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No mouse arrow & in safe mode
Name: Vicious Voodoo Date: February 1, 2005 at 09:58:55 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: Compaq
Comment:
Im in Safe Mode when the computer comes on and there is no mouse arrow.Please help.
Name: JackG Date: February 1, 2005 at 10:29:50 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have a USB attached mouse? And do you have USB support enabled in BIOS Setup so the USB mouse can work in Safe Mode where Windows 32 bit drivers are not loaded to support USB devices?
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Response Number 2
Name: Vicious Voodoo Date: February 2, 2005 at 09:35:33 Pacific
Reply:
I only know the basics about computers.I was able to do a spyware scan and found several parasites in the registry.Could this be the problem.Thanks for the help.
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Response Number 3
Name: leo8888 Date: February 2, 2005 at 11:57:13 Pacific
Reply:
this is a very common scenario, since "safe mode" is meant for troubleshooting and many mice will not work in safe mode you should really learn all the keyboard shortcuts you might need, like "ctrl-esc" to bring up the start menu. You can find all the keyboard shortcuts you should ever need just searching with google. Good luck.
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