Re: Of Mice and Modems
Quote from Forum Archives on June 27, 2000, 8:28 pmPosted by: bh327 <bh327@...>
I have trouble with my mouse freezing and haven't solved that problem either.>
>I'm having a problem with my new mouse lately...it's not tracking the way it
>should and doesn't need cleaning. In my device manager, the mouse shows up
>with the yellow exclamation mark, but updating the mouse driver hasn't
>changed anything. I've noticed that the mouse stops working when my modem
>is dialing my internet connection, but seems to work once we're connected.
>Could there be some sort of conflict between them? The mouse is on COM1 and
>the modem is on COM3. I seem to remember reading something over the years
>about COM ports and there was something I read about the modem and mouse
>ports, but it's been a long time. Perhaps one of you resident techies has a
>solution?
>
>Rose Bowen
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>www.sayhello.com/nest
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Posted by: bh327 <bh327@...>
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>I'm having a problem with my new mouse lately...it's not tracking the way it
>should and doesn't need cleaning. In my device manager, the mouse shows up
>with the yellow exclamation mark, but updating the mouse driver hasn't
>changed anything. I've noticed that the mouse stops working when my modem
>is dialing my internet connection, but seems to work once we're connected.
>Could there be some sort of conflict between them? The mouse is on COM1 and
>the modem is on COM3. I seem to remember reading something over the years
>about COM ports and there was something I read about the modem and mouse
>ports, but it's been a long time. Perhaps one of you resident techies has a
>solution?
>
>Rose Bowen
>Independent Nest Video Distributor
>http://www.sayhello.com/nest
>Excellence in family-style videos!
>
>
>
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