No mouse (and/or keyboard) in Vista after installing updates released April 9, 2008

[Don Sweey]

I've lost my mouse in Vista Ultimate (I'm using XP at the moment) but am off to try this fix in a moment. If anyone else comes across similar issues (loses one but not both), hopefully this will help:



Hi,
try this... (for me it`s working)

go to device manager and go to the properties of the unknown device. then click update driver.

click on install manually

next you need to browse to this place

C:\Windows\System32\DriverStor e\FileRepository\

then find the folder that begins with msmouse open then select this folder

in the text box it would look something like

C:\Windows\System32\DriverStor e\FileRepository\msmouse.inf_{ Some Id Here}

{ Some Id Here } being the id for your computer

then click next / install

Tomas Pflanzer
http://mstom.blogspot.com/

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3151860&SiteID=17

EDIT:

Mwahaha it didn't work for me :huh:

However, if you go into the Device Manager and delete the "Unknown Device" which used to be your mouse, it will revert back to the mouse working and Vista asking you to search for a driver for your "unknown device" (the working mouse). Just click "Ask me again later" and you're good to go.

Microsoft, fix please.

[Jesus]

I'm not going SP1 until this is fixed. I can't be arsed to do this shit.

[Don Sweey]

Jesus it wasn't SP1. I've been using SP1 since it came out and its fine. This was part of the updates released by Microsoft on the date specified.

[Jesus]

Okay then. I'll need to get hold of it then, sooner or later.