On the WinNT mouse issue... This is a pain-in-the-arse problem very common
to MS, I have had it happend to me a few times in the past (someone's wheel
mouse goes down, and I don't have an exact replacement, have to substitute a
serial mouse for the interim and it f***s things up!).
I had never taken the time to try this, but you might just to see if it
works...Of course, if it doesn't, you'll get used to using the ALT, TAB,
Arrow, Shift and ENTER keys!
Check in Start|Settings|ControlPanel|Devices to see that device "mssermou"
(no that's not a typo--it's the device controller for the serial mouse) is
set to start up with "system".Cloick OK, close, etc.
In regedit, search for "mssermou.sys" it should already be set to
0x00000001. Double click the device path, and change the 1
(hex/decimal-doesn't matter it's only a 1 or 2) to a "2" (no quotes).click
OK, close the registry and restart.
If that doesn't work, there is another place to edit the mssermou "Pointer
Port" settings. These are located in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mssermou.
My settings look like this (but I have a PS/2 mouse!):
(Default) (value not set)
ErrorControl 0x00000000 (0)
Group "Pointer Port"
Start 0x00000001 (1)
Tag 0x00000002 (2)
Type 0x00000001 (1)
Don't ask me what exaclty these mean, I haven't played with them
before...but if you can back up your registry, you'll prevent any permanent
damage! :-)
OR: if you're willing to wait a day or two, I can give it a try at work
(I'm sure as hell not screwing up my machine at home :-) !) and get back to
you... I have a couple of macines at work that I can temporarily
destroy--I'll just restore a new image on them if they need to be used.
--Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Thurston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Actually, I just tried to change the settings on my modem, it uses
jumpers.
> The problem is, when I changed it to COM2, no matter what I tried, I could
> not get it to work in NT. I tried everything I could think of and nothing
> worked. I tried to detect it and NT said that it did not exist, I know
that
> the jumpers were set correctly, I still have the manual, and it is quite
> specific. I had to change everything back in order to send this email.
At
> any rate, NT is just driving me crazy. Of course I am having trouble with
> Linux too, so I guess that I should be used to this frustration by now.
>
> Mark
>
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