Microsoft Mouse puts itself to sleep when idle and takes 5-10 seconds to become responsive again after moving it.
Hardware: I believe it's this one. It's a Bluetooth Mouse, has Device Switching but only used it once.
Description of the problem: If I move the mouse after not moving it for about 10-15 minutes, the mouse does not respond. After about 5 to 10 seconds, it begins to respond again. Then it works perfectly fine, as long as it's not idle for more than 10-15 minutes.
Solutions Tried: This has never happened the other two mouses I've used, one wired and one wireless. It's the same bluetooth connection and same USB port as the other wireless mouse too.
I have checked the USB sleep settings, and I remember looking for that checkbox that said "Allow (something) to put (something) to sleep" and I was surprised to see it was already disabled. I'm guessing this is a mouse issue not a Windows issue.
This mouse does prompt me to install some Windows software to help with the Device Switching thing. I installed it on my laptop but not on my main PC. (Windows wants permission to do updates and diagnostics and I'm hesitant to give them any more permissions than necessary). I don't remember exactly but I believe this issue was always present, even before installing any software.
I have not checked whether this issue happens on the laptop.
Help Request: Has anyone heard of this problem, either with this mouse or a similar situation? Were there any solutions? What might I look at to find a solution?
Alternatively, if I can't stop it from going to sleep, I wonder if there's a way to just make it stay awake longer while idle.
Thanks!
Never had a similar issue, although I've had bad luck with Microsoft mouses in other situations.
My suggestions are: Try updating the drivers, looking for something related to "sleep" in the mouse settings (sometimes mice have their own, non-Windows settings controller), and try on another device and/or operating system if possible.