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My mouse no longer works on this OS. Need help identifying issue
Hello all, I'm new at the forums, and I have an issue I'm hoping you can help me solve.
I have a cheap USB Gigaware mouse from radioshack that stopped working out of nowhere a few days ago. It may not sound strange but here's some interesting details:
I am running seven on my imac, and whenever I boot in the mac partition, the mouse works fine (same USB slot). But in windows as soon as it boots (or plug in the mouse) I get the small bubble notification saying that the computer found a new USB device (even though I've been using it for months now) and then gives me a new notification to tell me it's installed. However, the mouse does not respond to any input (no movement or clicking). After that, Windows proceeds to make the "new hardware is found" sound over and over again with 1-2 minute intervals. So I know the mouse is working, and it must be a software related issue.
I thought it might be a driver issue so I tried using the System Preparation Tool 3.14 (as directed in this guide Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer) hoping to reset some drivers to default and that it would fix the issue, to no avail. Also I have tried doing a Repair install but an error will not allow me to do so.
So does anyone have any idea why a mouse that works fine would stop working all of a sudden?