Intellipoint Software - Flickering Screen?

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Charliec

I saw a tread on this earlier, that ID'd the ipoint.exe as the cause
of the flickering I was experiencing on my screen in most programs. I
disabled ipoint.exe using msconfig and the flickering has appeared to
stop. I recently acquired the Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
and the software driver that came with it is version 6.10.155.0. I
installed the driver and Intellipoint software and have had the
flickering from that point on.

I might add that I had to reformat my C drive and reinstall WinXP and
other program - so I wasn't sure what was causing the problem. I've
spent a few weeks trying to figure it out, but the tread here pointed
me in the right direction (I hope!).

The question I have is, what is ipoint.exe and do I really need it. I
have it disabled for now, but want to be sure I'm not messing
something up.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Charliec
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Charliec
 
Charliec said:
I saw a tread on this earlier, that ID'd the ipoint.exe as the cause
of the flickering I was experiencing on my screen in most programs. I
disabled ipoint.exe using msconfig and the flickering has appeared to
stop. I recently acquired the Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
and the software driver that came with it is version 6.10.155.0. I
installed the driver and Intellipoint software and have had the
flickering from that point on.

I might add that I had to reformat my C drive and reinstall WinXP and
other program - so I wasn't sure what was causing the problem. I've
spent a few weeks trying to figure it out, but the tread here pointed
me in the right direction (I hope!).

The question I have is, what is ipoint.exe and do I really need it. I
have it disabled for now, but want to be sure I'm not messing
something up.

Thanks for any thoughts.
Click to expand...

ipoint.exe is Microsoft's IntelliPoint software. It is a fancier means of
setting up your mouse. The software offers you a number of extra settings
above and beyond the standard mouse software and driver that comes with
Windows.

For example, if your mouse is wireless, it allows you to monitor the battery
level, and the signal strength between your mouse and the receiver. It also
allows you to program functions into any "extra" buttons you may have on the
mouse. If your mouse has a 'tilt' wheel, it allows for the functionality of
that feature, which I don't believe will work with the standard mouse
driver.

Long story short, disabling this will NOT hurt your system at all, but may
limit the "extra" features that your mouse is capable of. All the standard
thing will work, left- and right- click, scroll-wheel, etc...
 
Thanks for the info - I will keep watch on it for awhile.

Charliec
ipoint.exe is Microsoft's IntelliPoint software. It is a fancier means of
setting up your mouse. The software offers you a number of extra settings
above and beyond the standard mouse software and driver that comes with
Windows.

For example, if your mouse is wireless, it allows you to monitor the battery
level, and the signal strength between your mouse and the receiver. It also
allows you to program functions into any "extra" buttons you may have on the
mouse. If your mouse has a 'tilt' wheel, it allows for the functionality of
that feature, which I don't believe will work with the standard mouse
driver.

Long story short, disabling this will NOT hurt your system at all, but may
limit the "extra" features that your mouse is capable of. All the standard
thing will work, left- and right- click, scroll-wheel, etc...
Click to expand...
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Charliec
 
I agree. 'Had to disable ipoint.exe because it was playing havoc with
Quicken, FS9, and other programs. Too bad MS can't or won't acknowledge this
problem.
 
It's very strange that so many people are having problems with the software.
I've yet to experience these issues with any version of IPoint, and with any
combination of hardware (computer and mouse).

Perhaps it's something common to all of you, like only happen with wireless,
or only with PS2, or only USB, or only when it's a wireless used through PS2
adapter, etc.......

Maybe if everyone who has issues compares their setup with each other,
something might click as a common cause.
 
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