Tip #2746 - Sleeping Mice
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Sleeping
Mice
Do you use a wireless
mouse? If so, do you have problems with it falling asleep on you? Are
you still not sure what I mean? Well, sometimes wireless mice go into
a "sleep" mode and you just have to give it a quick tug for
it to wake back up.
Some wireless mice
are programmed to go into the sleep mode after approximately eight minutes
of non-use. So, if you leave your computer for more than eight minutes,
you will probably come back to a sleeping mouse. The main reason they
do this is to save some battery life while you're not using it. Some common
brand names that are known to have mice like this are Memorex and Logitech.
When you get back
to your computer, you may see the mouse pointer on your screen, but you'll
notice that it doesn't move at first. You either have to jerk it awake
by moving your mouse back and forth quickly or sometimes, if you just
give it a quick click, it will turn back to a working condition. That's
easy enough, right?
It may be a little
annoying, but hey, you gotta look at the positive, it saves you battery
power in the end! You can't complain about that, now can you?! Also, keep
in mind that this doesn't happen to every wireless mouse, so you may have
lucked out and got one that doesn't, but if yours does, you know how to
bring it back to life now!
~ Erin
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