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CloudWatcher

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6. It might be a Bluetooth Mouse

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 9, 2022, 01:27 PM

Apr 2022

Newer mice these days use BlueTooth and assume your computer has BlueTooth built-in. So ... no USB receiver to plug in. It's both nice and awful. Nice that there's not an additional component, awful in that initial setup can be tricky without a wired mouse.

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Help me, Technoids! [View all] Bayard Apr 2022 OP

There should be a tiny USB stub to put in a usb port. Check the box. N/T applegrove Apr 2022 #1

Also check the battery compartment of the mouse lapfog_1 Apr 2022 #2

Lapfog my dear Bayard Apr 2022 #7

It might be a Bluetooth Mouse CloudWatcher Apr 2022 #6

I had a similar problem and this worked for me. NCjack Apr 2022 #3

You might Timewas Apr 2022 #4

Used wired mouse can be at resale shops Tetrachloride Apr 2022 #5

Glad it's working canetoad Apr 2022 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2022 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Yonnie3 Jun 2022 #10