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enabling serial mouse in safe mode
Name: litz (by don) Date: September 10, 2005 at 21:24:31 Pacific OS: win xp pro CPU/Ram: 550mhz/256mb
Comment:
hi,
i was thinking to run ad-aware and spybot under safe mode but my serial mouse driver wasn't loaded under safe mode. is there a way to enable the use of serial mouse under safe mode?
Name: FJ Date: September 11, 2005 at 01:09:52 Pacific
Reply:
Doesn't that have to be turned on in the BIOS?
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Response Number 2
Name: plainandsimple Date: September 11, 2005 at 01:58:03 Pacific
Reply:
XP will recognise a Serial Mouse in Safe Mode by default providing the COM PORT has been enabled in BIOS.
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Response Number 3
Name: litz (by don) Date: September 11, 2005 at 07:18:05 Pacific
Reply:
hi, thanks for replying.
yes, though i didn't know which com port the serial mouse is attached to, i did check that both onboard serial port is already set to "auto". i am able to use it in normal desktop but not in safe mode.
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Response Number 4
Name: FJ Date: September 11, 2005 at 10:04:23 Pacific
Reply:
Click on Control Panel/ System/ the Hardware tab and then on Device Manager. Hit the + sign next to “Mice and other Pointer Devices” and then select your mouse and open its properties. In the properties select Drivers and then choose Update Drivers. Look around and see if there is an option to “make this device work in all profiles”
Get a different mouse for that port. Turn the BIOS settings to ON not Auto (if that is possible).
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