I don't normally shut my computer down when I have finished using it.
Instead, I have set it so that after a short period of non-use it goes
to sleep. Until recently, all I have had to do to wake it is waggle
the wireless mouse, wait a few seconds for the computer to wake up,
and after the login screen and box appears I log in. All this has
changed since the 1803 update.

Now, when I want to wake up the computer, I can waggle the mouse until
I am blue in the face and the only response is blinking green light
from the mouse as it tries to connect to its receiver. For variety the
mouse periodically blinks red, presumably telling me that the brand
new battery has been dragged down to a low voltage.

What I now have to do to wake up the computer is hit the space bar on
the keyboard (once will do) and wait for what now seems to be a
slightly longer term for the computer to start. Then the log in screen
pops up but without the log in box. What is worse is that the screen
has no cursor arrow with which to provoke the login. Fortunately,
hitting the space bar causes the login box to appear with a cursor bar
at a position which allows me to start typing. So I type in my
password, hit return and voila! The screens have pictures and icons
etc but still no cursor arrow. In the meantime the green light on the
mouse is going bonkers.

From this point I have tried all sorts of things in an attempt to
bring up the cursor arrow but without success. All that seems to work
is waiting for several minutes until the cursor arrow decides to
appear of its own accord, somewhere on the screen. There appears to be
no pattern in where it appears.

The wireless keyboard and mouse are a matched pair by Logitech. They
share a common receiver plugged into a USB port on one of my monitors
about 1 foot (30 cm) away. At first I thought it was a simple USB
problem but the fact that the keyboard is ready and waiting while the
mouse defies all attempts to make it work suggests it is something
which has changed in Windows settings which only affects the mouse.
I'm out of my depth in Windows at this level and I would be grateful
to anyone who can help me make my mouse to come to life as soon as I
waggle it.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens