I'm running Windows 10 Professional 22H2 and recently set up a graphics tablet. After rebooting my system, I noticed that my mouse isn't working properly unless I unplug and replug it. The cursor disappears entirely, and right-clicking only brings up the context menu in one area of the desktop. I thought the tablet's drivers might be messing things up, so I completely uninstalled it and even hunted for any remnants, but the problem remains. Now, Windows is detecting my mouse as a keyboard instead, which is showing up in Device Manager with a keyboard icon. The mouse uses the generic Windows driver and is connected via USB. I've tried various troubleshooting steps, such as testing a different mouse, uninstalling the extra keyboard entry from Device Manager, and reinstalling the mouse driver, but nothing seems to work. Any insights on how to solve this?
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You might want to consider that if your mouse has customizable buttons, it might be functioning as a keyboard too, which can confuse Windows. Sometimes those extra features require specific drivers or applications to be recognized properly. Although you've cleared out the drivers, just make sure there aren’t any settings in the Redragon software that might be causing this allocation issue. Let us know how it goes!
This sounds pretty frustrating! It's not uncommon for HID-class drivers to get mixed up after new installations like your graphics tablet. Basically, Windows seems to be misclassifying your mouse as a keyboard, causing all these issues at startup. Here are some deeper fixes you can try: 1) Use a tool like USBDeview to remove any ghost entries related to keyboards/mice. 2) In Device Manager, check the Human Interface Devices section and uninstall any misclassified devices. 3) If you're comfortable with it, clean up some registry entries related to HID devices. Just make sure to back up first! 4) Check your BIOS/UEFI settings for USB configuration options. Sometimes tweaking those can clear up initialization issues. 5) Lastly, if your mouse works after replugging, consider using a powered USB hub to ensure proper power delivery, especially since Redragon mice can be picky. Good luck!
Definitely check the HID devices; I had a similar misclassification issue once. Also, don’t forget about those potential BIOS settings that can influence how devices initialize!
Thanks for the tips! I’ll give those a shot and see if anything changes.
Yeah, it definitely confused me too—this started right after I installed the tablet. The Redragon software wasn’t detecting it, which is odd since it used to work fine.