On 23 Aug 2004 at 22:37, Giz Bowe wrote: > At 05:03 PM 8/23/04, you wrote: > >On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: > > > > > One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse > > > >Wait until the batteries start to run out. > > > >Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. > > > >More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse > >for very long, because the batteries run out so quickly, and start > >causing unreliability of the mouse pointer so soon that it's just too > >annoying to deal with. > > Sure, it's annoying when the batteries run out, but just change 'em! > I've actually had quite good luck with a Microsoft Optical Mouse -- > works like it's supposed to, and the batteries last at least 8 weeks > and more. It seems I've only changed them about 4 or 5 times in the 20 > months I've had it -- got it for Xmas 2002. My buddy, however, had > problems with his mouse, which were solved when he upgraded his > computer.
Do you have a wireless network? If so, the batteries run out much, much more quickly. And it doesn't even have to be *your* wireless network -- any WiFi network in the same area can interfere enough to cause problems. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale