J
John Corliss
Now that I've upgraded to XP, I tried the newest MS Intellimouse driver
(5.2) and was very displeased to see that I couldn't scroll in some of
my legacy 16 bit software. This is typical of MS's programs for their
hardware in that they attempt to force you to use their Office
software by only working well in those programs. I've observed the same
thing in MS Intellitype Pro (unfortunately, I use one of their
Multimedia Keyboards).
To get around having to use Intellimouse Pro in Millennium Edition, I
had been using a Kensington scroll mouse driver and software. Even
though I use a wired PS2 Intellimouse (your basic Microsoft scroll
mouse), the Kensington software worked perfectly (you can scroll
background programs as long as the cursor is over a part that shows!)
Thinking that this older Kensington driver and software wouldn't work in
XP, I downloaded the latest version of the Kensington program:
http://us.kensington.com/html/1466.html#mw620
and gave it a try. Unfortunately, for some reason they also have removed
the ability to in older programs (in this case, WordPerfect 6.1) even
though their program is STILL vastly superior to Microsoft's idiotic
"Intellimouse Pro". I also don't see any restrictions regarding the
program's use if you don't have a Kensington mouse.
Disappointed, I uninstalled the new Kensington Mouseworks also.
Then I got to looking at the older version of the Kensington Scroll
Mouse Software -version 1.36- and noticed that it can be installed via a
special setup file ("SetupNT.exe") to run in NT. I got to thinking
that if it will work in NT, it should work in XP, so I decided to give
installing it a try after setting a restore point and starting Total
Uninstall. The setup worked fine, although I got got the standard
warning about XP compatibility. I simply click on "Continue anyway" and
the setup went without a hitch. At the end of the setup, it rebooted.
When the system was running again, I noticed the mouse icon in my tray
(just like when I was running the driver in ME) and I double clicked on
it. The window that opens needs to be configured as follows:
1. Click on the "Wheel" tab
2. Make sure there are checkmarks by both "Enable Generic Scrolling
Wizard AND "Enable Microsoft Intellimouse Standard Support"
The other settings should be looked at as well.
Then I went into TweakUI (the MS Powertoy) and did the following:
1. Open "Mouse"
2. Select "X-Mouse"
3. Place a checkmark by "Activation follows mouse (X-Mouse)
Since doing all of this, I've had no problems. Unfortunately though,
this older driver is no longer available from Kensington. Not to worry
though, I just posted it to alt.binaries.freeware. It's only a 500 kb
download.
--
Regards from John "slowly but surely getting back to normlal" Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.
(5.2) and was very displeased to see that I couldn't scroll in some of
my legacy 16 bit software. This is typical of MS's programs for their
hardware in that they attempt to force you to use their Office
software by only working well in those programs. I've observed the same
thing in MS Intellitype Pro (unfortunately, I use one of their
Multimedia Keyboards).
To get around having to use Intellimouse Pro in Millennium Edition, I
had been using a Kensington scroll mouse driver and software. Even
though I use a wired PS2 Intellimouse (your basic Microsoft scroll
mouse), the Kensington software worked perfectly (you can scroll
background programs as long as the cursor is over a part that shows!)
Thinking that this older Kensington driver and software wouldn't work in
XP, I downloaded the latest version of the Kensington program:
http://us.kensington.com/html/1466.html#mw620
and gave it a try. Unfortunately, for some reason they also have removed
the ability to in older programs (in this case, WordPerfect 6.1) even
though their program is STILL vastly superior to Microsoft's idiotic
"Intellimouse Pro". I also don't see any restrictions regarding the
program's use if you don't have a Kensington mouse.
Disappointed, I uninstalled the new Kensington Mouseworks also.
Then I got to looking at the older version of the Kensington Scroll
Mouse Software -version 1.36- and noticed that it can be installed via a
special setup file ("SetupNT.exe") to run in NT. I got to thinking
that if it will work in NT, it should work in XP, so I decided to give
installing it a try after setting a restore point and starting Total
Uninstall. The setup worked fine, although I got got the standard
warning about XP compatibility. I simply click on "Continue anyway" and
the setup went without a hitch. At the end of the setup, it rebooted.
When the system was running again, I noticed the mouse icon in my tray
(just like when I was running the driver in ME) and I double clicked on
it. The window that opens needs to be configured as follows:
1. Click on the "Wheel" tab
2. Make sure there are checkmarks by both "Enable Generic Scrolling
Wizard AND "Enable Microsoft Intellimouse Standard Support"
The other settings should be looked at as well.
Then I went into TweakUI (the MS Powertoy) and did the following:
1. Open "Mouse"
2. Select "X-Mouse"
3. Place a checkmark by "Activation follows mouse (X-Mouse)
Since doing all of this, I've had no problems. Unfortunately though,
this older driver is no longer available from Kensington. Not to worry
though, I just posted it to alt.binaries.freeware. It's only a 500 kb
download.
--
Regards from John "slowly but surely getting back to normlal" Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.