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  2. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2013 February 19 ...

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    Every time I have my mobile phone on my desk, and recieve a call/text on it, the mouse "disconnects", the cursors won't move and the Windows "hardware disconnected" sound plays. I have observed this happening too many times for it to be a coincidence, and I actually have to sit far back from my PC if I want to use the mouse whilst on the phone.

  3. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing - Wikipedia

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    First thing I would do is give the mouse and mousepad a good clean and disconnect and reconnect it. Shantavira| feed me 09:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC) Possibly due to your hand brushing the trackpad while typing. If you have a mouse, you could experiment with disabling the trackpad: how to disable touchpad on hp laptop. Or even just try turning ...

  4. Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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    A computer mouse with the most common features: two buttons (left and right) and a scroll wheel (which can also function as a button when pressed inwards) A typical wireless computer mouse. A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) [nb 1] is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface

  5. Human interface device - Wikipedia

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    The HID standard was adopted primarily to enable innovation in PC input devices and to simplify the process of installing such devices. Prior to the introduction of the HID concept, devices usually conformed to strictly defined protocols for mouse, keyboards and joysticks; for example, the standard mouse protocol at the time supported relative X- and Y-axis data and binary input for up to two ...

  6. Remote administration - Wikipedia

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    Remote administration refers to any method of controlling a computer or other Internet-connected device, such as a smartphone, from a remote location. There are many commercially available and free-to-use software that make remote administration easy to set up and use.

  7. Wireless security - Wikipedia

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    Wireless security is another aspect of computer security. Organizations may be particularly vulnerable to security breaches [6] caused by rogue access points.. If an employee adds a wireless interface to an unsecured port of a system, they may create a breach in network security that would allow access to confidential materials.

  8. Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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    [232] [233] [234] The agreement also states, specifically for users of Windows 10 in Canada, that they may pause updates by disconnecting their device from the Internet. [ 235 ] Windows Update can also use a peer-to-peer system for distributing updates; by default, users' bandwidth is used to distribute previously downloaded updates to other ...

  9. Features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    There is a context menu option to exit Windows Explorer (Exit Windows Explorer) when holding CTRL and ⇧ Shift and clicking on the Start menu with the secondary mouse button; in Windows XP, the user had to open the Start menu, select Turn Off Computer (or Shutdown if using the classic Start menu), and click the Cancel button on the Turn off ...