On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 18:09:01 -0700, "Dr. Palpatine"
put finger to keyboard and
composed:

Hi, I have a Pentium II machine running Win98 second addition. All updates
are current. I have noticed that the mouse does not work in normal
operation, but when I am in "safe mode" it works. I find this puzzling and
hope that someone can help resolve this. Thanks so much! Dr. Palpatine

Here's another way to navigate to Device Manager.

Type Ctrl-Esc. Type "R" for Run. Type "control sysdm.cpl". Hit the
right arrow key. Hit the tab key twice and arrow down to Mouse.

FWIW, I sometimes need to use this technique if I lose control of my
mouse after switching my passive KVM box. I find that Refreshing the
mouse recovers its functionality. I've partially automated this
process with a desktop shortcut and a shortcut key sequence.


-- Franc Zabkar

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