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- Readme File for Microsoft IntelliPoint Version 3.1
- December 1999
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-
- (C) Microsoft Corporation, 1999
-
- This document provides late-breaking or other information that
- supplements the IntelliPoint Online User's Guide and the printed
- documentation for Microsoft pointing devices.
-
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- How to View This Document
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- To view the Readme file on-screen, open it in Windows Notepad or
- another word processor. To print the Readme file, click Print on
- the File menu.
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- CONTENTS
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-
- 1. GENERAL NOTES
- 1.1 Using the PS/2 port on your laptop computer
- 1.2 Upgrading your operating system
- 1.3 Replacing a two-button pointing device with a Cordless
- Wheel Mouse, Wheel Mouse, IntelliMouse, IntelliMouse
- Pro, IntelliMouse Explorer or IntelliMouse TrackBall
- pointing device
- 1.4 Connecting multiple pointing devices to your computer
- 1.5 Using a program that does not use the IntelliPoint
- scroll, AutoScroll, or pan features
- 1.6 Known problems with scrolling
- 1.7 Using the wheel in windows with multiple scroll bars
- 1.8 Reassigning features to buttons that programs cannot
- recognize
- 1.9 Using a BIOS setup program to enable your mouse port
- 1.10 Determining the IntelliPoint software version number
- 1.11 Registering your product after installing the
- IntelliPoint software
-
-
- 2. NOTES FOR WINDOWS NT USERS
- 2.1 Installing IntelliPoint requires system-administrator
- security privileges
- 2.2 Using an IntelliMouse TrackBall or a dedicated PS/2
- IntelliMouse on Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
-
-
- =====================
- Part 1: GENERAL NOTES
- =====================
-
- 1.1 Using the PS/2 port on your laptop computer
-
- Many laptop computers have an internal (PS/2) pointing
- device (IPD) that may cause your mouse or trackball
- to work erratically or improperly when attached to
- the PS/2 port. The problem is most likely because
- both the IPD and your mouse or trackball are trying
- to use the PS/2 port at the same time.
-
- To fix this problem, try one of the following:
-
- * Disable the IPD or select Autodetect mode, using
- the BIOS setup program. Not all laptop computers
- have this feature. See your laptop computer's
- documentation to change settings with your BIOS
- setup program.
- * Connect your pointing device to an available
- serial port.
- * If your device has USB-to-PS/2 functionality,
- remove the USB-to-PS/2 adapter, and then plug
- the USB connector into an available USB port.
-
- 1.2 Upgrading your operating system
-
- When you upgrade your operating system to a later version,
- you must first uninstall the IntelliPoint software before
- upgrading, and then, after upgrading, reinstall the
- IntelliPoint software. If you do not reinstall the
- IntelliPoint software, some features may not work or may
- not work as expected.
-
-
- 1.3 Replacing a two-button pointing device with a Cordless
- Wheel Mouse, Wheel Mouse, IntelliMouse, IntelliMouse Pro,
- IntelliMouse Explorer or IntelliMouse TrackBall
- pointing device
-
- When you replace your two-button pointing device with a
- Cordless Wheel Mouse, Wheel Mouse, IntelliMouse,
- IntelliMouse Pro, IntelliMouse Explorer, or IntelliMouse
- TrackBall pointing device, you need to install the
- accompanying IntelliPoint software to fully enable the
- wheel and wheel button functionality. If you install
- your pointing device without installing the IntelliPoint
- software, the wheel and wheel button may not work.
-
- NOTE: When you replace your two-button pointing device
- with a Cordless Wheel Mouse, Wheel Mouse, IntelliMouse,
- IntelliMouse Pro, IntelliMouse Explorer, or IntelliMouse
- TrackBall, you may not see a message informing you of
- new hardware installed when you restart your computer.
-
- >>>To fix this problem:
-
- 1 Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then
- click Control Panel.
- 2 Double-click System, click the Device Manager tab,
- and then click Mouse.
- 3 Select the serial device, for example Standard
- Serial Mouse, and then click Remove.
- 4 Restart your computer.
-
- If your computer does not detect your device after
- restarting, try running Setup.exe on your IntelliPoint
- CD-ROM.
-
-
- 1.4 Connecting multiple pointing devices to your computer
-
- Button assignments are the same for all devices
- connected to your computer. For example, if you
- assign Click to the secondary button for one device,
- then Click is assigned to the secondary button for
- all devices.
-
- NOTE: If you assign Click to a button that is not
- available on another device, then you cannot use
- that other device to Click.
-
-
- 1.5 Using a program that does not use the IntelliPoint
- scroll, AutoScroll, or pan features
-
- If you are unable to scroll, AutoScroll, or pan in an
- application, check the list of programs that do not
- have IntelliPoint enabled to see if that program is
- listed.
