How do I get my Cordless Wheelmouse (MRF-2000) to work with Windows 10?

The mouse came in two parts, one sender and one receiver. (I believe the data is radio transmitted) The receiver is plugged in with an PS/2 to USB adapter to my computer, and the other part is the mouse itself. In device manager my computer doesnt recognize the input;

device manager - screenshot

The mouse looks like this, but a different brand

So is it any way I could make this work or is it a lost cause?

Solution 1:

That MRF-2000 mouse is a standard PS/2 mouse from about the year 2000.
It should work with a PS/2 to USB adapter, but:

• the adapter needs to explicitly support PS/2 mice. (They also exist for keyboards and some adapters are keyboard only, others can do both and others are mouse-only.)
• The PS/2 to USB adapter has to provide power to the receiver plug. Many adapters don't do that.
• The PS/2 USB adapter has to be USB v2.0 or higher. Most modern USB3 ports can't fall back to USB v1.0 or v1.1 standard. (Some USB3 ports can't even do USB v2.0, but those are quite rare.)
• Or the receiver is just broken.
• Battery in the mouse is empty or too weak (these mice often don't like rechargeable batteries and need Alkalines.)

If this USB to PS/2 adapter has worked with this mouse on other computers in the past one of the last 3 points will most likely apply.
If you don't know if it ever worked it could be any (or several) of the 5 problems.
(The error-message isn't conclusive. Windows just says it notices something is there, but can't talk to it, which can be caused by all 5 issues.)

Getting a different adapter is just as expensive as getting a new USB mouse. And a different adapter is no guarantee it will work.

I wouldn't waste any time or effort on this and just get another mouse.