Intellipoint and Intellitype on RC1?

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Edric

Hi

I have installed my CPP RC1 and still don't have my MS Laser Mouse and MS
Media Pro keyboard recognized as such, no buttons/functions operational. Any
news about it?

Thanks

Edric
 
None as of yet, their own software isnt working on Vista, either
version x86 or x64, so personally i dont think Vista is quite yet
ready to be released to the public at retail.
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Thanks, Peter, it worked great, with minor variations, since mine is the
64-bit version. Anyway, I really don't understand why that could not come
right from MS... It is so simple...

Edric
 
Tell me about it, you'd think that their own hardware/software would be the
first consideration.
Take my MSFT Keyboard Elite for Bluetooth, for example. If I want to use it
in both XP and Vista I now have to remove/reinstall it each time I switch
OS's as Vista no longer allows a passkey-free installation...the hardware
can't cope with more than one passkey at a time so I kept it secure in XP
and less so in Vista which I don't use so much.
Now I'm reduced to my old PS/2 keyboard for Vista.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 450gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
 
I can get the keyboard to install without a passkey even though there is not
a selection for it anymore. I'm at work right now so I'm guessing on how
exactly I did it but I think if you search for the device and then before
you pair with it, right click on the keyboard that is found and click the
box for the drivers. Then cancel the pairing and it will work. Again, I'm at
work and I'm not sure exactly if this is what I did but if you play around
with it you will figure out how to connect without a passkey. They should
put the selection back though, this way is not how it should work.


Peter said:
Tell me about it, you'd think that their own hardware/software would be
the first consideration.
Take my MSFT Keyboard Elite for Bluetooth, for example. If I want to use
it in both XP and Vista I now have to remove/reinstall it each time I
switch OS's as Vista no longer allows a passkey-free installation...the
hardware can't cope with more than one passkey at a time so I kept it
secure in XP and less so in Vista which I don't use so much.
Now I'm reduced to my old PS/2 keyboard for Vista.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 450gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
Click to expand...
 
I'll boot into Vista right now and take a look at that..thanks.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 450gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
 
You are right...it worked. Thanks for the great tip!! Now if only
Microsoft could come up with explanations like that. I reported it early on
in the last build.
 
Edric,
Thanks very simple, I wish the MS and other software manufacturers could
be as efficient in their response to Vista and the problems it brings.
Thanks, Marty
 
This may help: http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/56
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It doesn't help me, since my Intellitype/IntelliPoint 5.5 installs no
such "oemsetup.inf" anywhere on my system.

Of course, my software was already installed in Vista.

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Donald L McDaniel
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so that it may not become broken.
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/Donald L McDaniel/ said:
It doesn't help me, since my Intellitype/IntelliPoint 5.5 installs no
such "oemsetup.inf" anywhere on my system.

Of course, my software was already installed in Vista.
Click to expand...

If you download Intellipoint 5.5 and begin the install by
double-clicking the file it will be decompressed to an Microsoft
Intellipoint 5.5 directory (folder).

Using Windows Explorer (your file manager), look for it under
COMPUTER|LOCAL DISK (C)|PROGRAM FILES.

Open that directory and you will see the OEMSetup.exe file listed. Copy
the .ini file from the above site to that directory. Then drag it over
the OEMSetup.exe file, using the left mouse button. Let the button go.

The install may take a few minutes.
 
/Donald L McDaniel/ said:

If you download Intellipoint 5.5 and begin the install by
double-clicking the file it will be decompressed to an Microsoft
Intellipoint 5.5 directory (folder).

Using Windows Explorer (your file manager), look for it under
COMPUTER|LOCAL DISK (C)|PROGRAM FILES.

Open that directory and you will see the OEMSetup.exe file listed. Copy
the .ini file from the above site to that directory. Then drag it over
the OEMSetup.exe file, using the left mouse button. Let the button go.

The install may take a few minutes.
Click to expand...

As I found this morning, this is not necessary: simply start the
installation using "??setup.exe", rather than "setup.exe" ( I can't
remember the first two characters). But there are only two files
ending in "setup.exe".

If you do that, making sure to set XP compatibility for that file, the
setup will run normally, and all special keys (and the keyboard/mouse
console) will be available.

As an example, I defined "My Favorites-1" to launch Forte Agent, and
launched the instance I am currently using by pressing the key.

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Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original thread,
so that it may not become broken.
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