Re: Notebook vs. Serial mouse problem



It appears that Dominik <no.spam@xxxx> shook an Etch A Sketch before
scribbling:
> Hello
>
> I have old 200 MHz Notebook with 1 PS/2 port which I am using for
> keyboard. There is no other PS/2 port, so I was trying to connect
> serial mouse to one of serial ports. After connecting serial Logitech
> mouse coumputer is very slow and when I move mouse on touchpad it
> moves a little and returns to right upper corner of the screen. After
> disconnecting serial mouse everything works fine. My OS is Win98.
> What is the problem ? Is there a conflict of devices, or settings of
> serial port are wrong ?
> Please help me so I could work normally.
>

Three possibilities:

1) install the correct driver for the serial mouse

2) uninstall any other driver that was in use prior

3) if there is a built-in pointing device such as a touchpad or stick,
disable it in BIOS


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