See How To Troubleshoot PC Mouse Problems Fast

Written by Otis F. Cooper


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A corrupt device driver can also causerepparttar mouse to misbehaveCheckrepparttar 107714 device driver by openingrepparttar 107715 Control Panel,and openrepparttar 107716 System folder.

Selectrepparttar 107717 device driver tab and userepparttar 107718 down arrow key to scroll down torepparttar 107719 mouse.Expandrepparttar 107720 mouse to see ifrepparttar 107721 driver is installed.

If you see a yellow icon,the mouse has a problem and you can try to re-installrepparttar 107722 device driver.First uninstallrepparttar 107723 mouse from Windows and rebootrepparttar 107724 PC.

Afterrepparttar 107725 system reboots,the operating system will findrepparttar 107726 mouse and re-installrepparttar 107727 driver.If you have a wireless or USB mouse,re-installingrepparttar 107728 special software may be in order.

A misbehaving mouse may occur when you install another device on your system.If this happens,the mouse and new device may be conflicting with each other by usingrepparttar 107729 same address.

Unplug any hardware you installed and uninstall any software recently installed.See ifrepparttar 107730 mouse operates properly.

Userepparttar 107731 System Restore utility to set your computer back to a time whenrepparttar 107732 mouse was working as it should.The Registry can berepparttar 107733 culprit ofrepparttar 107734 mouse behaving badly.

You can connect your mouse to another computer to verify it is bad.Ifrepparttar 107735 mouse works on another system,checkrepparttar 107736 problems mentioned inrepparttar 107737 PC's operating system.

MAINTAINING YOUR MOUSE

To keeprepparttar 107738 mouse performing at its very best,you should takerepparttar 107739 time to cleanrepparttar 107740 components of your mouse.Regularly cleanrepparttar 107741 mouse ,both inside and out.

Cleanrepparttar 107742 outside ofrepparttar 107743 mouse with rubbing alcohol. This solution is best since it does not leave any residue.Takerepparttar 107744 time to clean a small area first,to to certain any damage torepparttar 107745 plastic will not occur.

The components insiderepparttar 107746 mouse to be cleaned arerepparttar 107747 Rollers, as well asrepparttar 107748 Ball.These two parts arerepparttar 107749 most important to be kept clean and always take great care in doing so.

Carefully take apartrepparttar 107750 mouse by turningrepparttar 107751 retaining ring counter clockwise to unlock it.Removerepparttar 107752 Ball and clean it with warm water and not alcohol.

The rollers insiderepparttar 107753 moise cavity can be cleaned with alcohol by dampening a Q Tip and wipingrepparttar 107754 rollers gently.

With clean hands,insertrepparttar 107755 ball back inrepparttar 107756 mouse and replacerepparttar 107757 retaining ring.Now enjoy your mouse and should it cause any problems,you're armed withrepparttar 107758 knowledge of how to diagnose and repair most problems

Otis F. Cooper is the author of the award winning PC Super Pack,the Computer Training By Video course.For hundreds more free PC repair tips,sign up for his bi-monthly newsletter and learn the PC free at http://www.ultimatepcrepair.com


How To Quickly Diagnose Those Sound Card Problems

Written by Otis F. Cooper


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Fourth...Before replacingrepparttar system unit cover, check and double check to see ifrepparttar 107713 card is fully inserted intorepparttar 107714 PCI Slot.

Its possiblerepparttar 107715 card may have crepted out of repparttar 107716 slot if it was not properly secured torepparttar 107717 case.

Fifth...After replacingrepparttar 107718 system unit cover, reconnecting all peripherals,and turning onrepparttar 107719 computer,click to openrepparttar 107720 Windows system folder.

See if there are problems withrepparttar 107721 device drivers which are small software used to allowrepparttar 107722 sound card to communicate torepparttar 107723 computer.

After you have performed these procedures andrepparttar 107724 sound card is not working at all,removerepparttar 107725 card fromrepparttar 107726 computer and try inserting in another system.

As a last resort,you maybe able to saverepparttar 107727 purchase of another card,when there was no need.

As with all components in your computer,don't delay too long in learning to identify every component.Go ahead,remove that system unit cover and studyrepparttar 107728 inside of your computer.

If you still hesitate to open your system,rush over to http://www.ultimatepcrepair.com/photos.html to see every component inrepparttar 107729 computer.It just may save you both time and money when you can identify each component and know what it takes to make repairs.

Otis F. Cooper is the author of the award winning PC Super Pack,the Computer Training By Video course.For hundreds more free PC repair tips,sign up for his bi-monthly newsletter and learn the PC free at http://www.ultimatepcrepair.com


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