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Name: Peter Cooper
Date: October 29, 2003 at 19:02:20 Pacific
OS: Windows Xp Pro.
CPU/Ram: 566/384
Comment:

My old serial mouse got broken and i had to get a new but they dont sell them anymore. so i got a combo mouse and it worked fine on a windows 98se computer but i need to install it on 95. ive tried autodetect and tried downloading software which was suppposed to some with the mouse but nothing worked. soooo can someone please help me?!?!?



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Response Number 1
Name: jake
Date: October 29, 2003 at 19:07:26 Pacific
Reply:

You can get serial mice here:
http://www.comp-recycle.com/bindex.htm

I don't know what you mean by a combo mouse.


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Response Number 2
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 29, 2003 at 19:59:02 Pacific
Reply:

A combo mouse has a PS2 connector, and also comes with an adapter which plugs into a serial port. Thus it can be used on different interfaces.


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Response Number 3
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 29, 2003 at 20:02:47 Pacific
Reply:

Peter, what is the make/model # of the combo mouse you've aquired?


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Response Number 4
Name: Peter Cooper
Date: October 29, 2003 at 20:25:27 Pacific
Reply:

all it says at the button of the mouse is serial & ps/2 mouse pls. help viewing websites with keyboard is annoying!! lol


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Response Number 5
Name: Peter Cooper
Date: October 29, 2003 at 20:27:21 Pacific
Reply:

oh yeah and the serial number is "990864033"
I hope that helps


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Response Number 6
Name: tommo
Date: October 30, 2003 at 02:13:24 Pacific
Reply:

i dont think those ps2 /serial adapters work very well can you try another mouse?


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Response Number 7
Name: Peter Cooper
Date: October 30, 2003 at 06:07:22 Pacific
Reply:

I don't haven any other mouse. This mouse has worked before on a different machine. Do you think it could just be windows 95? I am at a loss here. please help me.


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Response Number 8
Name: mark
Date: October 30, 2003 at 09:01:44 Pacific
Reply:

I'll bet you can buy a cheap used serial mouse (or two?) at any computer repair shop. They might even give you one in the hopes of getting a future customer.


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Response Number 9
Name: Peter Cooper
Date: October 30, 2003 at 09:58:21 Pacific
Reply:

Im a really poor person. Im only 14 and I didn't even get my working papers yet. My mom just gets by to pay the bills and it got harder because my dad just recently died. I would go out and buy a new mouse but i have no means of transportation and no money at all. I know this mouse works I just don't know how to install it. please help me.


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Response Number 10
Name: jack hall
Date: October 30, 2003 at 14:02:00 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Peter,
I'm kinda on the poorer side too. You didn't say what broke on that serial mouse, so here's a hint.
Remove the ball. On the underside of most of those mice, there's a label, that hides a single phillips type screw. Remove the screw, and very carefully seperate the top and bottom of the mouse. Look inside, being careful you know were all the wheels and shafts go.
If your lucky, it just might be a lot of foreign junk built up. Clean carefully, and reassemble.
No harm in trying. Staying with a serial mouse is your best bet..Jack


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Response Number 11
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 30, 2003 at 14:34:06 Pacific
Reply:

Peter, have you tried loading the software drivers you downloaded through your autoexec.bat? Or any serial mouse driver for that matter. If you need some dos level drivers I can put them up on my webspace for you to download. Once they're loaded into dos before windows starts to run, 95 may pick it up. Worth a shot.


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Response Number 12
Name: Peter Cooper
Date: October 30, 2003 at 16:53:40 Pacific
Reply:

I dont have any serial mouse drivers. I lost my mouse disk thing when I was moving. What serial modem drivers should I install? Also I have installed new com ports on the motherboard and enabeled them with the cmos setup thing. I don't know which IRQ the com ports need. I also have a serial card. I have tried getting the mouse to work through that but it doesn't work. Oh yeah in case your wondering where i got the othger com ports i found them in an old computer that my aunt had given me for spare parts and stuff. well anyways I don'tknow what to do anymore and this is getting really frustrating. I thank you for your help.


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Response Number 13
Name: Dan Penny
Date: October 31, 2003 at 18:55:21 Pacific
Reply:

Peter, I've uploaded MOUSE.ZIP to my webspace for you.

http://www.cyberus.ca/~danpenny/

There are three dos level mouse drivers in it. CTMOUSE, (very basic and not what I perceive as stable but it works on low activity operations) GMOUSE, and MOUSE. (For MOUSE there are two files, the .sys one is to be loaded via config.sys.) I recommend GMOUSE. Load gmouse.com in your c:\autoexec.bat file.

eg; LH E:\MOUSE\GMOUSE (this represents my drive/path, so alter it to suit where you place the files.)

If you have any problems or things aren't clear, be sure to post back. There's lots of help here.



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