Losing My Mouse !

[mikey4444]

If I just put the PC to sleep at night, and then wake it up in the morning, I sometimes find I am losing my mouse. Everything else is OK, but the mouse doesn't seem to work.

I then have to turn the PC off and on again, and all is OK.

What is going on please ?

[Old_Geezer]

Are you feeding it properly ? Maybe it's on strike for proper Cheddar.
Sorry, no sensible ideas on your technical problem. Have you checked whether it also occurs to your spare mouse ?

[Jackdaw33]

Is it a wireless mouse? I'll think you'll find that if so it also goes to sleep. Just a left click will waken it up.

[Old_Geezer]

I assumed corded. Wireless may have battery issues.

[mikey4444]

No, its a wireless mouse. Batteries seem OK although I will change them today, just in case. But I can't wake the mouse up by switching it on and off, or by pressing the left or right buttons....only by switching the PC off and on again.

[Jackdaw33]

Odd. Mine goes dormant if not used for 8 minutes but a swift left click galvanises it into action.

[Old_Geezer]

Sounds like the transmitter plugged into the PC is losing contact,which is why I thought, batteries. Does pressing the button (if it has one) on that help, possible the same time as you press the one on the mouse ? Cycling the PC's power kicks the transmitter into looking for a mouse again, as it boots up.

[Bertrum]

Check the properties of the mouse
Control Panel
Mouse
Properties
Check “Allow this device to wake the computer”

[Hopkirk]

Try pulling the little receiver out of the USB socket, and reinserting it.

[mikey4444]

Bertrum....I can't find that option anywhere within my Control Panel. I have now changed the battery...lets see if that fixes this problem.

( since our new AB format, I am using the scroll facility more often that I used to do )

[Bertrum]

Depending on which operating system you are using it may be a few more clicks to find it
Control Panel
Mouse
Hardware
Properties
Change Settings
Power Management

If you are using Windows 10 you can use
Settings
Devices
Mouse & Touchpad
Additional Mouse Options
Hardware
Properties
Change Settings
Power Management
But it may mean it simply doesn't support Wake features