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What the heck did HP do to my computer and its mouse???

Posted: 10-15-2005, 05:44 AM
Citizen Kane
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I have an HP PSC 1315v All-in-One scanner/copier/printer bought brand new
from Wal-Mart about six months ago.

Everything was working fine. Good quality, scanner okay, etc.

I went online, downloaded two updates for drivers, and now my mouse freezes
up at random. When it is finally able to move again, I get those two
musical baritone sounds as if the printer had been turned off and then
turned on again. Except the printer has been both disconnected AND turned
off when this has happened. I know, because those were two of the first
things I tried.

I've got a white adapter connecting both the mouse and the printer cable to
the USB port. However, yesterday the printer was pulled out of the adapter,
and yet my mouse STILL froze up at random and generated the two tones upon
"waking up" again. Mind you, this isn't where it freezes up and it's dead.
It's freezing up for maybe 2-5 seconds, then is fine again. Problem is it's
doing this at random and I'm at my wit's end for causes or fixes. I know it
has SOMETHING to do with the printer because it gives those tones associated
with it; I'm wondering if the driver updates that I downloaded did something
to it. I'm going to defrag & Nortonize the hard drive Saturday evening, but
I do that once a week for regular maintaince anyway -- it's just that I'm
wondering if that would have any effect.

What the hell has HP done to my mouse?


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Plato
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Re: What the heck did HP do to my computer and its mouse???
Posted: 10-15-2005, 05:56 AM
Citizen Kane wrote:
>
> I have an HP PSC 1315v All-in-One scanner/copier/printer bought brand new
> from Wal-Mart about six months ago.
>
> Everything was working fine. Good quality, scanner okay, etc.
>
> I went online, downloaded two updates for drivers, and now my mouse freezes
> up at random. When it is finally able to move again, I get those two
Your mistake was updating drivers for a pc that was working fine. Please
explain in detail why you would do such?


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RonK
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Re: What the heck did HP do to my computer and its mouse???
Posted: 10-15-2005, 05:59 AM
Do a system restore to a point before you updated the drivers.
Remember - if it ain't broke - don't fix it. Sometimes newer drivers can
conflict and cause those types of problems.


"Citizen Kane" <nothinghere@changed.my.address.due.to.a.moron.tro ll.invalid>
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>I have an HP PSC 1315v All-in-One scanner/copier/printer bought brand new
> from Wal-Mart about six months ago.
>
> Everything was working fine. Good quality, scanner okay, etc.
>
> I went online, downloaded two updates for drivers, and now my mouse
> freezes
> up at random. When it is finally able to move again, I get those two
> musical baritone sounds as if the printer had been turned off and then
> turned on again. Except the printer has been both disconnected AND turned
> off when this has happened. I know, because those were two of the first
> things I tried.
>
> I've got a white adapter connecting both the mouse and the printer cable
> to
> the USB port. However, yesterday the printer was pulled out of the
> adapter,
> and yet my mouse STILL froze up at random and generated the two tones upon
> "waking up" again. Mind you, this isn't where it freezes up and it's
> dead.
> It's freezing up for maybe 2-5 seconds, then is fine again. Problem is
> it's
> doing this at random and I'm at my wit's end for causes or fixes. I know
> it
> has SOMETHING to do with the printer because it gives those tones
> associated
> with it; I'm wondering if the driver updates that I downloaded did
> something
> to it. I'm going to defrag & Nortonize the hard drive Saturday evening,
> but
> I do that once a week for regular maintaince anyway -- it's just that I'm
> wondering if that would have any effect.
>
> What the hell has HP done to my mouse?
>
>

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Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]
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Re: What the heck did HP do to my computer and its mouse???
Posted: 10-15-2005, 06:06 AM
If they were printer drivers, this article might be useful:

http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
My Printer only prints part of a page (corrupted printer drivers)

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"Citizen Kane" <nothinghere@changed.my.address.due.to.a.moron.tro ll.invalid>
wrote in message news:a21b9$43508939$a66659a6$24309@ALLTEL.NET...
> I have an HP PSC 1315v All-in-One scanner/copier/printer bought brand new
> from Wal-Mart about six months ago.
>
> Everything was working fine. Good quality, scanner okay, etc.
>
> I went online, downloaded two updates for drivers, and now my mouse
freezes
> up at random. When it is finally able to move again, I get those two
> musical baritone sounds as if the printer had been turned off and then
> turned on again. Except the printer has been both disconnected AND turned
> off when this has happened. I know, because those were two of the first
> things I tried.
>
> I've got a white adapter connecting both the mouse and the printer cable
to
> the USB port. However, yesterday the printer was pulled out of the
adapter,
> and yet my mouse STILL froze up at random and generated the two tones upon
> "waking up" again. Mind you, this isn't where it freezes up and it's
dead.
> It's freezing up for maybe 2-5 seconds, then is fine again. Problem is
it's
> doing this at random and I'm at my wit's end for causes or fixes. I know
it
> has SOMETHING to do with the printer because it gives those tones
associated
> with it; I'm wondering if the driver updates that I downloaded did
something
> to it. I'm going to defrag & Nortonize the hard drive Saturday evening,
but
> I do that once a week for regular maintaince anyway -- it's just that I'm
> wondering if that would have any effect.
>
> What the hell has HP done to my mouse?
>
>

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Dave Lear
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Re: What the heck did HP do to my computer and its mouse???
Posted: 10-15-2005, 01:02 PM
"Citizen Kane" wrote in message
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> Everything was working fine.
> [ SNIP ]
So why did you alter the drivers?

Assuming you're using WinXP...

START

RUN

DEVMGMT.MSC

Select the device whose drivers you upgraded, e.g. your mouse

From the Action menu choose Properties

Select the Driver tab and click Roll Back Driver

This will get you back to the previously selected driver(s)


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Richard Urban
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Re: What the heck did HP do to my computer and its mouse???
Posted: 10-15-2005, 04:17 PM
You don't want to "parallel" two devices into one port. HP did nothing to
your mouse. YOU did! Each device must be plugged into it's own port. Don't
be cheap. Buy an add-in USB 2.0 adapter card and get 4-5 additional ports to
use.

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"Citizen Kane" <nothinghere@changed.my.address.due.to.a.moron.tro ll.invalid>
wrote in message news:a21b9$43508939$a66659a6$24309@ALLTEL.NET...
>I have an HP PSC 1315v All-in-One scanner/copier/printer bought brand new
> from Wal-Mart about six months ago.
>
> Everything was working fine. Good quality, scanner okay, etc.
>
> I went online, downloaded two updates for drivers, and now my mouse
> freezes
> up at random. When it is finally able to move again, I get those two
> musical baritone sounds as if the printer had been turned off and then
> turned on again. Except the printer has been both disconnected AND turned
> off when this has happened. I know, because those were two of the first
> things I tried.
>
> I've got a white adapter connecting both the mouse and the printer cable
> to
> the USB port. However, yesterday the printer was pulled out of the
> adapter,
> and yet my mouse STILL froze up at random and generated the two tones upon
> "waking up" again. Mind you, this isn't where it freezes up and it's
> dead.
> It's freezing up for maybe 2-5 seconds, then is fine again. Problem is
> it's
> doing this at random and I'm at my wit's end for causes or fixes. I know
> it
> has SOMETHING to do with the printer because it gives those tones
> associated
> with it; I'm wondering if the driver updates that I downloaded did
> something
> to it. I'm going to defrag & Nortonize the hard drive Saturday evening,
> but
> I do that once a week for regular maintaince anyway -- it's just that I'm
> wondering if that would have any effect.
>
> What the hell has HP done to my mouse?
>
>

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