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Old September 4th 05, 02:09 AM
Dr. Palpatine
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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
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Old September 4th 05, 03:00 AM
Brian A.
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Is it PS/2 or USB?
Optical or non?
Wired or wireless?

In Normal windows right click MyComputer, click Properties Device Manager
tab.
Click the + next to Mouse double click the mouse device listed to open its
properties.
What shows as the status for the device?


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"Dr. Palpatine" wrote in message
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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


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Old September 4th 05, 03:53 AM
Hugh Candlin
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"Dr. Palpatine" wrote in message
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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


Hold down a Windows key and press the Pause/Break key.

Click on Device Manager and select "View devices by connection"

Click the + sign to expand the BIOS tree

Hughlight the Mouse Port entry and click Properties,
then click Resources.

Is anything of significance shown in the Conflicting Devices List?



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Old September 4th 05, 11:52 PM
PCR
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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.....


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should things get worse after this,
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"Dr. Palpatine" wrote in message
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| 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


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Old September 6th 05, 07:51 AM
Franc Zabkar
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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.


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