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    Bluetooth mouse just isn't working right

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Bowlerguy92, Aug 10, 2008.

  1. Bowlerguy92

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    I have had a Kensington Mini Bluetooth mouse now since I got my laptop and it has NEVER been smooth. It has always been laggy and sometimes unusable. I read and a lot of people have a lot of success with the mouse. I have tried EVERYTHING from changing the batteries to even having the mouse replaced by Kensington. All of my drivers are up to date etc, I read something about how the M1530 needs a new WIDCOMM Stack but I don't know what that is. Can anyone shed some light on this situation? I love this mouse and want it to stop lagging and run smooth!
     
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  2. JellyBeans

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    is it bluetooth 1.0? if so thats ur prob
     
    JellyBeans, Aug 10, 2008
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    Care to elaborate? I know nothing about Bluetooth.
     
    Bowlerguy92, Aug 10, 2008
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    Bluetooth is a wireless connection to your laptop...so you don't have to use a dongle..its all *wireless*.

    If you have bluetooth built-in, and a bluetooth mouse..it will work ;) :)

    Edit: you already have bluetooth...sorry.

    Mine was the battery...I had this problem a couple of weeks ago with mine and it was lagging and such...and I had bad batt's in there. :eek: :eek:...I had also tried what you had done above.

    First time it happened to me, and glad that it was bad batteries vs. anything else. ;)
     
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    bluetooth 1.0 is hella slow 2.0 is decent
     
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    Ya, like I said my batteries are fine and this mouse is even brand new.
     
    Bowlerguy92, Aug 10, 2008
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    If it is brand new, can you return it and exchange it for a new one? Since you have tried just about everything?? ;)
     
    Cin', Aug 10, 2008
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    If you installed Kensington's software and drivers, you might want to try getting rid of it (and uninstall the driver in Device Manager) and just using Windows' built-in Bluetooth and mouse drivers. You'll need to run "Bluetooth Devices" and have it look for devices to recognize it.
     
    swarmer, Aug 10, 2008
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