Re: Windows V2.1 and Logitech Mouse

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From: Charles Anderson
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1988 18:13

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In article <13921@cisunx.UUCP> nomad@cisunx.UUCP (John C. Ramirez) writes:
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> 
>   A friend of mine recently purchase and IBM PS 2 Model 30 with 
>DOS version 4.0, MS Windows V2.1, and a Logitech Series 2 mouse.
>
>The problem is that despite repeatedly installing both the mouse
|and Windows, when the Windows program is run, the mouse gives no
|response, and the pointer does not even appear on the screen.
|
|The mouse works fine otherwise (for example in Dosshell) and the
|Windows program runs fine except for the mouse problem.
|
|Does anyone have any idea what the problem is and how it can be
|fixed?
|
|Any suggestions would be appreciated.
|
|John Ramirez  ( nomad@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu )

We had a problem similar to this at work, and it seems that windows did not
like having the mouse device driver loaded, because it had it's own internal
device drivers.  So if your config.sys file has device=mouse.sys or something
like that try removing it and rebooting and trying again.
--
Charlie Anderson - caa@midgard.mn.org

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From: Charlie@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Charles Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Windows V2.1 and Logitech Mouse
Keywords: Windows, Logitech mouse, no response
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Date: 1 Dec 88 18:13:37 GMT
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