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   From: deadmailbox@beeb.net   
      
   My father has a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop and the USB mouse was working fine   
   until he unwisely re-ran Windows Setup on his machine, which seems to have   
   stopped the mouse working.  The USB ports seem to detect all other types of   
   USB device, but not any sort of USB mouse.  The machine's built-in trackpad   
   still works, and because it's a Dell there is no way of de-activating the   
   trackpad. We have of course tried uninstalling and reinstalling the mouse   
   software driver but it makes no difference.  The computer does not notice   
   when you plug in a USB mouse.   
      
   I suppose it might be a registry error of some kind. Anyone have any   
   suggestions, other than formatting the drive and doing a clean Windows   
   reinstall?   
      
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