A friend of mine just bought a device that allows her to view everything her children are typing on the computer. It is suppose to plug into the usb port. The problem is that the mouse and keyboard seem to be connected to the same port.. if that makes sense... and when she plugs in the device it disables the mouse. Is there anything she can do to make this work without the mouse being disabled?

Thanks

As much as I'm one one the computer guys here I'm going to bow out of this one on ethical grounds.

I completely agree with NK here.
Snooping, for what ever reason is abhorrent.