I upgraded an old Immer computer from Win95 to 2000, and
lost the mouse connection. The old mouse was on a PCI
parallel port; Win2000 cannot ID drivers for either the
mouse or the port. I'd much rather use an optical mouse I
have, connected in the regular jack. I've downloaded the
driver, but Win2000 still cannot detect the mouse: There's
no cursor at startup.

Anyone have any idea what may be going on, or how I can
fix it?

Thanks,
Kirk

I think you mean the old mouse was on a serial port and the new one is a
PS/2 mouse. Look in the BIOS to ensure the PS/2 port is actually enabled.
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"Kirk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I upgraded an old Immer computer from Win95 to 2000, and
> lost the mouse connection. The old mouse was on a PCI
> parallel port; Win2000 cannot ID drivers for either the
> mouse or the port. I'd much rather use an optical mouse I
> have, connected in the regular jack. I've downloaded the
> driver, but Win2000 still cannot detect the mouse: There's
> no cursor at startup.
>
> Anyone have any idea what may be going on, or how I can
> fix it?
>
> Thanks,
> Kirk