Computer mouse doesnt work

Now the problem is my old mouse was acting up so what I did was I bought several different type of mouse brand new and corded. It says they have the installed hardware and is ready for use, but every single one doesnt even move the cursor at all. Can anyone help me and tell me what the problem and fix it. Yes i restarted the comp too after with each one.

Dell comp with window 7.

 

did you pull the sticker off the bottom?

 

very funny yes i did that

 

should work plug-n-play style... did it come w/ it's own driver?

 

Did you try multiple USB ports?

 

yes did all that

 

Hmmm...I'm stumped.
Try a hard shutdown?

 

what a hard shutdown? The only one that worked was the cordless that needs batteries and i dont want to keep on buying batteries.

 

Try restarting...if not, uninstall and reinstall drivers?

 

how do i uninstall the driver when it not there

 

I wonder if you may have deactivated the usb ports. Maybe go into properties of the computer and look for USB.

 

Bribe them with some cheese.

 

I jusr hooked up the cordless one and it works fine, but i wanna use the corded one cause the cordless one is glitchy

 

Computer mice shouldn't need any special drivers to work. Even if it has extra special function buttons, the standard functions should still work out of the box. Check your BIOS. You should have an option called "Legacy USB Support" or similar. Change it to "Auto" if it's not set to that.

 

BIOS?

 

BIOS stands for "basic input output system"... basically this is responsible for configuring your computer's onboard hardware (your disk drives, power, boot order, ports, etc.) The BIOS runs everytime your start your PC or restart it, ..it runs prior to the OS (operating system; Windows, etc.) loading...

you can enter your BIOS as your computer goes through a startup or restart, ...usually, when this occurs, you'll see a black screen w/ a generic looking logo, that appears for a few seconds before your OS starts loading... This is the window of opportunity for you to enter the BIOS if you want to make changes to the hardware configuration/behavior...

to enter your BIOS, you generally need to hit a certain key during this period before the OS loads... the key depends on the motherboard manufacture, i believe, ...but in most cases it's <F2> key... be careful if you make changes in there, ...if you do you have to make sure they get "saved", and then have it reboot... when it reboots, let the OS load up, and it should be running under the updated configuration...

 

Did you plug it in the proper mouse port?

 

there only 4 ports man

 

another problem i am having is i have a few usb flash drives and only one reads and works on this comp now if i try to plug in another one it wont read it, but if i use it on my friend comp iit will read it. What can cause this problem? I also tried to update the driver that didnt work. It says something like there no driver.

 

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