My usb mouse won't work

I moved my old desktop with USB mouse and when I plugged everything back in the mouse has solid red light and won't work. Any idea what I can do?

The pre-1998 Macs this forum covers do not have USB and few can be retrofitted to have it, so I believe you have a newer Mac that has its own more-active forum section. Can you give us more details about your model? People will need to know your model and Mac OS software version to answer anyway.

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I have a usb mouse that I've been using for a couple months now. I know it works because my boyfriend was just using it on his computer last night. I just got a new macbook, came in the mail yesterday. When I plug it in the mouse doesn't move or click period. I went to system preferences and it finds the mouse, but the mouse won't move. I've tried restarting, unplugging-plugging into a different port. Please tell me this isn't something wrong with my new computer. I need it for school and school starts next week.
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