Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2000: how to turn off?

[kmd]

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Message: Alexander

hello support.
i have bought a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mousemouse 2000.
All is ok. It is nice mouse in use.
But the question is: HOW TO TURN IT OFF?
i have read all instructions but don't found a way to make my wish come true.
It is really needed always take out two battery to turn mouse off?

Best Regards, Alexander

[Cathy Moya [MS]]

Hi, Alexander,
I don't have that mouse in front of me, so I don't know the exact specs on
that model. Our wireless mice usually have various ways the conserve power.
If you don't manually power it down but just leave it sitting there over
night, it is probably going into some sort of standby mode. That's why
sometimes you have to move the mouse for a few seconds before you see the
cursor move. For mice that have a place on the bottom to snap in the
receiver, there is often a switch there, and positioning the dongle in the
cavity will activate the power switch. (Technically it's still a "standby"
switch, the electrical engineers tell me, but I think we mortals think of it
as power.) Look on the bottom of this mouse and see if you can see a little
latch or button in the dongle cavity. If you do, that's the power switch.

I wasn't around when we wrote that manual. In all the manuals I've seen
since we've been here, we tell you how to power down the mouse to save
battery life.

Some of our mice have power switches, like the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000,
which is rechargeable. Even though I never turn that mouse off, it takes a
nap when I'm not using it so I don't have to charge it very often. I think
the Arc mouse is the most interesting - there's no switch in the dongle
cavity to turn the mouse off, but when you fold the mouse, that powers it
down.

Hope that helps,
--
Cathy Moya
Microsoft Hardware User Experience

www.microsoft.com/hardware
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.

Post by kmd
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Message: Alexander
hello support.
i have bought a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mousemouse 2000.
All is ok. It is nice mouse in use.
But the question is: HOW TO TURN IT OFF?
i have read all instructions but don't found a way to make my wish come true.
It is really needed always take out two battery to turn mouse off?
Best Regards, Alexander

[Bob]

This is answer does not answer the question, which was: can you turn off the
MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2000 without taking the batteries out? the answer
is probably no.

Post by Cathy Moya [MS]
Hi, Alexander,
I don't have that mouse in front of me, so I don't know the exact specs on
that model. Our wireless mice usually have various ways the conserve power.
If you don't manually power it down but just leave it sitting there over
night, it is probably going into some sort of standby mode. That's why
sometimes you have to move the mouse for a few seconds before you see the
cursor move. For mice that have a place on the bottom to snap in the
receiver, there is often a switch there, and positioning the dongle in the
cavity will activate the power switch. (Technically it's still a "standby"
switch, the electrical engineers tell me, but I think we mortals think of it
as power.) Look on the bottom of this mouse and see if you can see a little
latch or button in the dongle cavity. If you do, that's the power switch.
I wasn't around when we wrote that manual. In all the manuals I've seen
since we've been here, we tell you how to power down the mouse to save
battery life.
Some of our mice have power switches, like the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000,
which is rechargeable. Even though I never turn that mouse off, it takes a
nap when I'm not using it so I don't have to charge it very often. I think
the Arc mouse is the most interesting - there's no switch in the dongle
cavity to turn the mouse off, but when you fold the mouse, that powers it
down.
Hope that helps,
--
Cathy Moya
Microsoft Hardware User Experience
www.microsoft.com/hardware
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.

Post by kmd
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Message: Alexander
hello support.
i have bought a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mousemouse 2000.
All is ok. It is nice mouse in use.
But the question is: HOW TO TURN IT OFF?
i have read all instructions but don't found a way to make my wish come true.
It is really needed always take out two battery to turn mouse off?
Best Regards, Alexander

[Rafael]

Hi,
Just got the MS Wireless mouse 2000 and got the same issue: how to turn this
off?
Does anyone got the answer for that?!?
Tks,
Rafael

Post by Bob
This is answer does not answer the question, which was: can you turn off the
MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2000 without taking the batteries out? the answer
is probably no.

