HP Wireless Mouse Does Not Appear in Device Manager

The mouse works, but I di not see it in Device Manager. How do I know
that it is using the drivers I just installed???

On 11/19/2014 7:00 PM, Alek Trishan wrote:
The mouse works, but I di not see it in Device Manager. How do I know
that it is using the drivers I just installed???

What drivers did you install?
It maybe seen as a generic input device, and the "Driver"
not really a true driver.

Alek Trishan wrote:

The mouse works, but I di not see it in Device Manager. How do I know
that it is using the drivers I just installed???

Okay, we have to assume some missing information: the mouse is plugged
into a USB port. If so, you'll see the mouse listed as a "HID (Human
Interface Device) compatible mouse" in Device Manager. Your mouse is
using the driver already included in Windows. Only if it were using its
own special driver might it get its own device name. None of the
ancilliary software (key macro, button remapping, etc) is going to be
listed in the Device Manager. For that, look in the Add/Remove Programs
applet in Control Panel.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:15:28 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

Alek Trishan wrote:

The mouse works, but I di not see it in Device Manager. How do I know
that it is using the drivers I just installed???

Okay, we have to assume some missing information: the mouse is plugged
into a USB port. If so, you'll see the mouse listed as a "HID (Human
Interface Device) compatible mouse" in Device Manager. Your mouse is
using the driver already included in Windows. Only if it were using its
own special driver might it get its own device name. None of the
ancilliary software (key macro, button remapping, etc) is going to be
listed in the Device Manager. For that, look in the Add/Remove Programs
applet in Control Panel.

No, the dongle is plugged in to a USB port.

I downloaded the driver from HP and installed it. It is listed in
Programs and Features.

On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:53:19 -0500, Alek Trishan wrote:

On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:15:28 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

Alek Trishan wrote:

The mouse works, but I di not see it in Device Manager. How do I know
that it is using the drivers I just installed???

Okay, we have to assume some missing information: the mouse is plugged
into a USB port. If so, you'll see the mouse listed as a "HID (Human
Interface Device) compatible mouse" in Device Manager. Your mouse is
using the driver already included in Windows. Only if it were using its
own special driver might it get its own device name. None of the
ancilliary software (key macro, button remapping, etc) is going to be
listed in the Device Manager. For that, look in the Add/Remove Programs
applet in Control Panel.

No, the dongle is plugged in to a USB port.

I downloaded the driver from HP and installed it. It is listed in
Programs and Features.

To the system, that makes the mouse the same as a USB mouse. My cordless
mouse and KB show up as HID devices as we speak.

Sometimes I think of cordless USB connections as invisible USB cables.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Alek Trishan wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

Alek Trishan wrote:

The mouse works, but I di not see it in Device Manager. How do I
know that it is using the drivers I just installed???

Okay, we have to assume some missing information: the mouse is
plugged into a USB port.

No, the dongle is plugged in to a USB port.

Oh, so you agree with my assumption (rather than "No" meaning you
disagree). If the mouse uses a dongle, the mouse has logic inside to
detect which hardware protocol is in use. The mouse can be either PS/2
or USB. Mice that don't include a dongle can be used on only one port
type: USB or PS/2 but only one of those. Adding a dongle won't
magically add logic inside the mouse to make it understand both hardware
protocols.

So you have a mouse (with a dongle) that is plugged into a USB port.
That was my assumption.

I downloaded the driver from HP and installed it. It is listed in
Programs and Features.

That doesn't mean HP is using their own custom driver. They can easily
using the USB mouse driver already included in Windows. What you see in
the Add/Remove Programs is their ancilliary software (i.e., all the
fluff software they include with their mouse to enhance functionality).
The mouse doesn't need all that. Just plugging the mouse into the USB
port (or PS/2 port if you have one and the mouse has the logic to
support that hardware protocol) is all you need for the basic functions
of the mouse.

If so, you'll see the mouse listed as a "HID (Human Interface Device)
compatible mouse" in Device Manager.

You don't see a PS/2 mouse listed because, well, you're not using a PS/2
port. You're using a USB port for the mouse. Did you see a HID mouse
listed in Device Manager?