Intellimouse button assignements don't work on laptop - HELP!

[coachdamon]

I have the wireless Intellimouse Explorer and I've downloaded and
installed Intellipoint 5.2 on my Fujitsu Lifebook laptop. When I plug
the wireless receiver into the USB port on the laptop, Windows sees the
new hardware and says it's ready to use. I can move the mouse around,
the left and right clocks work as they should, and the scroll wheel
works fine. However, when I go into Intellipoint and assign the buttons
to different functions (wheel button closes app.), it won't work.
Furthermore, when I look at the hardware description for the mouse, it
shows "Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (Intellipoint)". I don't have anything
plugged in to the PS/2 port, but this laptopn does have a touchpad.
I've tried disabling the touchpad in the BIOS, but I still get the same
problem.

Does anyone have any ideas or other possible solutions??

Thanks!

 

[frodo]

on the mouse control panel's dialog, hardware tab, what does it list?
Does it show the mouse as attached to the usb? it should. it may show
the touchpad too.

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IP 5.4 will work w/ that mouse, and seems a bit more stable. it also does
a good job of removing any remnants of a previous driver, which in the
past caused all kinds of problems - 5.4's installer is solid.

Try it:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/intellimouse5.html

note: finding 5.4 on the ms site itself can be a bear; above link is a
good one tho...

 

[coachdamon]

I downloaded the software update, but I'm still having the same issue.
Like I was saying in my post before, the hardware tab indicates
"Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (Intellipoint" and it now shows the correct
driver of 5.40. This mouse isn't plugged in to the ps/2 port though.
The wireless receiver is plugged in to the USB port. Does that make
sense? Any other thoughts on what might be causing this? Can I not do
this??