Just discovered something cool about Logitech mice

[pae77]

Two of the most popular notebook mice are the Logitech Nano and Vx Revolution. I have both. The Nano has the fantasticly tiny USB receiver but is a bit small for my hand. The Vx Revolution fits my hand perfectly without being too big but has a honking long USB receiver.

Well, I just discovered it is possible to use the Nano's tiny receiver with the Vx Revolution! This may be old news to many, but was quite a surprise to me.

The way one accomplishes this is to simply plug in the Nano receiver into a USB port and load Logitech's Connect Utility (Start, Logitech, Connect Utility) and follow the on screen instructions. When I did it, it failed to work the first 5 attempts. The sixth attempt was the charm. I think it just sequentially moves through a different frequency each time you go through the procedure until you hit one that works with the particular receiver you are trying to link with.

Anyway, I thought this was pretty cool and might be interesting info for anyone else who happens to have an extra Nano receiver around but likes using a VX Revolution.