[time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again
I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the magic incantionation is. Thanks Dave ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again
On 8/11/15 5:20 AM, David C. Partridge wrote: I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the magic incantionation is. On win 7, I go into device manager (rt click on computer, properties, etc.) and disable Microsoft Serial Mouse. There's probably a command line way to do it it too, using the command line device manager tool. You'd need to know the name of the device, but once you know it, you're set for ever. Does Win10 use a similar scheme? It's very likely: it's not like MS rewrites the OS kernel.. the version changes are more UI focused. Device manager in Win7 isn't a whole lot different than it was in NT4.0 ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again
David C. Partridge wrote: I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the magic incantionation is. The boot option /NoSerialMice should do the trick. See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-en/kb/131976 However, unklike mentioned in the above article, you can't just edit a boot.ini file in current Windows versions. Instead you have to run the bcdedit utility shipped with Windows. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff545492%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Haven't tried this under Windows 10, yet, but hope it still works. Martin ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again
Tahnks to John Lofgren: Click on start -- In the search box, type in regedit Registry editor windows opens... Navigate to the location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -- SYSTEM -- CurrentControlSet -- Services -- sermouse In the right hand, you'll see stuff like: (default) DisplayName etc. etc. etc. There should be a dword (32bit) value titled: start Set the value of this to: 0004 Regards, David Partridge -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Martin Burnicki Sent: 11 August 2015 17:25 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again David C. Partridge wrote: I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the magic incantionation is. The boot option /NoSerialMice should do the trick. See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-en/kb/131976 However, unklike mentioned in the above article, you can't just edit a boot.ini file in current Windows versions. Instead you have to run the bcdedit utility shipped with Windows. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff545492%28v=vs.85 %29.aspx Haven't tried this under Windows 10, yet, but hope it still works. Martin ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again
You can disable serial mouse detection: http://www.taltech.com/support/entry/windows_2000_nt_serial_mice_and_missing_com_port If you are using an old mouse, it might disable it as well and you will need to use a USB mouse. On 08/11/2015 08:20 AM, David C. Partridge wrote: I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the magic incantionation is. Thanks Dave ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again
Here you can find a solution: http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/support/marine/documentation/VVOS/VVOS_CrazyMouse.pdf On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:20 PM, David C. Partridge david.partri...@perdrix.co.uk wrote: I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the magic incantionation is. Thanks Dave ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
