Dell 4600 ignores all mice 1

[Odyssey]

My very responsible 22 year old daughter was using my XP Home computer in her own user account and shopping on a well known site when the optical mouse froze. I have unplugged and replugged it and replaced it with a known good mouse, also re-started in safe mode, all for naught!

The cursor is firmly planted in the middle of the screen and refuses to budge.

What might account for this? TIA

 

[electronicsfreak]

Try uninstalling it from device manager then restart. See if that fixes it.

 

[Odyssey]

Thanks for yours. Tried a USB mouse which worked OK, tried rebooting with the other ps2 mouse which also worked (didn't reboot with alternate mouse yesterday), so it seems the original mouse is a dead duck. ;<)

Thanks again