Laptop go *UNBOOM*

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Well at least I can type on the laptop after last night's disaster. Unfortunately, the "easiest" solution was to buy a USB keyboard - but something clearly went wrong in translation because I ended up with a cordless mouse and keyboard. Now the keyboard works fine but I think the mouse is going to cause serious grief. It keeps disconnecting in the midst of extremely serious business - how am I supposed to finish Spider Solitaire without a mouse?