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- Logitech MouseWare README File
- (c) Copyright 1995-1998 Logitech, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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- README TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- 1. Installation
- 1.1 Standard Installation
- 1.2 DOS Installation
- 1.3 Drivers Only Installation
- 1.4 Work Around Installation for Windows 95
- 1.5 Work Around Installation for Windows 3.1
- 1.6 Manually Decompressing Files
- 2. Uninstall Program
- 3. Features
- 3.1 Cloaking Feature for DOS and Windows 3.1
- 3.2 Zooming in Windows 95 and NT 4.0
- 4. Troubleshooting
- 4.1 Detection Problems with PS/2 Pointing Devices
- 4.2 Serial Port Detection Problems with Serial Pointing
- Devices under DOS and Windows 3.1
- 4.3 Conflicts with other Serial Devices
- 4.4 Power Management Problems
- 4.5 Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control Panel is not Updated
- 4.6 Problems Operating the Wheel
- 4.7 Cordless Desktop
- 5. For more information
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- 1. Installation
-
- Before installing any software under Windows NT 4.0, we
- strongly recommend you create an Emergency Repair Disk using
- the Repair Disk utility provided by the system (RDISK.EXE).
-
-
- 1.1 Standard Installation
-
- Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0
- Run Setup.exe from the floppy diskette to install the MouseWare
- software.
-
- 1.2 DOS Installation
-
- The MouseWare installation program will only run if Windows is
- installed on your machine. If your computer runs DOS only,
- follow the instructions below:
-
- 1) Insert the MouseWare diskette into the floppy drive.
- 2) Change your DOS prompt to match the floppy drive being used.
- 3) At the A: prompt type:
- T A: C:\Mouse [Enter]
- Or at the B: prompt type:
- T B: C:\Mouse [Enter]
- 4) Pressing any key will start the copy process.
- 5) When the manual install is complete, you will need to edit
- the AUTOEXEC.BAT. Please add the following lines:
- SET LMOUSE=C:\MOUSE
- C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
- 6) Reboot the computer to make these changes take effect.
-
-
- 1.3 Drivers Only Installation
-
- Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR2, and Windows NT 4.0 have the
- ability to load device drivers without running the Setup
- program. Loading the devices drivers this way, however, does
- not install the user interface programs such as the Logitech
- Enhanced Mouse Control Center. Using the "Have Disk" function
- will install only the Logitech mouse drivers and will
- automatically set up the middle button of a 3/4 button Logitech
- mouse to do a double click.
-
- Windows 95, Windows OSR2 and Windows NT 4.0
-
- 1) Click on the "Start" button on the Windows Desktop.
- 2) Select "Settings", then "Control Panel".
- 3) From the Control Panel, double click on the Mouse Icon.
- 4) Select the "General" tab.
- 5) From the "General" tab, click on "Change".
- 6) Click the "Have Disk" button.
- 7) Insert the MouseWare Disk 1 into the disk drive.
- 8) When prompted, click the Browse button.
- 9) For Windows 95, or Windows OSR2, double Click on the "Win9x"
- folder.
- 10)For Windows NT 4.0 double click on the "Winnt" folder.
- 11)Click the "Open" or "OK" button.
- 12)Click on the "OK" button.
- 13)Select, "Show all Devices"
- 14)Under "Models", select the correct model that matches the
- pointing device type and click on the "OK" button.
- 15)Windows should now copy the updated mouse drivers to the
- system.
- 16)Click on "Close".
- 17)Windows should now ask you to restart the system for the
- changes to take effect, click on "YES" to restart the
- system.
-
-
- 1.4 Work Around Installation for Windows 95
-
- If you experience difficulty running the installation program,
- under Windows 95, try launching the installer while running
- Windows 95 in Safe Mode. If this fails then install MouseWare
- manually.
-
- To install MouseWare manually under Windows 95, restart your
- computer and press the F8 key when "starting Windows95"
- appears. Select Safe Mode Command prompt only from the
- Microsoft Startup menu. At the MS-DOS prompt type "A:" or "B:"
- depending on the drive you are using. Then type "T95 A:" or
- "T95 B:". This will expand all the compressed files. After
- running this you will need to load the drivers. See section 1.3
- for a description on how to do this.
-
- 1.5 Work Around Installation for Windows 3.1
-
- If you experience difficulty running the installation program,
- you may want to do a manual installation. Refer to section 1.2
- and proceed with the installation for DOS.
-
- Before rebooting you need to edit the SYSTEM.INI file located
- in the WINDOWS directory. Please change the following lines to
- read as follows:
-
- [boot]
- mouse.drv=C:\MOUSE\LMOUSE.DRV
-
- [386Enh]
- mouse=C:\MOUSE\LVMD.386
-
-
- 1.6 Manually Decompressing Files
-
- Several files on the installation disk have been compressed.
