FWIW, I have two optical mice plugged into my desktop now. Both can be used at the same time to play "tug'o'war" with the cursor. Unlike the crippled OS from Redmond I don't have to wait for "found new hardware" to complete its routine before I can use my rodent. Really only have two mice plugged in because I'm evaluating a replacement mouse and didn't feel like crawling behind my PC to unplug the other one.
Also, on most laptops you can disable the touchpad with a Function + key. For example "FN + F5". Look for the picture of a finger and/or touchpad on the top of your keyboard. Some also have a hardware button to disable the touchpad. --- Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I first plug a USB mouse into most winders XPee laptops, > which start out with a touchpad, both become active by default > in > my experience.... so even without changing the control panel, > you have a mouse button only inches away from your > keyboard.... > essential right there, so you can hold down a mouse button > with > one hand on the keyboard, and let the cat swat at your mouse > to get some interesting drawings :) > > Has anyone tried an optical mouse under varying optical > properties > and conditions, for creative purposes? > > ben ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
