I had a Logitech optical mouse connected via USB. I started having problems with the driver loading on startup, i.e., I was unable to move the mouse pointer. Usually a reboot or two would solve the problem. I downloaded the newest drivers, but still had the same problem.
I thought maybe XP just doesn’t like Logitech, so I went out and bought a Microsoft optical mouse and connected to a USB port. I’m having the same problems, with an additional glitch: when the screen goes into powersave for more than a few minutes, the mouse goes dead. I hit a keyboard key, and the screen comes back up and the mouse operates. Until the last time. Frozen like last year’s salmon.
Any thoughts on how to debug this? Thanks.