- These files must be decompressed before you can use them. The
- SETUP program automatically decompresses these files during
- installation. However, should the need arise, we have provided
- a method for you to manually decompress these files. Compressed
- files have file names that end with a tilde sign (~). To
- decompress a file manually, use the LGEXPAND.EXE utility
- provided on the installation disk.
-
- For example, to decompress the file "WMOUSECC.EXE" to your hard
- disk, type:
-
- A:\lgexpand A:\WMOUSECC.EX~ C:\MOUSE\WMOUSECC.EXE
-
- Please make sure that the destination directory (C:\MOUSE in
- this example) exists before you issue this command.
-
-
- 2. Uninstall Program
-
- MouseWare can be removed from Windows 95 and NT 4.0 by clicking
- the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Windows 95 or NT 4.0
- Control Panel. Select Logitech MouseWare and press the Remove
- button.
-
- Windows 95
- The driver itself cannot be removed by this process. You can
- manually change the driver to another one as described in
- section 1.3.
-
-
- 3. Features
-
- 3.1 Cloaking Feature for DOS and Windows 3.1
-
- The MouseWare DOS mouse driver works in conjunction with a
- special interface program called "Cloaking". The CLOAKING.EXE
- interface program allows the DOS mouse driver, MOUSE.EXE, to be
- loaded in extended memory, freeing valuable conventional and
- upper memory for DOS applications. CLOAKING.EXE is
- automatically installed during the standard MouseWare
- installation for Windows 3.1.
-
- Cloaking works in conjunction with a supported memory manager
- to enable the mouse driver to load in extended memory, using a
- mere 1k of conventional or upper memory.
-
- CLOAKING.EXE will work with any of the following extended
- memory managers:
-
- EMM386.EXE Microsoft
- HIMEM.SYS Microsoft
- RM386.EXE 3.03 or later Helix
- QEMM386.SYS 7.1 Quarterdeck
- 386MAX.SYS 5.0 Qualitas
-
- You will need to be running one of these programs in order to
- use CLOAKING.EXE. The EMM386.EXE and HIMEM.SYS programs are
- included with DOS versions 5.0 and above, and with Windows.
-
- Installing Cloaking:
-
- Under Windows 3.1, the installation program copies CLOAKING.EXE
- in the mouse directory and loads CLOAKING.EXE in your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This will occur if your DOS version is 6.0
- or greater, you are running EMM386.EXE, and you are not already
- loading a version of CLOAKING.EXE.
-
- If you are running DOS only, you will need to do the changes
- manually. If you wish to install CLOAKING.EXE in the CONFIG.SYS
- file, add the line: "DEVICE=C:\MOUSE\CLOAKING.EXE" after the
- supported memory manager is loaded. If you wish to install
- cloaking in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, add the line:
- "C:\MOUSE\CLOAKING.EXE" before the mouse driver is loaded.
-
-
- 3.2 Zooming in Windows 95 and NT 4.0
-
- In Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, some applications, as
- Office97, support the zooming. To zoom in such applications,
- just press the [Ctrl] key and roll your mouse's wheel (if any)
- or use the Universal Scroll button assignment. Be sure your
- application is Office 97 compliant and supports the zoom
- function.
-
-
- 4. Troubleshooting
-
- 4.1 Detection Problems with PS/2 Pointing Devices
-
- If your mouse is connected to the mouse port and is not
- detected by the system, attempt the following step(s):
-
- 1) Your mouse port might need to be enabled through the SETUP
- menu of your computer. Please check your computer
- documentation regarding the SETUP menu.
-
- 2) If you have a mouse with both serial and mouse port
- adaptors, connect the mouse to the computer through the
- serial port. Reboot and check if the mouse is detected
- properly.
-
- 3) If adaptor(s) were not included in your package, your mouse
- was designed to work on only one type of port (Serial OR
- PS/2). Refer to your package for the type of port your mouse
- supports.
-
- If the problem persists, please check for a possible computer
- BIOS ROM upgrade from your computer manufacturer.
-
- Some notebook systems, such as IBM Thinkpad, have both an
- external Mouse Port and an integrated Pointing Stick, which is
- connected to the Mouse Port. If your mouse is having difficulty
- running on the Mouse Port of this type of system, try using the
- serial port instead.
-
-
- 4.2 Serial Port Detection Problems with Serial Pointing Devices
- under DOS and Windows 3.1
-
- If your mouse is connected to the serial port and is not
- detected by the system, add the following modification to the
- MOUSEDRV.INI file and reboot:
-
- [Technical]
- Timing=Hardware
-
- or load the DOS driver with the following parameter
- MOUSE.EXE NOINI
-
-
- 4.3 Conflicts with other Serial Devices
-
- 1) Windows 95
- If you have problems operating other serial devices together
- with MouseWare, in Windows 95 run Regedit.exe, edit the key:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Logitech\MouseWare\CurrentVersio
- n\Global\PortSearchOrder and remove the unused COM ports.
