Mouse stops working after sleep or hibernation?

So, I’ve run into this super annoying little glitch where whenever my PC goes into sleep or hibernation mode, the mouse just completely dies on me when I wake it back up, and I end up having to do a full hard restart just to get everything moving again.
Everything was working perfectly fine until about a month ago, so it's definitely a relatively recent headache for me.
Does anyone happen to have an idea what might be causing this kind of behavior?
Windows 7

I would suggest navigating to Start/Control Panel/Device Manager/Mice and other pointing devices/right-click on your mouse/Properties/Power Management/check "Allow this device to wake the computer"

Or perhaps more simply, in English 😁: Start/Control Panel/Device Manager/Mice and other pointing devices/right-click on your mouse/Properties/Power Management/check "Allow this device to wake the computer"

For those who prefer a more efficient route, one might try pressing the Start button + R, typing devmgmt.msc, then right-clicking the mouse, selecting Mice and other pointing devices, choosing Properties, moving to Power Management, and finally checking "Allow this device to wake the computer"

I trust this provides some clarity 😉

I went through all the steps, I even made sure that little checkbox for "allow this device to wake the computer" was actually checked, but honestly, it didn't do a thing for me.
Man, it's such a pain because now I can't even rely on sleep mode or hibernation to save my skin; instead, I'm stuck having to completely shut down the whole
PC every single time.