usb mouse keyboard both original ms stop reacting

My USB Mouse and USB Keyboard ("Microsoft Business Hardware Pack") stop working if i leave the computer untouched for a longer time (e.g. over night). As even the red sensor light of the optical mouse is off, it seems to me as if som power-saving options switches off the mouse and keyboard or the corresponding usb ports.
Rebooting (as usual) helps, but the problem occurs again if the computer is left idle for some time.
Does anybody have asolution for this?
Hatrick

go into device manager and expand the USB root hubs. right click, properties, turn off power management so that they do not ever get turned off to save power.
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:41:01 -0700, Hatrick wrote:

My USB Mouse and USB Keyboard ("Microsoft Business Hardware Pack") stop working if i leave the computer untouched for a longer time (e.g. over night). As even the red sensor light of the optical mouse is off, it seems to me as if som power-saving options switches off the mouse and keyboard or the corresponding usb ports.
Rebooting (as usual) helps, but the problem occurs again if the computer is left idle for some time.
Does anybody have asolution for this?
Hatrick --

Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I tried this but it diddnt help. I now realized thet even after rebooting the mouse and keyboard do not always work. The red light of the optical mouse switches on during POST, but right before the welcome scrfeen appears, it goes off again.
is this a driver problem?
Hatrick
"Barb Bowman" wrote:

go into device manager and expand the USB root hubs. right click, properties, turn off power management so that they do not ever get turned off to save power.
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:41:01 -0700, Hatrick Hatrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
My USB Mouse and USB Keyboard ("Microsoft Business Hardware Pack") stop working if i leave the computer untouched for a longer time (e.g. over night). As even the red sensor light of the optical mouse is off, it seems to me as if som power-saving options switches off the mouse and keyboard or the corresponding usb ports.
Rebooting (as usual) helps, but the problem occurs again if the computer is left idle for some time.
Does anybody have asolution for this?
Hatrick --
Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Had you previously just installed Anti Virus software when your mouse started acting up? My mouse stopped working right after installing eTrust Anti Virus on the reboot. dotcom
"Hatrick" wrote in message

I tried this but it diddnt help. I now realized thet even after rebooting the mouse and keyboard do not always work. The red light of the optical mouse switches on during POST, but right before the welcome scrfeen appears, it goes off again.
is this a driver problem?
Hatrick
"Barb Bowman" wrote:
go into device manager and expand the USB root hubs. right click, properties, turn off power management so that they do not ever get turned off to save power.
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:41:01 -0700, Hatrick Hatrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
My USB Mouse and USB Keyboard ("Microsoft Business Hardware Pack") stop working if i leave the computer untouched for a longer time (e.g. over night). As even the red sensor light of the optical mouse is off, it seems to me as if som power-saving options switches off the mouse and keyboard or the corresponding usb ports.
Rebooting (as usual) helps, but the problem occurs again if the computer is left idle for some time.
Does anybody have asolution for this?
Hatrick --
Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/