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SaoriKL

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Sep 18, 2011
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I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right forum, but here goes.

I just purchased a PowerLogic Zen I Desktop Optical Mouse (External USB). The packaging shows the Windows and Macintosh logos, so I assumed that it would be compatible with both Windows and Mac OSX.

I plugged it into the USB port, and the optical drive at the bottom of the mouse lights up red, but no matter how much I move the mouse on top of my wooden table (I also tried using sheets of paper as the base), the cursor on the screen does not budge. I went into System Preferences and clicked on 'Mouse', and the selections there show that a mouse has been plugged in, which means the system registers its presence right? because when I remove the USB plug the screen states 'no mouse detected'. And yet, when I plug it in the mouse is detected and it does not work.

I looked more closely at the packaging and noticed that it says 'designed for Windows xp, Created for windows vista, certified for windows 7 and then just the macintosh logo there, with nothing written. Have I been ripped off or is it something wrong with the system or the mouse or do i need to install anything?

I am pretty frustrated about this and i've looked through plenty of forums with no results, so can someone please help me with this problem?
 
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