Problem with a mouse driver - Windows 98

Hi,
I have installed Windows 98, and I have a microsoft mouse
on a serial port. I followed the steps indicated in the
read-me file for the mouse on my installation CD(Windows
98) and it doesn't work. Is there a way to copy the mouse
driver file directly to my C using Ms-Dos for instance? Do
I have to modify the Autoexec.bat file? Your answers are
welcome! Thanks in advance!

Doris

"Doris" wrote in message
...

I have installed Windows 98, and I have a microsoft mouse
on a serial port. I followed the steps indicated in the
read-me file for the mouse on my installation CD(Windows
98) and it doesn't work. Is there a way to copy the mouse
driver file directly to my C using Ms-Dos for instance? Do
I have to modify the Autoexec.bat file? Your answers are
welcome! Thanks in advance!

Method 1: If the driver file collection includes an EXE
file, instal it via / Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs.
Method 2: In / Control Panel / System / Device Manager
select the mouse, right click / Properties, and click on
Update Driver. You need to remember which folder holds
the mouse driver files.

Win98 does not need AUTOEXEC.BAT. (This was
held over from Win95 which did need it.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

You should not have to install any extra driver for a serial mouse in Win98.....just
connect the mouse and start the computer. Windows should add its own driver for the
serial mouse when you start up.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Doris" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have installed Windows 98, and I have a microsoft mouse
on a serial port. I followed the steps indicated in the
read-me file for the mouse on my installation CD(Windows
98) and it doesn't work. Is there a way to copy the mouse
driver file directly to my C using Ms-Dos for instance? Do
I have to modify the Autoexec.bat file? Your answers are
welcome! Thanks in advance!

Doris