Hi Glc. I cannot tell you how much i appreciate you taking time to respond. Funny thing is, it started working again later this afternoon. I have no idea why as I had no idea why suddenly it stopped working. BTW we did try the other port and yes it is enabled in BIOS.
Great idea about "real" serial mouse. We get one soon! Thanks again. I will be back when I have more problems...including the mousie
Many thanks again.