-
- 2) Windows NT 4.0
- If you have problems operating other serial devices together
- with MouseWare, in Windows NT 4.0 run Regedit.exe, edit the
- key:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lsermou
- s\Parameters\Global\PortSearchOrder and remove the unused
- COM ports.
-
- 3) Windows 3.1x and DOS
- In Windows 3.1 edit the parameter "PortSearchOrder" in the
- [Global] section of the file MOUSEDRV.INI located in the
- C:\MOUSE directory and remove the unused COM port.
-
-
- 4.4 Power Management Problems
-
- If your mouse freezes when waking your PC up from suspend, in
- Windows 95 run Regedit.exe and edit the key:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Logitech\MouseWare\CurrentVersion\T
- echnical\APMMode="Off"
-
- In Windows 3.1 edit the parameter "APMMode" in the [Technical]
- section of the file MOUSEDRV.INI
-
-
- 4.5 Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control Panel is not Updated
-
- Under Windows 95 if the Mouse properties has not been updated
- to Logitech Enhanced Mouse Control Center, verify you have
- installed MouseWare. If this does not resolve this issue, it
- may be necessary to do a registry clean-up. Remove the
- following folders in the Windows 95 Registry.
-
- Select the Start button, then Run, in the Open Line type
-
- C:\WINDOWS\REGEDIT.EXE and click on the OK button.
-
- Open the following Registry folders:
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Mous
- e\xxxx
-
- Remove all of the 0000, 0001, 0002, etc. under the Mouse folder
- until there are no folders remaining under the Mouse folder.
- Now shutdown your system and restart. Open the Mouse Properties
- and check to see if you now have the Enhanced Logitech Mouse
- Control Center.
-
-
- 4.6 Problems Operating the Wheel
-
- If your mouse is equipped with a wheel and the wheel does not
- scroll, verify the following:
-
- 1) Verify that the Logitech control panel is installed
- properly. If you click the Start button and select Settings,
- Control Panel, the mouse icon should bring up a Logitech
- control panel. Otherwise reinstall MouseWare.
-
- 2) If your wheel only works in Office 97 compatible
- applications, go to the Buttons page in the mouse control
- panel and verify that the check box "Use Office 97
- Compatible Scroll Only" is unchecked.
-
- 3) The wheel will not operate in Windows 3.1 or in DOS.
- However, the wheel button will operate as a regular middle
- button.
-
-
- 4.7 Cordless Desktop
-
- 1) Keyboard loses connection with system
- This can occur if the keyboard channel button is pressed
- while the system is turned off or in suspend mode. Turn the
- system on or resume from suspend and press the keyboard
- channel button located on the right side of the keyboard.
- If the keyboard still does not work, follow the "Connect
- procedure" on the Easy Installation card enclosed with this
- package.
-
- 2) Pressing Connect has no response from software
- If you receive no response from the software after the
- connect button is pressed, please do the following:
- - Wait at least 30 seconds before pressing the connect
- button again.
- - Check to see if your mouse and keyboard are working. If
- they are working, you do not need to reconnect them.
- - Press the connect button on the receiver and then press
- the channel button on one of the devices. If the connect
- button flashes, the device did connect successfully.
-
- If the devices are still not working, do the following:
- - Shut down your system
- - Remove the batteries from the devices
- - Restart your system
- - Put the batteries back into the devices
- - Perform the connect procedure again.
-
- 3) Keyboard Only Connected -- no cordless features
- If the keyboard is connected to the computer without the
- cordless mouse, you will not receive any cordless software
- features for the keyboard. This includes the Cordless Page
- in Keyboard Properties, battery status and task bar icons.
-
- 4) Battery Status
- - Battery Status Low message appears after little use of the
- keyboard.
- Make sure you are using alkaline batteries in both the
- mouse and keyboard. If you are using alkaline batteries
- and the message still appears, change the batteries in the
- device.
-
- - Battery Status unknown message appears for the keyboard.
- The battery status for the keyboard is activated after 100
- keystrokes. Providing the keyboard is working as expected,
- this message is not a problem. If the keyboard is not
- working, please follow the connect procedure instructions
- on the enclosed Easy Installation Card.
-
- 5) Mouse cursor is erratic
- Replace batteries.
-
- 6) Keyboard misses keystrokes or keys repeat
- Replace batteries.
-
- 5. For more information
-
- For more Troubleshooting information contact our web site at
- www.logitech.com
-
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