Retractable USB travel mouse blinks three times then goes dark. No longer works on laptop (not recognized by Windows10) but worked the day before. Any advice?

SOURCE: Targus Wireless Laser Rechargeable Notebook Mouse problem

The mouse worked initially....have you tried doing a system restore back to a few weeks ago to see if that solves the problem..
With Vista and so many of it's incompatibility issue's...you maybe have downloaded something and it corrupted your software for that mouse...

Here is the url with vista drivers. Redownload the drivers and install...see if this helps

http://www.targus.com/us/support_downloads.asp

SOURCE: MS Wireless notebook mouse 4000

Hi,

I have a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000.

I have tried: 1) new batteries in the mouse; 2) re-synching the mouse & USB plug in device; and 3) installing (what I think was the software for this mouse) - all to no avail.

The light does not come on the USB plug in no matter which USB port I use and the error message reads "USB device not recognized".

download.com did not have a download for this device to try to re-load it.

Any help or suggestions?

Patrick

SOURCE: Fades in and out

Sounds like the batteries are weak and need to be replaced. Hope this helps. Bud

SOURCE: USB device not recognized

This solution worked for me when I got the USB device not recognized message:
http://www.infobarrel.com/USB_Port_Repair
It can be quite frustrating. I've heard that older computers are more likely to have the USB device not recognized message.

SOURCE: USB Mini Optical Mouse - Model: M409 company Enter not recognized

go to device amanger then uninstall all usb drivers from computer then restart the computrer then it autoinstall all usb drivers.
tehn connect your usb mouse cable to computer try all usb port then if problem arise then your mouse usb chip has issue.

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