ps2 mouse not recognized on first boot

Hi to all,
I have a problem with WIN98SE recognizing the attached PS2
mouse. On the first boot, it reports "Windows did not
detect a PS2 mouse attached to your computer".
Then, if I unplug and plug in the mouse again, then press
ctrl+ALT+DEL to restart again, the mouse IS RECOGNIZED
and further on everything works ok, until the next
shutdown. Then, on the next boot ( the next power-on ),
the problem starts again.

One of the help advices to this problem says to try the
following in the C:\MOUSE\MOUSEDRV.INI file:

[Technical]
ForcePS2EquipmentFlag=On

But this also does not help.

My mouse is a regular wheel mouse (Packard Bell).

I'll be very grateful for any suggestion to solve this
very annoying problem.

Thanks & Best regards,
Iudith

I'd hate to fool with my own mouse this way, but...

(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.....


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Iudith Mentzel" wrote in message
...
| Hi to all,
| I have a problem with WIN98SE recognizing the attached PS2
| mouse. On the first boot, it reports "Windows did not
| detect a PS2 mouse attached to your computer".
| Then, if I unplug and plug in the mouse again, then press
| ctrl+ALT+DEL to restart again, the mouse IS RECOGNIZED
| and further on everything works ok, until the next
| shutdown. Then, on the next boot ( the next power-on ),
| the problem starts again.
|
| One of the help advices to this problem says to try the
| following in the C:\MOUSE\MOUSEDRV.INI file:
|
| [Technical]
| ForcePS2EquipmentFlag=On
|
| But this also does not help.
|
| My mouse is a regular wheel mouse (Packard Bell).
|
| I'll be very grateful for any suggestion to solve this
| very annoying problem.
|
| Thanks & Best regards,
| Iudith
|