usb optical mouse instal problem

I recently purchased a Belkin usb optical mouse, which I am having problems installing. The mouse works on two other machines as plug and play. My laptop is a 2-year old Compaq Presario V3000 OS XP Home SP3. I have plugged the mouse into all three USB ports and the system recognises new hardware as a Human Interface Device and says that it is ready for use. Unfortunately the mouse cursor freezes but still functions when I use the Synaptics touchpad - the only other 'mouse' I use. I previously used a Logitech usb optical mouse without any problems.

When I check Device Manager only the Synaptics touchpad mouse is visible in Mice and Other Pointing Devices. I checked my system using Driver Detective and it detected that I am lacking a HID-compliant driver. I downloaded a setpoint400 driver package and unzipped as per the instructions but still nothing. I am at a loss what to do next. Any help for this frustrating problem will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Cervezarules

I would have disabled the touchpad driver, if I wanted to use an optical mouse.

The devices may coexist, but...IMO, the chances of them not coexisting peacefully increases, since they each serve the same computer function.

Louis

Is your computer up to date? Make sure that you have all the window updates.

Do you have a fancy mouse? Lots of buttons? It might have come with some software, but most mice should be plug and play ( restarted with mouse plugged in)?

Go to Brinks website and download drivers for that model mouse.