Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 and docked laptop

[Bryan]

I just recently added wireless keyboad and mouse to my home office setup.
They are attached to my laptop's (IBM T23 running XP Pro) docking station.
Everything works fine when I'm docked but the mouse locks when I undock the
laptop. Only way to get things working is plug the laptop back into the
dock, use the wireless mouse to shut-down, undock and then reboot.
Previously standard mice have not caused this lock-up. Laptop's keyboard
works fine after undocking. Any suggestions.

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Could the fact that Microsoft mouse software is now up to version 5 have
anything to do with it?

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Bryan]

Mouse itself was the 'Intellimouse' Explorer 2.0. Software was
'Intellipoint' 5.0

Bryan

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Could it be an interaction to your touchpad mouse?

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Bryan]

It might be but I can't figure out why? My old mouse seemed to work fine
through docking and undocking. Any suggestions on how to determine if it is
an interaction issue?

Bryan

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Suggest you look in Help and Support. Search on "hardware profile". Then go
to overview. Perhaps you can set up 2 profiles. One for when you are docked
and one for when you are purely portable.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

It might be but I can't figure out why? My old mouse seemed to work fine
through docking and undocking. Any suggestions on how to determine if it is
an interaction issue?

Bryan

Could it be an interaction to your touchpad mouse?

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Bryan]

FYI - I found that if I used the USB connector for the mouse (rather than
the PS2 connection that the user doc recommends) everything works fine. I
can dock / undock at will and everything works fine.

Bryan