I recently bought a mouse 1023 from microsoft it is not new. the person who sold it tome says that it does not require a usb connector. what is it true about this?

SOURCE: Microsoft Mouse Wireless Model 1023/1024 won't work

try using an eraser on the contacts if you can reach them. Sounds like dirt/corrosion build-up.

SOURCE: Microsoft Wireless Notebook Model 1023

windows should come with drivers for it, but microsoft.com has a full suite of intellipoint drivers available for all its mice which adds functionality windows drivers don't give it. If it is not working at all the problem is most likely not driver related.

SOURCE: Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 1023 Need Driver

i wanna know about Microsoft Wireless Notebook Mouse model 1023, is there any driver software need to that mouse, please tell me sir
need a driver, mouse works but USB doesn't light up

SOURCE: Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse Model 1023

My green light on the receiver is ON. The mouse battery is new. The red LASER switches with movement. I read all of the posts, than I pulled apart the receiver and the wires were OK. There is a micro-switch in the receiver, so I pushed it when plugged in to the computer. The green light flashes, then I pushed the button on the bottom of the mouse, it connects. To make short of this, do not open the receiver case, just use a pen and push the green "connect" light (must be in USB port), it will activate reset switch and blink. Next, push "connect" on the bottom of mouse.

SOURCE: Microsoft wireless notebook optical mouse 1023 - not working!

If you know that the battery is good then try this next. There is a VERY tiny shark-fin shaped spring-loaded button on the bottom of the mouse that is pressed in, when you insert the receiver, while the mouse is not in use, that turns off the mouse to save the batteries. If you haven't used the mouse in a while, it can get stuck in the in position, so that when you pull out the receiver, it doesn't spring out and turn the mouse on (indicated by the red light on the bottom). If you notice that the light isn't coming on. Just try manually pushing in the little shark-fin thing a couple times to make it spring back out. After a couple times, you should be able to get it unstuck and the red light should come on.