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| I aquired a Gateway desktop; help! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 5 2007, 08:27 PM (113 Views) | |
| 8247 | Sep 5 2007, 08:27 PM Post #1 |
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It didnt have a mouse with it, so I bought an optical mouse. It lights up when it is plugged in, but I get no pointer on the screen. If I bought a cheap old ball mouse, do you think it would help or do you think there is something else going on? It runs Windows ME. I really only want to use it for storing photos, and playing music, so buying Windows XP or Vista is out of the question. |
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| captain_proton_au | Sep 5 2007, 08:48 PM Post #2 |
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I have no idea about the licensing for Photoshop Pro, so i dont know if bootleg copies are available from bittorrent, which is why I'm suggesting the following: Sounds like an opportune time to give Linux & The GIMP a test run, if your just going to use it to store photos. As a pro photographer, probably time to really get into either Photoshop or The Gimp, but as I said, if you already have Photoshop, forget about it. As for the mouse, you need to install the driver And check the USB port is working & detected |
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| 8247 | Sep 5 2007, 08:52 PM Post #3 |
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I have Photoshop CS2. Any photoshopping will be done on my laptop. Also, it didnt have a USB plugin. It is the standard green mouse plug in. But, I will look for the driver on Download.com, and put it on a CD, and load it onto the desktop. The mouse didnt come with a driver disk. |
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| captain_proton_au | Sep 5 2007, 08:54 PM Post #4 |
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^^^ A non USB optical mouse? |
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| 8247 | Sep 5 2007, 08:58 PM Post #5 |
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^^ Believe it or not, yes. |
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| 8247 | Sep 5 2007, 09:19 PM Post #6 |
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Found the driver, and put it on a disk...tried to install it, and nothing happened. Guess I need to spend $20 for a recovery CD from Gateway. So, $20 for the recovery CD, and $13 for the mouse, I've spent a total of $33 on this computer. |
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| Hoss | Sep 6 2007, 07:30 AM Post #7 |
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You really need something more recent than ME that has some decent plug-and-play features. You could try ubuntu. |
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| captain_proton_au | Sep 6 2007, 11:50 AM Post #8 |
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Get a new mouse |
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