Could anybody tell me how to fix this problem: This machine is using a serial mouse. I have to re-install the serial mouse drivers every time I boot this machine. Thanks Robert

Which drivers are you using? If this is a two-button serial mouse, you should be able to use the (Standard Mouse Types), Standard Serial Mouse driver that comes with Windows.

Shouldn't have to install anything - Windows support for basic mouse types is automatic. Did this problem develop recently, or is this a new installation of Windows that has always been like this? Might check in Device Manager and see what's listed for the mouse - if there are duplicate entries, remove those. From a DOS start you could try scanreg /fix to see if repairing the registry helps. If your machine was ok at one time, you could try scanreg /restore to rollback the registry to a time when all was well. Tech Support: "I need you to boot the computer." Customer: THUMP! Pause. "No, that didn't help."

Yes, I am using a Serial Mouse with two buttons. The drivers installed are the one that come with Winodws 98 SE but still same problem!

Already tried scanre /fix...did not fix it! This is a machien that was given to me last week. I got this serial mouse problem ever since I booted up the machine for the first time. Thanks guy for your quick answers

Are you getting errors on bootup? If so, what are they? How (method) are you re-installing the drivers?

I suspect that someone installed the wrong driver. Try the following to install the standard serial driver. Go to the Device Manager > select the mouse > Properties > Driver tab > Update driver > Next > Display a list of the drivers in a specific location ... > Show all hardware > select `Standard mouse types > on the right side select `Standard serial mouse' and continue on to install it.