I bought a PC with XP professional to drive a machine. The PC was shut down for 1 year. When i start the PC it works, XP is working but my mouse is...

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Yes Hi Andre!

What seems to be the problem Andre?

A mouse driver uses an inbox driver, Which means the mouse should be getting the driver from the WIndows XP itself.

There is no download fo a mouse driver. because it is always compatible and plug and play with any Windows OS including XP.

Try opening Device Manager

Then open the plus sign of the Mice and other pointing Device and tell me what is under it on that computer.

Is the mouse connecting to a port like this?

"While the mouse and adapter is connected,"

Under the device manager are there any icon that has a Yellow mark or icon?

Then what you got is a detection problem.

A device that is detected by your computer but has no driver should show an icon with a yellow mark saying unknown device or unknown controller.

Do you have other adapter to try? 

Remember connectto a PS2 port to work. 

Every plug in or unplugg of device in those PS/2 ports needs a restart of the computer to Work.

Once you got a new adapter and mous plug it in sevurely and restart the computer.

Is this mouse working on this computer before? Since you're doing a conversion in is possible that this mouse is not compatible to this XP. Can you try other mouse and restart the computer again.

You did a restart after plugging it in right?

May I ask are you short of USB ports?

also what type of mouse is that? Optical maybe?

Do you see any label on that adapter you have? any brand model maybe?

Remember that If you are missing a driver / Under Devce Manager there should always be a Yellow Icon.

Meaning your computer finds the device and cannot communicate due to lack of driver.

But if there is no Yellow icon / and the Device is not in device manager / You have a detection issue.

Great!

Yes, Andre

You seem to be working with a lot of Computer controlled Machine there!

Dear Andre, It was a pleasure helping you with your Tech issue today. Here is a summary of the resolution.
Issue identified : PS/2 mouse not working
Solution Implemented : Isolated detection problem

Use USB port direct
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