On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 23:56:10 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sam,
> For your Runaway Mouse problem ... > Try Tab or Alt-Tab to go from the Desktop to the Start button. Open the > Start button and arrow up to Settings. Arrow over (then up or down as > needed) and select Control Panel. Tab to the Mouse and open that panel. > Select (Tab to) Motion or Speed, then adjust the movement speed and other > options as necessary. Tried that. It was extremely difficult to click on the right spot at the exactly the right moment when the runaway mouse was over the start button and the Settings. Anyhow, I succeeded, and I adjustd my Setttings for the very slowest mouse speed. Doing that did not seem to help. Also, doing Tab and doing ALT + TAB does not help. > If the mouse button is interpreting directions correctly, then it's > probably just a matter of response speed. > The above directions are from my memory, so they may be off a bit. The > important parts are using the Tab and Alt-Tab keys as necessary for > movement (Shift-Alt goes in reverse). Use the Enter key to make your > button selections and the arrow keys as you find necessary. > Do this first thing when you boot up. If you get lost in cyberspace, just > shut off the laptop and start again. Windows should recover itself on > start up, so you shouldn't have any real problems. > If that doesn't work, try loading CTMOUSE from the DOS prompt. If that > works, then add CTMOUSE to your autoexec.bat file and reboot. I do load "CTMOUSEP /R0" in my AUTOEXEC.BAT. Doing that provides me with the use of the runaway and uncontrollable built-in pointing device. The built-in pointing device use to work under both DOS and Window$, but it doesn't work right at all now, not under either operating system. I know I could easily install an alternative and functioning pointing device under DOS. My question and my problem is about how to intall the alternative pointing device so that it will work under Window$. BTW, I haven't acquired the alternative mouse yet. I need a "mini-mouse" for my laptop. I don't want to pack a big standard-size mouse. I can't find a compatible "mini-mouse" in any of the stores. All of the "mini-mice" I have found so far are for USB ports. My laptop has two standard COM ports, one of which is used for my external modem. The other *could* be used for a standard serial mouse. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
