Problems installing serial mouse

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Devang Devani

Hey all,

I'm trying to rebuild an older computer for a family friend that only needs
it for wordprocessing and internet.

I put win 98 (not Second edition) on the harddrive. Everything ran
perfectly after first install. Restarted again to make sure everything was
kosher .. still all good.

Then I tried to install my modem driver and it asked which com port I wanted
to use (com1 or com2) I chose com 1 accidentally which the mouse was using.
I rebooted the comp and the mouse didn't work.

I installed generic serial drivers for the mouse and before rebooting the
mouse starting working again. But after rebooting the mouse did not work
and I had to reinstall the driver each session for it to work.

I uninstalled the modem drivers and reinstalled the drivers on com2 but I'm
still having the same problems. I install the mouse driver for the session
then after reboot it stops again.

Any help is appreciated. The serial mouse is all I have to work with, but
my friend has a PS/2 mouse and I'm not sure if the problem will remain even
if the PS/2 mouse is used.

Thanks in advanced
 
Devang Devani said:
Hey all,

I'm trying to rebuild an older computer for a family friend that only needs
it for wordprocessing and internet.

I put win 98 (not Second edition) on the harddrive. Everything ran
perfectly after first install. Restarted again to make sure everything was
kosher .. still all good.

Then I tried to install my modem driver and it asked which com port I wanted
to use (com1 or com2) I chose com 1 accidentally which the mouse was using.
I rebooted the comp and the mouse didn't work.

I installed generic serial drivers for the mouse and before rebooting the
mouse starting working again. But after rebooting the mouse did not work
and I had to reinstall the driver each session for it to work.

I uninstalled the modem drivers and reinstalled the drivers on com2 but I'm
still having the same problems. I install the mouse driver for the session
then after reboot it stops again.

Any help is appreciated. The serial mouse is all I have to work with, but
my friend has a PS/2 mouse and I'm not sure if the problem will remain even
if the PS/2 mouse is used.

Thanks in advanced
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reboot the machine and hit F5 to enter safe mode

delete all instances of the mouse in the control panel
then reboot and hopefully windows will detect and correctly
install the mouse...

otherwise, you have nothing to loose by trying the ps/2 mouse
(just be sure it's enabled in the bios)
 
Devang said:
Hey all,

I'm trying to rebuild an older computer for a family friend that only needs
it for wordprocessing and internet.

I put win 98 (not Second edition) on the harddrive. Everything ran
perfectly after first install. Restarted again to make sure everything was
kosher .. still all good.

Then I tried to install my modem driver and it asked which com port I wanted
to use (com1 or com2) I chose com 1 accidentally which the mouse was using.
I rebooted the comp and the mouse didn't work.

I installed generic serial drivers for the mouse and before rebooting the
mouse starting working again. But after rebooting the mouse did not work
and I had to reinstall the driver each session for it to work.

I uninstalled the modem drivers and reinstalled the drivers on com2 but I'm
still having the same problems. I install the mouse driver for the session
then after reboot it stops again.

Any help is appreciated. The serial mouse is all I have to work with, but
my friend has a PS/2 mouse and I'm not sure if the problem will remain even
if the PS/2 mouse is used.

Thanks in advanced
Click to expand...

Remove BOTH the mouse and modem as Philo suggested. Enter CMOS and
make sure you have Com 1 enabled and Com 2 disabled. Attach the mouse
to Com 1. If your modem is a hardware modem, set it's port as Com 2.
If it is a software modem, give it Com 2 when installed. You might even
remove the modem until the mouse is working and then install the modem.

I do not know why it happened, but I have seen several instances where
the mouse would not work when given Com 2. The driver would load but
the INI file insisted on giving it Com 1 even though it was attached to
Com 2.
 
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