I see, Windows Update now offers to me...

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
(KB834707)
Download size: 2.8 MB, 9 minutes
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to
compromise a computer running Internet Explorer and gain control over
it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from
Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your
computer. Read more...

....BUT, your report gives me pause. Anyway...

(1) Did it seem to complete it's install?
(a) Did it request a reboot to complete it's install?
(b) Did that go well?
(c) Did the computer work for a while after that?
(d) How did you "(try to download) the latest driver", with all of
this going on?

(2) At a DOS Prompt, enter...
DIR /a C:\WINDOWS\Wininit.ini
....If found, enter...
REN C:\WINDOWS\Wininit.ini Wininit.bad

If you now can boot (CTRL-Alt-Del to try), open "C:\Windows\Wininit.bad"
in Notepad, & post it. (Wininit.ini is the file Windows uses to
"complete" an install during a reboot, when files that are "in use" must
be replaced.)

(3) I don't know whether KB834707 is still trying to install. But here
is how to play with the Mouse. I'd really hate to do it myself in the
middle of a failed install, though...

(a) Boot to Safe Mode.
(Hold F5 as you boot, or hold CTRL for the Startup Menu.
Alternatively, turn on the Startup Menu at "START, Run, MSConfig,
Advanced button.)

(b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".

(c) Open the Mouse branch, & Remove every Mouse driver in it.
If there were more than one (& just one is plugged in), you had a
"ghost".

(d) Reboot to Windows Normal Mode.

If it does not automatically detect the mouse at that reboot, you will
need to reinstall it the way you originally did.

CAVEAT: I have a "Readme" that says (speaking of a Device Manager remove
of the mouse)...

.......Quote..............
Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0 have the ability to load device
drivers without running the Setup program. Loading the devices
drivers this way, however, does not install the user interface
programs such as the Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control Center.
Using the "Have Disk" function will install only the Logitech
mouse drivers.
.......End of quote.....


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GEEZ, should I try that one-- KB834707?,
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"IanG" wrote in message
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| Ever since I installed the above MS patch (may be coincidece) I have
| been unable to use my mouse (Intellimouse). I have tried downloading
| the latest driver, but this doesn't seem to work. I have checked the
| physical mouse and that is OK. Sometimes, when the PC is at the login
| screen the mouse will work (sometimes erraticly), but then stops when
| it starts loading applications as part of the login procedure.
| Othertimes the PC warns that there is no device attached.
| Any ideas???
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