# Of WindowsXP and a mouse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035 "2004-01-06T16:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/1 "2004-01-06T16:57:34Z")
So, I finally bit the bullet yesterday, and upgraded my home computer to WinXP, so that I could use various new gadgets (such as my phone, my printer and my digital camera) with my computer. The installation went smoothly, and I have a lovely WinXP installation now. My phone can talk to my computer, my digital camera can talk to my computer, the printer can now finally use the USB port as opposed to the LPT port. Sounds rosy and wonderful doesn’t it? Well, it is, apart from the fact that I’ve had to set all these devices up using my keyboard alone. WinXP totally refuses to acknowledge that my mouse exists. Its as if its sitting there, with its fingers in its ears, singing > [@](#): > > la la la. This mouse doesn’t exist Grrr… Silly XP. But, I have my revenge. I have bought a new mouse. A mouse, which hopefully WinXP will like and will want to play with. A girl can but hope… Sheesh…Technology eh? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/2 "2004-01-06T17:22:51Z")
And what was your old mouse? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/3 "2004-01-06T17:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by qts \* > \*\*And what was your old mouse? \*\* A PS/2 mouse made by a company called “Trekker”. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/4 "2004-01-06T17:45:47Z")
Ah, well, just feed it to the cat. Mice are classed as consumables around here. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/5 "2004-01-06T17:52:46Z")
Welcome to the _Upgrade Hell_! MUAHAHAHAHA! 😃 Sorry, it’s just that it’s always like this when upgrading Weendoze. I’d tell you to consider Linux but I know you already know it, and I’m sure you checked the compatibility. It’s gotten better, by the way - my mobile, organizer and camera work like a charm. Well, best of luck with the new OS… shudder 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/6 "2004-01-06T18:13:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Well, it is, apart from the fact that I’ve had to set all these devices up using my keyboard alone. > > Sheesh…Technology eh? \*\* _Back in the day_ when I started computers they didn’t have any rodents attached… Sheesh, kids these days… 😃 best of luck, is it USB? I just installed a new optical mouse on each of the daughters computers. I got tired of cleaning the rollers all the time, oldest girl got her video card upgraded too. I got a new ATI Radeon 9600XT 128DDR and she got my old GeForce2. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/7 "2004-01-06T20:38:12Z")
I’ve found XP to be pretty good, believe it or not. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/8 "2004-01-06T23:42:20Z")
When I went to XP, my computer decided my Logitech MouseMan+ was a simpler MS mouse. I even paid to download a new driver from Logitech, to no avail. The thumb button, which used to be a double-click, still doesn’t do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/9 "2004-01-07T09:01:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VenusProbe \* > \*\*_Back in the day_ when I started computers they didn’t have any rodents attached… > > Sheesh, kids these days… 😃 > \*\* Well, neither did my first computer, although I’m not quite as old as some of you here. 😛 It used tapes. 🙂 Well, didn’t get to try it yesterday, as I forgot the mouse in my office :smack: so, I shall try it tonight. Probably using the USB… ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/10 "2004-01-07T12:21:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AskNott \* > \*\* I even paid to download a new driver from Logitech, to no avail. The thumb button, which used to be a double-click, still doesn’t do anything. \*\* Paid? I always thought all of Logitech’s drivers were for free downloads. Still looks all free for me. From the homepage click on downloads and find you mouse and install. That’s what I did when I upgraded. It looks like Microsoft makes the Trekker mouse. If you do a google search for “trekker mouse downloads drivers” the third link (2nd at [koala.ilog.fr](http://koala.ilog.fr)) has a thread about the same problem and they say you need to instaln MS IntelliPoint. Here’s the 5.0 version for [XP](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=85d871bb-eebc-4e34-b87d-41e1a493965b&displaylang=en). Hopefully you can return the new mouse. Odd that they’d make it so hard for their own mouses. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/11 "2004-01-07T12:23:30Z")
Cool! I’ll take a look at that. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/12 "2004-01-07T13:10:29Z")
Paid? Remind me never to purchase a Logictech product. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-windowsxp-and-a-mouse/223035/13 "2004-01-07T16:12:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*Paid? > > Remind me never to purchase a Logictech product. \*\* I’ve owned Logitech products for years, I’ve never had to pay to download a driver. 😕