Plugging a mouse into a Macbook pro

I have just plugged an Apple Pro mouse into my macbook pro and although the red light is active under the mouse it does not move the curser - any ideas?

what surface do you have it on, ive noticed some things will not work as a mouse "pad" with the IR mice.
things like white paper and some glossy surfaces and some surfaces that have a lot of printing, patterns, etc are also bad
oif that doesnt work check the other things that were already suggested
-matt

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