# Way to go, Microsoft... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247 "2007-10-02T13:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247/1 "2007-10-02T13:26:04Z")
I just got a new wireless keyboard/mouse combo, and the software bundled with it didn’t include the right driver version for the mouse. :rolleyes: Not that big a deal - 5 minutes worth of searching/downloading/setup - but still, it seems like a significant oversight to me. Then again, this _is_ Microsoft we’re talking about here. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247/2 "2007-10-02T13:33:01Z")
You had to install a driver for your mouse? I haven’t had to do that since Windows 3.1–I assume it’s one of those enhanced button things where it lets you do fancy-schmancy input remapping? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247/3 "2007-10-02T14:10:16Z")
First off, you shouldn’t have to install the software at all. It shoudl normally pop up automatically. They include it for extras. Second, what kind of mouse did you get? I haven’t heard of any similar problem with MS mice. I have one myself and it worked fine. I certainly haven’t heard of any mispackaging. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247/4 "2007-10-02T14:35:01Z")
The mouse is “Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000”. Yes, it is a fancy-schmancy mouse with the extra buttons and so on. Default mouse drivers did _not_ include this particular mouse driver, so I picked a couple that were close and experienced mildly annoying issues with the mouse (but no show stoppers). I worked for a day with the ‘close but no cigar’ mouse drivers and then switched this morning. Bah. I’ve tried the wireless mouse & keyboard in the past and haven’t been happy with them. I thought maybe in the two years since the last try they had improved. Lookin’ like maybe not. I’m starting to think about going back to the wires. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247/5 "2007-10-02T15:45:30Z")
\ I had the same thing happen with my Logitech wireless mouse/keyboard. So do I get to make a thread blasting Logitech for their buginess? For what it’s worth, I couldn’t find _any_ drivers that would work. So I’m just using the generic mouse drivers and giving up on the fancy schmancy controls. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247/6 "2007-10-02T15:55:54Z")
What are these ‘driver’ things of which you speak? ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-go-microsoft/421247/7 "2007-10-02T15:59:33Z")
Ahh, the “Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000”. a wonderful device, when it works. Mine didn’t have the right drivers, and it reacted badly with one of my lights in my office. When I replaced the light, the mouse worked. A little. Then it decided that 11:00 PM was an excellent time to become confused. It would stop working from 11:00-11:25 every night. Then it finally, after replacing the entire PC, went “OK, I like this PC better. I’ll work now!” I like the mouse, once it finally worked.