A wireless keyboard and mouse can be a big source of convenience to work on a laptop or computer. However, installing wireless devices to your PC or laptop is not a straightforward task as it needs certain software configuration on your system.

Unlike wired mouse and keyboard, wireless keyboard and mouse will not receive power from the computer. They work on batteries in order to operate. So the very first thing to do is to know the location where these batteries need to be placed. Turn your wireless keyboard and mouse and you will find one compartment box. Upon removing the cover, you will find + and – points where you can place the batteries and can start using your wireless mouse and keyboard.

Once you are done with placing the batteries, next thing to do is find a comfortable place where you can place both wireless mouse and keyboard. Make sure that the place that you select for mouse and keyboard should be close to the wireless receiver that you will attach to your computer system.

After finding an appropriate place for wireless keyboard and mouse, install the software using CD that you will get with wireless keyboard and mouse. Important point to note is that if you are having Windows XP installed on your PC then there is no need of installing any additional software. Simply plug-in the wireless receiver and it will recognize the new hardware attached to the computer that is the wireless mouse and keyboard. However if you are using an older version of Windows Operating System, you have to install the software that can be done by inserting the CD in the CD ROM and following the simple instructions.

Once you complete installation, next step is to connect the wireless receiver to your computer system, but in this case too you have to check for the Windows operating system. If you have latest version of Windows operating system you can plug in the receiver in your computer and it will start sending and receiving signals from keyboard and mouse but if you are using old version of Windows, then you have to you need to connect wireless mouse and keyboard to receiver via USB cable. Once the receiver configures the mouse and keyboard, you will see one message on the screen like “The new hardware is installed and ready to use”. This message indicates that you can start using your wireless mouse and keyboard. Make sure that wireless receiver is away from devices like telephone, TV and radio etc. Also the distance between wireless mouse and keyboard from the receiver should not be more than 6 feet.

It is always advisable to test the latest hardware that you have installed on your computer system. Testing is necessary in order to make sure that both wireless mouse and keyboard are working properly or not. Start using the mouse by clicking on any particular file or folder. In the same way open any text document like Word Pad or MS Word and start typing in there to check whether all the keys are responding or not. Check all the keys of the keyboard as in case of any fault, you can directly replace the device.

Installing wireless mouse and keyboard does not require any prior knowledge of computer. Only make sure that you follow all the steps in sequence while installing wireless mouse and keyboard.

Caring for wireless mouse is not an easy task. Certain steps need to be followedin order to clean the mouse and increasing its efficiency. Wireless mouse can start posing problems if not maintained properly.

If the mouse has on/off switch, turn it off while cleaning. Use spray that has condensed air inside and spray it in between scroll wheels. Make sure that you don’t keep spraying over one spot for long period of time.Take a neat cloth and wipe the body of the wireless mouse. If you find some kind of mark on the surface of the mouse, don’t forget to scrub there. Take a cotton swab and dip it in cleansing solution. Then use that swab to brush out dust present around LED very gently. Don’t rub that area directly with the cotton swab. Once cleaning process is done, make sure that it gets dry before using it again.

In case of wireless mouse, you may sometimes find that its tracking is no longer that smooth as it used to be. It may take more than two clicks to select any file or folder. Also, it may happen that your mouse fails to track any file for certain period of time. Such problem may occur due to dirt or dust present inside wireless mouse. You can choose any one of the several things in order to make its performance just like before. In case of the receiver for the wireless mouse, make sure that it is connected to USB port.It may happen that it gets blocked by something and wireless mouse fails to get proper signal from the receiver resulting in false working of mouse. Wireless mouse runs on batteries,so don’t forget to replace batteries when needed in order to resume proper operation. Before using wireless mouse again, make sure that it is fully charged.Even after cleaning the wireless mouse properly it doesn’t work then problem must be with its driver. You check this issue by performing system restore or by reinstalling the mouse driver again. In this process you can also take help of computer service centre if you are unable to correct it on your own.

In order to extend the life of the mouse, proper cleaning is must to do. Following some caring tips will definitely help you in preventing the jumping cursor on the screen due to dirt or dust at the bottom layer of wireless mouse.Wireless mouse uses small laser to track the instructions and movement, so simply cleaning the bottom glass of the mouse be enough for proper working of the mouse. Sometime due to out of range issue, wireless mouse does not respond to your instructions. Always try to use the mouse within its limitedrangeso that proper receiving and transmission of the signal can be done with its receiver that is attached to the computer.

When not in use, try to cover wireless mouse with some cloth or keep it at some dust free place.With these wireless mouse care tips you can ensure longevity of your mouse.

Are you tired of using that same old white arrow cursor since long? Don’t worry as you are not the only one who wants to change that boring default mouse cursor. Few years back, when having a desktop meant everything to us, it was the best present of that decade for everyone but now all we want is modification in everything. From big screen desktop to TFT screen computer system and then laptop. But one thing is common in all these and that is default white cursor.

Cursor can be defined as a pointing symbol on the screen which is controlled by the mouse. It means that the movement of the mouse controls the movement of cursor. If you search on the internet, you can find Free Mouse Cursors that contain set of different glittering eye catching mouse cursors. You can use them or change them according to your work or mood. Now the very next question that comes in mind is from where you can download such mouse cursors? If you search on the Google, you would find many sites that offer mouse cursors free of cost. So, you can rejoice as you are getting your favorite mouse cursors for free.

