I have a logitech wireless keyboard and mouse and they both work fine in
HL2, CS:S and Doom3.

"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In news:1DB2743C-C967-4DDC-BB4F-27D0C32718A1@microsoft.com,
> James <James@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Hi,
>> I bought a comfort edition wireless optical desktop, and I love it,
>> but I've got a problem in games.
>> When playing firt person shooters such as doom3 or halflife2,
>> multiple keys are required to be held down at the one time. On my old
>> keyboard (a wired ps2 dell thingy) there was no problem. Now however
>> in no pattern I can discern, when running forward (holding down w
>> key) and performing other actions (ducking ctrl, jumping space,
>> strafing left a and right d) I will stop moving forward and will have
>> to release the w key before re-pressing it.
>> I have read some information on n-key rollover, but don't think that
>> applies as my old keyboard doesn't have this feature either.
>>
>> Is this a common problem with MS wireless keyboards? Is there a fix?
>> Should I return this keyboard?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --James
>
> There is has been lag reported often with wireless devices and FPS games.
> I'd not recommend returning the keyboard though I would recommend just
> switching to a wired one when you want to do some serious gaming. It's not
> just Microsoft wireless - it's any wireless from what I've read. I can't
> say that I've experienced this because, well, I don't play FPS or games
> that require much more than thinking and that's about the extent for me.
> (I'm old, I still think Fallout 2 is the second greatest game and follows
> Zork as the first greatest game.) I do know that my wireless keyboard and
> mouse do display lag at times and sometimes will show low signal for no
> real reason because it says the battery level is fine. However replacing
> the batteries when this happens has improved the signal quality issues.
> Are the batteries new? (Assuming this isn't one of the rechargable units
> which I'm not even sure Microsoft actually makes any of and even then I
> think I only have a rechargable mouse...)
>
> Galen
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