Mouse stopped working

Hello, welcome to tenforums. Just wondering - do you use a mousemat? Sometimes mice used on the surface without a pad can have dodgy input. Eventually - if the surface gets too dirty the signal could even completely cut out. I understand this is unlikely but definitely worth checking out. Also, num lock can stop the mouse from working. This doesn't explain the slow dying out of course however. Also - you haven't made it clear, but are you using a dongle mouse or wired one? If it is dongle make sure it is fully charged etc...

Hope it helps

The surface is all important. For example, I'm travelling. A piece of white paper in a clear plastic envelope serves as temporary mouse mat. A plain hard white surface doesn't. Nor does a plain white sheet of paper. The light from the mouse needs to reflect from a surface and provide evidence of movement in the changes made.

Does the touchpad work?

raye321 said:

The touch pad does work. I have been using a mouse pad but still, working intermittently

I don't think the "arm" of a recliner qualifies as a reliable surface, with or without a mouse pad.
Does your mouse work on say... a flat table surface with a mouse pad?

raye321 said:

Still the same works intermittently

Try a different USB port... and check Device Manager for driver issues.

raye321 said:

, I haven't used a mouse mat. I didn't think it mattered.

That almost sounds like a dad joke - mat, mattered.

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Ghot said:

Try a different USB port... and check Device Manager for driver issues.

raye321 said:

I switched to other mice, tried other usb ports, updated the drivers etc. nothing works. Any ideas?

OP has done this (quoted from post #1)

If you boot to Safe Mode, do you see any difference?

And is at least one of the mice you've tried a wired mouse rather than e.g. Bluetooth?