Cursor frozen



I recently reformatted the C drive on an older desktop computer that
had slowed down because of an accumulation of spyware. Windows 98 was
reinstalled and everything worked fine for a few days and then on a recent
boot up the cursor froze and remains that way. There was no connection made
to the internet prior to the freeze and only a few basic programs were
loaded. The mouse on this machine is a serial mouse and I suspected that the
mouse might have become defective. This machine has only a serial connection
for a mouse. So I used a connector that converts a PS2 connection to a
serial connection with a PS2 mouse in order to use a different mouse. The
cursor is still frozen even with a different mouse. I also get a message on
boot up instructing me to install a PS2 mouse. This message appeared even
before I used the PS2 mouse. How do I solve this problem.

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Joseph Childs (jchilds1@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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  • Re: Cursor frozen
    ... > I recently reformatted the C drive on an older desktop computer ... > This machine has only a serial connection for a mouse. ... > a PS2 mouse in order to use a different mouse. ...
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  • Re: Cursor frozen
    ... Unfortunately unless the mouse itself supports PS2 to serial conversion, just using an adapter won't get the job done. ... Windows 98 was reinstalled and everything worked fine for a few days and then on a recent boot up the cursor froze and remains that way. ... There was no connection made to the internet prior to the freeze and only a few basic programs were loaded. ... I also get a message on boot up instructing me to install a PS2 mouse. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: PS2 online
    ... Routers arte great for a network set-up, but if you just want to split your connection between PC and PS2, to save hot swapping the cable each time you flit between PC and PS2, then a switch would be ideal. ... tim economic-truth.co.uk ...
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