
proper research prior to seeking an explanation, I have researched the
best Windows XP help site that I could find. kadaitcha.cx didn't have
anything specific to my problem however, nor did Microsoft for that
matter.

In the event that I need to install XP Pro from a CD in a quiet
environment sometime in future, such as a public library or similar, is
there a quieter method of getting a USB mouse to work during an
installation of XP Pro?

Note: A response promoting an operating system other than Windows XP
Professional will be irrelavent, and indicate a complete lack of
comprehension from the respondant.

Thank you

--
George
"If you lose the big game, that little boy is gonna die faster than Steve
Irwin in a tank full of stingrays" - Cancer Doctor - 14 November 2006




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