USB Mouse not working in WinME

[Al]

Hi Folks,

This is a weird one. I had to reinstall WinME on a Gateway system for a
friend. Problem is the mouse has stopped working.

The System:

Gateway Pentium III 633 Mhz

Its one of those computers that only has USB ports, so the keyboard plugs
into the USB and the mouse plugs into the USB port on the keyboard.

The mouse works in DOS and it works in WinME safe mode.

I have tried removing the USB Host Controller and Root Hub and restarting -
the interesting thing here is that when I restart WinME before it gets
around to detecting the USB Host Controller the mouse works!!!

The USB host controller appears to be on a Intel 82801AA Chip.

The mouse works ok on another computer and other mice work ok on the USB
ports.

Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks

-Al

[Noel Paton]

When you removed the USB Controllers, did you also remove the Mice?? - try
it again, while in Safe Mode, removing ALL Mice found.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Al" > wrote in message ...
> Hi Folks,
>
> This is a weird one. I had to reinstall WinME on a Gateway system for a
> friend. Problem is the mouse has stopped working.
>
> The System:
>
> Gateway Pentium III 633 Mhz
>
> Its one of those computers that only has USB ports, so the keyboard plugs
> into the USB and the mouse plugs into the USB port on the keyboard.
>
> The mouse works in DOS and it works in WinME safe mode.
>
> I have tried removing the USB Host Controller and Root Hub and
> restarting - the interesting thing here is that when I restart WinME
> before it gets around to detecting the USB Host Controller the mouse
> works!!!
>
> The USB host controller appears to be on a Intel 82801AA Chip.
>
> The mouse works ok on another computer and other mice work ok on the USB
> ports.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
>
> -Al
>
>

[Al]

Yep - removed the lot (although their were no mice anyway)

-Al


"Noel Paton" > wrote in message
...
> When you removed the USB Controllers, did you also remove the Mice?? - try
> it again, while in Safe Mode, removing ALL Mice found.
>
>
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>
> "Al" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> This is a weird one. I had to reinstall WinME on a Gateway system for a
>> friend. Problem is the mouse has stopped working.
>>
>> The System:
>>
>> Gateway Pentium III 633 Mhz
>>
>> Its one of those computers that only has USB ports, so the keyboard plugs
>> into the USB and the mouse plugs into the USB port on the keyboard.
>>
>> The mouse works in DOS and it works in WinME safe mode.
>>
>> I have tried removing the USB Host Controller and Root Hub and
>> restarting - the interesting thing here is that when I restart WinME
>> before it gets around to detecting the USB Host Controller the mouse
>> works!!!
>>
>> The USB host controller appears to be on a Intel 82801AA Chip.
>>
>> The mouse works ok on another computer and other mice work ok on the USB
>> ports.
>>
>> Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
>>
>> -Al
>>
>>
>
>
>

[Noel Paton]

.....but did you do it while in Safe Mode?? - that's important, as many times
screwed driver installs will only show up there.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Al" > wrote in message ...
> Yep - removed the lot (although their were no mice anyway)
>
> -Al
>
>
> "Noel Paton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> When you removed the USB Controllers, did you also remove the Mice?? -
>> try
>> it again, while in Safe Mode, removing ALL Mice found.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>>
>> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>>
>> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>>
>> "Al" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> This is a weird one. I had to reinstall WinME on a Gateway system for a
>>> friend. Problem is the mouse has stopped working.
>>>
>>> The System:
>>>
>>> Gateway Pentium III 633 Mhz
>>>
>>> Its one of those computers that only has USB ports, so the keyboard
>>> plugs
>>> into the USB and the mouse plugs into the USB port on the keyboard.
>>>
>>> The mouse works in DOS and it works in WinME safe mode.
>>>
>>> I have tried removing the USB Host Controller and Root Hub and
>>> restarting - the interesting thing here is that when I restart WinME
>>> before it gets around to detecting the USB Host Controller the mouse
>>> works!!!
>>>
>>> The USB host controller appears to be on a Intel 82801AA Chip.
>>>
>>> The mouse works ok on another computer and other mice work ok on the USB
>>> ports.
>>>
>>> Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
>>>
>>> -Al
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

[Andrew Murray]

did you install drivers for the Mouse? (if its Microsoft Intellimouse,
there's a whole heap of software that goes with it).

"Al" > wrote in message ...
> Hi Folks,
>
> This is a weird one. I had to reinstall WinME on a Gateway system for a
> friend. Problem is the mouse has stopped working.
>
> The System:
>
> Gateway Pentium III 633 Mhz
>
> Its one of those computers that only has USB ports, so the keyboard plugs
> into the USB and the mouse plugs into the USB port on the keyboard.
>
> The mouse works in DOS and it works in WinME safe mode.
>
> I have tried removing the USB Host Controller and Root Hub and
> restarting - the interesting thing here is that when I restart WinME
> before it gets around to detecting the USB Host Controller the mouse
> works!!!
>
> The USB host controller appears to be on a Intel 82801AA Chip.
>
> The mouse works ok on another computer and other mice work ok on the USB
> ports.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
>
> -Al
>
>