Problem with HP Pavillion...

I am trying to help a friend re-install Win98 on an old HP computer.
There are 2 System Recovery disks that came with the computer & I have run
the first one. The problem starts when the system boots up for the first
time & it puts you into this HP Pavilion Mouse Tutorial. The mouse will not
move, so you can show "them/it" you have the basic intelligence necessary to
click a mouse button, there fore not allowing you to progress past this
point. I have tried connecting a USB mouse, but get the message that a ps/2
mouse was not detected... I have even gone as far as installing Win98SE,
which will see my USB mouse, but then I can't run the application recovery
disk!
Is there some way I can keep it from running this "tutorial"?"
I am open for any other suggestions.
Thanks

Have you tried clicking the Enter key on the keyboard?

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Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Mike" wrote in message
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I am trying to help a friend re-install Win98 on an old HP computer.
There are 2 System Recovery disks that came with the computer & I have run
the first one. The problem starts when the system boots up for the first
time & it puts you into this HP Pavilion Mouse Tutorial. The mouse will
not move, so you can show "them/it" you have the basic intelligence
necessary to click a mouse button, there fore not allowing you to progress
past this point. I have tried connecting a USB mouse, but get the message
that a ps/2 mouse was not detected... I have even gone as far as
installing Win98SE, which will see my USB mouse, but then I can't run the
application recovery disk!
Is there some way I can keep it from running this "tutorial"?"
I am open for any other suggestions.
Thanks

That, along with about every other key on the keyboard...

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
Have you tried clicking the Enter key on the keyboard?

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Mike" wrote in message
...
I am trying to help a friend re-install Win98 on an old HP computer.
There are 2 System Recovery disks that came with the computer & I have
run the first one. The problem starts when the system boots up for the
first time & it puts you into this HP Pavilion Mouse Tutorial. The mouse
will not move, so you can show "them/it" you have the basic intelligence
necessary to click a mouse button, there fore not allowing you to
progress past this point. I have tried connecting a USB mouse, but get
the message that a ps/2 mouse was not detected... I have even gone as far
as installing Win98SE, which will see my USB mouse, but then I can't run
the application recovery disk!
Is there some way I can keep it from running this "tutorial"?"
I am open for any other suggestions.
Thanks

Try another mouse, or try the existing mouse on a known good computer.
Also, see the following if you want to test the mouse using a boot floppy.

http://www.bootdisk.com/readme.htm#mouse

Ben

"Mike" wrote in message ...
I am trying to help a friend re-install Win98 on an old HP computer.
There are 2 System Recovery disks that came with the computer & I have run
the first one. The problem starts when the system boots up for the first
time & it puts you into this HP Pavilion Mouse Tutorial. The mouse will not
move, so you can show "them/it" you have the basic intelligence necessary to
click a mouse button, there fore not allowing you to progress past this
point. I have tried connecting a USB mouse, but get the message that a ps/2
mouse was not detected... I have even gone as far as installing Win98SE,
which will see my USB mouse, but then I can't run the application recovery
disk!
Is there some way I can keep it from running this "tutorial"?"
I am open for any other suggestions.
Thanks

It isn't the mouse...

"Ben Myers" wrote in message
...
Try another mouse, or try the existing mouse on a known good computer.
Also, see the following if you want to test the mouse using a boot floppy.

http://www.bootdisk.com/readme.htm#mouse

Ben

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I am trying to help a friend re-install Win98 on an old HP computer.
There are 2 System Recovery disks that came with the computer & I have run
the first one. The problem starts when the system boots up for the first
time & it puts you into this HP Pavilion Mouse Tutorial. The mouse will
not
move, so you can show "them/it" you have the basic intelligence necessary
to
click a mouse button, there fore not allowing you to progress past this
point. I have tried connecting a USB mouse, but get the message that a
ps/2
mouse was not detected... I have even gone as far as installing Win98SE,
which will see my USB mouse, but then I can't run the application recovery
disk!
Is there some way I can keep it from running this "tutorial"?"
I am open for any other suggestions.
Thanks

Testing the mouse on the problem computer with a boot
floppy will confirm that the two are compatible, at least in
DOS mode.

http://www.bootdisk.com/readme.htm#mouse

Ben

"Mike" wrote in message ...
It isn't the mouse...

"Ben Myers" wrote in message
...
Try another mouse, or try the existing mouse on a known good computer.
Also, see the following if you want to test the mouse using a boot floppy.

http://www.bootdisk.com/readme.htm#mouse

Ben

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I am trying to help a friend re-install Win98 on an old HP computer.
There are 2 System Recovery disks that came with the computer & I have run
the first one. The problem starts when the system boots up for the first
time & it puts you into this HP Pavilion Mouse Tutorial. The mouse will
not
move, so you can show "them/it" you have the basic intelligence necessary
to
click a mouse button, there fore not allowing you to progress past this
point. I have tried connecting a USB mouse, but get the message that a
ps/2
mouse was not detected... I have even gone as far as installing Win98SE,
which will see my USB mouse, but then I can't run the application recovery
disk!
Is there some way I can keep it from running this "tutorial"?"
I am open for any other suggestions.
Thanks