Post by Cathy Moya [MS]
Hi, Alexander,
I don't have that mouse in front of me, so I don't know the exact specs on
that model. Our wireless mice usually have various ways the conserve power.
If you don't manually power it down but just leave it sitting there over
night, it is probably going into some sort of standby mode. That's why
sometimes you have to move the mouse for a few seconds before you see the
cursor move. For mice that have a place on the bottom to snap in the
receiver, there is often a switch there, and positioning the dongle in the
cavity will activate the power switch. (Technically it's still a "standby"
switch, the electrical engineers tell me, but I think we mortals think of it
as power.) Look on the bottom of this mouse and see if you can see a little
latch or button in the dongle cavity. If you do, that's the power switch.
I wasn't around when we wrote that manual. In all the manuals I've seen
since we've been here, we tell you how to power down the mouse to save
battery life.
Some of our mice have power switches, like the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000,
which is rechargeable. Even though I never turn that mouse off, it takes a
nap when I'm not using it so I don't have to charge it very often. I think
the Arc mouse is the most interesting - there's no switch in the dongle
cavity to turn the mouse off, but when you fold the mouse, that powers it
down.
Hope that helps,
--
Cathy Moya
Microsoft Hardware User Experience
www.microsoft.com/hardware
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.

Post by kmd
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Message: Alexander
hello support.
i have bought a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mousemouse 2000.
All is ok. It is nice mouse in use.
But the question is: HOW TO TURN IT OFF?
i have read all instructions but don't found a way to make my wish come true.
It is really needed always take out two battery to turn mouse off?
Best Regards, Alexander

[Beverly Howard]

can you turn off the MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2000 without taking

the batteries out? the answer is probably no. <<

I concurr, with a cavaet...

If the mouse remains motionless, it is essentially turned off with an
absolute minimum of power use, so, at a desktop, turning it off is
_normally_ not necessary.

If, however, you use the mouse with a laptop or may leave it for an
extended (months) the batteries should come out.

Related... most of the MS bluetooth mice have power switches on the
bottom as they tend to travel more.

Quick battery removal tip for bottom load batteries... remove door, then
bring mouse down hard in the palm of your other hand.

Beverly Howard

[Daniel]

I have the same problem.
Own a MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2000.
In less than a month of usage, the critical-battery-warning notification
start poping-up on the screen. And I couldn't find any switch to turn the
mouse off.

So, I think the answer to the original question of this threat:
"HOW TO TURN IT OFF?"
Answer: There is no way to turn it off.

(Of course we can always take the batteries out.. but I think that's not the
prefered solution.)

Daniel Abraham.

Post by Beverly Howard

can you turn off the MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2000 without taking

the batteries out? the answer is probably no. <<
I concurr, with a cavaet...
If the mouse remains motionless, it is essentially turned off with an
absolute minimum of power use, so, at a desktop, turning it off is
_normally_ not necessary.
If, however, you use the mouse with a laptop or may leave it for an
extended (months) the batteries should come out.
Related... most of the MS bluetooth mice have power switches on the
bottom as they tend to travel more.
Quick battery removal tip for bottom load batteries... remove door, then
bring mouse down hard in the palm of your other hand.
Beverly Howard
.

[Yakup]

+1

The same issue : "Can we turn it off ? If yes, how ?"

Thks

Post by Daniel
I have the same problem.
Own a MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2000.
In less than a month of usage, the critical-battery-warning notification
start poping-up on the screen. And I couldn't find any switch to turn the
mouse off.
"HOW TO TURN IT OFF?"
Answer: There is no way to turn it off.
(Of course we can always take the batteries out.. but I think that's not the
prefered solution.)
Daniel Abraham.

Post by Beverly Howard

can you turn off the MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2000 without taking

the batteries out? the answer is probably no. <<
I concurr, with a cavaet...
If the mouse remains motionless, it is essentially turned off with an
absolute minimum of power use, so, at a desktop, turning it off is
_normally_ not necessary.
If, however, you use the mouse with a laptop or may leave it for an
extended (months) the batteries should come out.
Related... most of the MS bluetooth mice have power switches on the
bottom as they tend to travel more.
Quick battery removal tip for bottom load batteries... remove door, then
bring mouse down hard in the palm of your other hand.
Beverly Howard
.

[Beverly Howard]

As posted in another thread on this need...

Cut a strip of thin hard plastic (such as the hangup packaging for most
small devices) about 3/8"x1"

remove the battery door

slip the plastic strip between two batteries

replace the door

Much faster than removing the batteries and no need to store and track them.

Hope this is of value,
Beverly Howard