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No Mouse in Safe Mode
I am having a problem getting my mouse to load in safe mode. The drivers for this mouse are up to date.
I am running WindowsXP with all of the updates. The label on the underside of the mouse reads "Intellimouse 1.1A Serial Compatible Microsoft Corporation". Aida identifies the mouse as "Microsoft Serial Intellimouse". In normal mode, this mouse works fine, however, when I boot up in safe mode, the mouse is frozen, as if the drivers are not loaded. In order to navigate in safe mode, I have to use the up and down arrow keys. Can anyone give me advice on how to get my mouse to load in safe mode? -- ) |
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No Mouse in Safe Mode
Bill Jackson wrote:
I am having a problem getting my mouse to load in safe mode. The drivers for this mouse are up to date. I am running WindowsXP with all of the updates. The label on the underside of the mouse reads "Intellimouse 1.1A Serial Compatible Microsoft Corporation". Aida identifies the mouse as "Microsoft Serial Intellimouse". In normal mode, this mouse works fine, however, when I boot up in safe mode, the mouse is frozen, as if the drivers are not loaded. In order to navigate in safe mode, I have to use the up and down arrow keys. Can anyone give me advice on how to get my mouse to load in safe mode? Connect a PS2 mouse. Safe Mode by definition disables hardware drivers to eliminate the possibility of errors from failed drivers. PS2 is BIOS controlled. Q |
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No Mouse in Safe Mode
Sometime on, or about Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:38:15 -0500, Bill Jackson wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I have been scratching my brain trying to figure this out. Now I just have to pick up a PS2 mouse and I'm on my way. Thanks again. Some BIOS's have an option for allowing native support for USB mice. I'm wondering if this would help at all. Sam -- To mail me, please get rid of the BS first |
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No Mouse in Safe Mode
The mouse is a "serial" mouse, not USB. Would a BIOS change still apply?
-- ) "Sam" wrote in message ... Sometime on, or about Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:38:15 -0500, Bill Jackson wrote: Thanks for the reply. I have been scratching my brain trying to figure this out. Now I just have to pick up a PS2 mouse and I'm on my way. Thanks again. Some BIOS's have an option for allowing native support for USB mice. I'm wondering if this would help at all. Sam -- To mail me, please get rid of the BS first |
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No Mouse in Safe Mode
Sometime on, or about Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:47:11 -0500, Bill Jackson wrote:
The mouse is a "serial" mouse, not USB. Would a BIOS change still apply? Probably not... typically it relates specifically to USB which is not normally recognized outside of Windows. Virtually all modern mice are either ps/2 and/or USB. I haven't seen a serial mouse for ages. Sam -- To mail me, please get rid of the BS first |
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No Mouse in Safe Mode
I am beginning to suspect that a PS2 mouse is not going to fit on my
computer. If I remember correctly, the PS2 mouse has a "connection fitting" on the computer similar to the keyboard connection fitting. My computer has only one such connection fitting, and that is for the keyboard. Unless a PS2 mouse can have both type connection, it looks like I'm up the proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle. Thanks for your help. -- ) "Sam" wrote in message . .. Sometime on, or about Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:47:11 -0500, Bill Jackson wrote: The mouse is a "serial" mouse, not USB. Would a BIOS change still apply? Probably not... typically it relates specifically to USB which is not normally recognized outside of Windows. Virtually all modern mice are either ps/2 and/or USB. I haven't seen a serial mouse for ages. Sam -- To mail me, please get rid of the BS first |
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No Mouse in Safe Mode
Sometime on, or about Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:04:32 -0500, Bill Jackson wrote:
I am beginning to suspect that a PS2 mouse is not going to fit on my computer. If I remember correctly, the PS2 mouse has a "connection fitting" on the computer similar to the keyboard connection fitting. My computer has only one such connection fitting, and that is for the keyboard. Unless a PS2 mouse can have both type connection, it looks like I'm up the proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle. Thanks for your help. Your computer must be really ancient, if it only has one ps/2 connection. Yes, the ps/2 mouse connection looks identical to the keyboard one. Do you have a USB connection? If so, most mice now come both ways (i.e. they have a USB plug with a ps/2 converter). You can get USB adapter cards to fit in a PCI slot. Sam -- To mail me, please get rid of the BS first |
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