You can use any of the cursors of your choice. If you want, you can download mouse cursors with amazing animations and glittering effects. These cursors consist of so many vibrant colors that you would find very attractive with just a glimpse of them. With such amazing mouse cursors, you can do your work with fun and your accuracy of doing work would be increased as well. Finding good collection of cursors is not a big deal but the main work is to find the correct website from where you can download them. Most of the users download mouse cursors from the site where they could find good collection of cursors, but this is not the correct way to download them as software for glittering cursors comes in executable file format which may contain virus that can corrupt your Operating System or can hang your computer.

You can find a lot of websites that provide free cursors to its users without downloading them. This is one of the safest ways to get mouse cursors of your choice. You might be thinking how cursor gets change automatically. The reason behind this feature is quite simple. There are some websites where the design of cursor changes automatically and the best thing is that it is not a desktop application. So, there is no need of downloading software. In order to use these free cursors, you have to copy the code of those cursors and insert them on your website. After that you can see the new cursor on the website and is visible to other users too.

This concept of using free cursors without downloading them has been added by the developers to make sure that website does not get affected by any bug, virus, threats etc. This code copying option for getting some cool mouse cursors is easy to use.

So, you need not wait anymore; if you have paid or licensed antivirus you can download cursor software or else you can copy the code and can use cursor of your choice.

There could be a lot of reason for why computer mouse stops working all of a sudden. There is no specific reason for such faults as it is an electronic gadget and problem could be technical or lack of compatibility.

Mouse, an important part of your computer system or laptop is an input device without which most of your work would remain undone. Just like every other accessories of computer, mouse also plays an important role and anyone’s work would get to halt if it stops working. Now since it is a technical device, most of the times, the problem is technical. Mouse may stop working all of a sudden when your computer is working for a while or your system could not detect this external device due to configuration, virus, malwares etc. Some time even new mouse does not respond and the old mouse goes from bad to worse kind of situation.

When your system completes booting process and main window appears on your computer screen, you would find that mouse is stuck in the middle of the screen. In such situations make sure that your mouse is properly attached to the CPU or the cable cord is not broken. Try to use new mouse in order to check whether the problem is with your old mouse or PS/2 connector. If your mouse and keyboard both are not working then the cause is simple, you might have inserted port into wrong jacks. So correct the connection, you are done and don’t forget to reboot your computer system again. Sometimes mouse stops working due to conflict with software installed on your system, so begin the search from the software that you have installed just before your mouse stopped working. If you are unable to find the reason for the fault in your mouse, install the operating system again. If your mouse still does not respond after reinstallation of operating system, go to Control Panel > System Hardware> Device Manager and double click one mice and other pointing device as there you can see very easily whether your mouse conflict with other installed devices or not.

Another reason could be too much Icons, folder on the desktop window as it will slow down booting process and can cause the freezing up of mouse pointer. Sometime due to multiple things running on your system increases load on CPU results into freezing or hanging of your computer system which shows that your system gets crashed or is affected by some virus. Best option to solve such problem is to restart your system at once. Today you can find mouse that comes with their own CD that is a must to install in order to make your mouse work properly. Even after successful installation of software if your mouse doesn’t work properly, contact the seller and ask for a change.

And if all the above discussed methods can not solve your problem, then you should try driver tools such as Driver Checker in order to install suitable driver for your mouse or if you completely want to get rid of problem related to wired mouse, go for wireless mouse as chances of failure is less in it as compared to wired optical mouse.

Let's discuss a bit about the computer mice that present animated characters on their top, such as Mickey Mouse. Of course these characters will not be animated on the top of the mice that we are speaking of, only that they will present images with those cartoon characters that were so famous 10 or 20 years ago.

Some of the mice that we will present today have even the form of the Mickey Mouse cartoon character. On the site named AliBaba.com, you can find many interesting products, such as accessories for your computer, only that I can see that the minimum order of these products start from 500 pieces, 1000 pieces in one case and more. I have found for example a Mickey computer mouse, that have a lovely design, mouse that present the left and the right buttons as the ears of the cartoon character. I can see that the manufacturer of this product is from China and the price of the product starts from $3.1 and reaches to $9.99, probably the price depending on the amount of mice that you buy. If you buy only 500 pieces, which is the minimum order, you will pay more for a single piece, if you buy more pieces, you will probably reach to $3.1 per piece.

Then we have a Mickey Mouse computer mouse, that comes from Hong Kong, mouse that has the image of Mickey Mouse directly on the top of the mouse. Unfortunately, you have to buy 1000 pieces if you want to get the mouse like this. This site is mainly created for wholesalers, not for children that want to buy a Mickey Mouse computer mouse for themselves. The price of this product starts from 1 dollar and ends at 5 dollars. Then, there is presented a cute Mickey Mouse mouse with retractable cable, also coming from China that is created for a laptop computer, I had no idea that the mice created for laptops were different from the mice created for desktops.

On this site, you will find many products like this that contain the image of Mickey Mouse on the mouse. If you ask me, I would buy for example a skin, that can be attached to a computer, skin that contains images with Mickey Mouse and the other characters that you love, I would cut that skin so that the Mickey Mouse character to be capable of being glued directly on my mouse or directly on the surface of the laptop computer or desktop, depending on what you use, and I will solve the problem, not being necessarily stressed by the fact that I don't find a Mickey Mouse mouse on the Internet. If you want that the computer mouse to have the form or the shape of the head of Mickey Mouse, you have to search on the Internet, but if you want just the simple image placed on the mouse, you can solve this problem, simply by buying a skin.