Some weeks ago both Microsoft keyboard and mouse for my desktop stopped >working. First thing I did was replace the batteries. Nope. They are >wireless so tried to reactivate the receiver. Nope.
Went to Staples and bought a new wireless keyboard and mouse for only
$18. Amazing what you get for that price. Smaller, but works.
Two weeks later, the old mouse is still on the desk. I bumped into it
and the courser moved! It works again for some reason, maybe the
receiver reset. Nothing on the keyboard to go so finally, tonight is
trash night.
I took the cover off the battery thing, pulled out both batteries.
Then, headed to the garage to gather up some things for trash so leaned
the keyboard, with no battery cover, against a cabinet. A third battery >fell out!
Looking at the brand, it had been in there for some years and not seen,
not replaced when the other two were at least once maybe twice. Put in >THREE AA batteries and now it works.
On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:22:57 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
Some weeks ago both Microsoft keyboard and mouse for my desktop stopped
working. First thing I did was replace the batteries. Nope. They are
wireless so tried to reactivate the receiver. Nope.
Went to Staples and bought a new wireless keyboard and mouse for only
$18. Amazing what you get for that price. Smaller, but works.
Two weeks later, the old mouse is still on the desk. I bumped into it
and the courser moved! It works again for some reason, maybe the
receiver reset. Nothing on the keyboard to go so finally, tonight is
trash night.
I took the cover off the battery thing, pulled out both batteries.
Then, headed to the garage to gather up some things for trash so leaned
the keyboard, with no battery cover, against a cabinet. A third battery
fell out!
Looking at the brand, it had been in there for some years and not seen,
not replaced when the other two were at least once maybe twice. Put in
THREE AA batteries and now it works.
You are getting OLD, ED!!!!!!
On 9/25/2026 9:52 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:22:57 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
Some weeks ago both Microsoft keyboard and mouse for my desktop stopped
working.-a First thing I did was replace the batteries.-a Nope.-a They are >>> wireless so tried to reactivate the receiver.-a Nope.
Went to Staples and bought a new wireless keyboard and mouse for only
$18.-a Amazing what you get for that price.-a Smaller, but works.
Two weeks later, the old mouse is still on the desk.-a I bumped into it
and the courser moved!-a It works again for some reason, maybe the
receiver reset.-a Nothing on the keyboard to go so finally, tonight is
trash night.
I took the cover off the battery thing, pulled out both batteries.
Then, headed to the garage to gather up some things for trash so leaned
the keyboard, with no battery cover, against a cabinet.-a A third battery >>> fell out!
Looking at the brand, it had been in there for some years and not seen,
not replaced when the other two were at least once maybe twice.-a Put in >>> THREE AA batteries and now it works.
-a You are getting OLD, ED!!!!!!
I'm not 'getting", I am old. Recently hit 81.-a-a I must have changed batteries at least five times over the years and that one never slid
out.-a Up until now, it was conductive and things worked.
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