-
- >>>To view the list of programs that do not have
- IntelliPoint enabled:
-
- 1 Click the Wheel tab
- 2 Click the Advanced button, and then select "Enable
- IntelliPoint wheel support for all programs except"
-
- Applications on the list may work in different ways
- at the same time when they have IntelliPoint enabled,
- for example scrolling (through IntelliPoint) and
- zooming (through the program). Adding a program to
- the list turns off IntelliPoint support, enabling
- the program to use only the built-in program
- functionality to work with the wheel or wheel button.
-
-
- 1.6 Known problems with scrolling
-
- Microsoft endeavored to provide scrolling in all
- applications; however, some applications may
- encounter difficulties.
-
- * Some applications enable you to scroll only when
- the pointer is placed over a scroll bar. When you
- attempt to scroll by rolling the wheel inside the
- window, nothing happens. In these applications,
- place the pointer over a scroll bar, and then roll
- the wheel.
-
- * Some applications enable you to AutoScroll or pan
- only when the pointer is placed over a scroll
- bar. When you attempt to AutoScroll or pan by
- clicking the wheel button inside the window,
- an origin mark may appear, but does not enable
- you to AutoScroll or pan. In these applications,
- place the pointer over one of the scroll bars,
- and then click the wheel button.
-
- * You may not be able to scroll, AutoScroll, and pan
- in all windows of some applications.
-
- * Some applications provide an option to hide scroll
- bars. Scrolling may not work when this option is
- applied. To restore scrolling in this instance,
- restore the scroll bars within the application.
-
- * Some applications may not AutoScroll or pan with
- SnapTo selected. When you attempt to AutoScroll or
- pan, the origin mark disappears and becomes a pointer
- over the default button. To AutoScroll and pan in
- these applications, turn off SnapTo in the
- IntelliPoint software.
-
-
- 1.7 Using the wheel in windows with multiple scroll bars
-
- Windows that contain frames can have multiple scroll
- bars that may require you to click the content within
- the window to activate scrolling with the wheel. A
- frame is a separate, scrolling area within the window.
-
- For example, when using Microsoft Internet Explorer,
- if your window contains multiple frames with scroll
- bars, you may need to click the content of the window
- to activate scrolling with the wheel.
-
-
- 1.8 Reassigning features to buttons that programs cannot
- recognize
-
- When you assign a different feature to a mouse or
- trackball button, for example AutoScroll instead of
- Click to the primary button, then the button will
- work as the new feature (AutoScroll), not the default
- feature (Click).
-
- If your program does not recognize the new feature
- assigned to a button, in this case AutoScroll
- assigned to the primary button, then the button may
- not operate as expected in that program. You must
- assign a feature to a button that the program can
- recognize for the button to operate as expected.
-
-
- 1.9 Using a BIOS setup program to enable your mouse port
-
- If you enable your mouse port (PS/2 port) using a BIOS
- setup program, your computer will detect a PS/2 device
- when you use Add New Hardware, even without a PS/2
- device connected. When your computer detects a
- nonexistent pointing device, you will see an
- exclamation point beside the PS/2 Mouse icon in the
- Device Manager tab in the Control Panel.
-
- >>>To display the PS/2 Mouse icon:
-
- 1 Click the Start button, point to Settings, and
- then click Control Panel.
- 2 Double-click System, click the Device Manager
- tab, and then click Mouse.
-
- To avoid this problem, do not enable your mouse
- port using your BIOS setup program.
-
-
- 1.10 Determining the IntelliPoint software version number
-
- You can easily determine what version of IntelliPoint
- software is installed on your computer.
-
- >>>To display the IntelliPoint software version number:
-
- 1 Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then
- click Control Panel.
- 2 Double-click the Mouse icon.
- 3 Right-click within the Mouse Properties window, and
- then click About.
-
- 1.11 Registering your product after installing the
- IntelliPoint software
-
- You can only register your product when you install the
- IntelliPoint software. If you choose to register your
- product at a later time during the installation of
- IntelliPoint software, you must reinstall the
- IntelliPoint software, and then complete the
- Registration Wizard to register your product.
-
-
- ==================================
- Part 2: NOTES FOR WINDOWS NT USERS
- ==================================
-
- 2.1 Installing IntelliPoint requires system-administrator
- security privileges
-
- You need system-administrator security privileges to
- install IntelliPoint software on Windows NT systems.
- For information on system-administrator security, see
- your Windows NT documentation.
-
-
- 2.2 Using an IntelliMouse TrackBall or a dedicated PS/2
- IntelliMouse on Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
-
- IntelliPoint must be installed to use the wheel or
- wheel button on Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3. You may
- have a dedicated PS/2 IntelliMouse if you purchased
- it from an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).
-
- To fix this problem, install IntelliPoint.
-
-