Microsoft wheel mouse (optical) has no pointer

[girl_downunder]

Thanks for that- still battling the dreaded "came from northern hemisphere" cold, atm...

What is it you believe to have changed from 1.0.4/6 to 1.0.8/2.0?  I'm still thinking about the video card cause being the trouble. It's just odd that it would show as a mouse pointer issue. I'm curious how something like a mouse could go so wrong & be connected to video?  Unless it's something to do with the USB in general for certain attached devices...hmm. Maybe I should try some other USB stuff, like cams, etc. Or am I totally off here?

Any chance a BIOS update would make any diff? Prob not, but figured I'd ask.

Lastly, any security issues sticking what the old version?

Ta.