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readme2K.txt Driver File Contents (MouseWorks-5_61.exe)

README2K.TXT - October 2001
KENSINGTON MOUSEWORKS SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS 2000 & WINDOWS XP
Software version 5.61

This document describes the latest version of Kensington MouseWorks
software for Microsoft Windows 2000 & Windows XP. (For notes on Windows 95,
98, and Me, please see the file README95.TXT; for notes on Windows NT 4.0
see the file READMENT.TXT.)


Table of Contents
=================

               I. Installation Instructions
              II. Things to Watch Out For
             III. History of Changes
              IV. Known Issues
               V. Control Key Special Effects
              VI. How to Contact Kensington


I. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
============================

  WARNING! - Before starting the install process, close all active
  =======    running applications, and save your data. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: According to Microsoft, Windows 2000 and Windows XP require
your machine to have a minimum of 64 MB of RAM. Although it is sometimes
possible to run these operating systems with less memory, installing
Kensington MouseWorks on such a machine is not supported. Installing
MouseWorks with less than 64 MB of RAM may result in your machine failing to
boot.

Before you try to install MouseWorks, make sure that you are logged onto your 
Windows 2000 or Windows XP system with an account that has sufficient user
privileges to modify the registry and install device drivers.


Installing MouseWorks from CD-ROM
---------------------------------

      Insert the MouseWorks Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The
      Setup application should launch automatically, but if it does not, then
 
      1. Click the Start button and choose 'Run.'
  
      2. Then, click the Browse button and choose the CD-ROM drive.

      3. Select Mworks\setup.exe and click 'OK' and install the software.

      4. Follow the prompts and directions on screen. Simply hitting return
         at each screen will select the defaults. This is appropriate for the
         vast majority of users.


II. THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR
===========================

1.  Certain newer Kensington devices, when used with MouseWorks on SMP
    (symmetric multiprocessor) machines running Windows 2000, sometimes
    cause random freezes or crashes. The cause of this is unknown and is
    being investigated. If this happens to you, uninstall MouseWorks. The
    devices which may be affected by this problem include the TurboBall,
    Expert Mouse Pro, and TurboRing trackballs and the MouseWorks mouse.

2.  Mouse speed and acceleration of Kensington devices are completely
    controlled by the Kensington MouseWorks control panel. If you are also
    using a non-Kensington mouse, only the Windows Mouse control panel
    settings apply to that mouse.

3.  If you are left-handed, use the Kensington MouseWorks Control Panel to
    change the Right button to produce a Left button response and the Left
    Button to produce a Right button response. You must do so in that order,
    since at least one button must be defined as producing a Left button
    action at all times. Note that MouseWorks controls the button mapping
    only for Kensington input devices; for non-Kensington devices, use the
    "Buttons" tab of the Windows Mouse Control Panel.

4.  In the Windows 2000 Device Manager, Kensington mice are labelled either
    HID-compliant mouse, Microsoft PS/2 Mouse, or Microsoft Serial Mouse.
    This is normal, because the MouseWorks driver simply hooks into the data
    stream that is provided by the standard Microsoft drivers.


III. HISTORY OF CHANGES
=======================

Changes in MouseWorks 5.61
--------------------------

Feature Changes:
---------------

1. MouseWorks now features a completely revamped installer, as well as 
   other internal changes required to qualify for Microsoft's "Designed for
   Windows XP" logo.

2. Added support for several new products, including PocketMouse Pro.


Bug Fixes:
---------

0154- Blue screens appear with USB mouse in Windows 2000 Checked Build

0158- Installing or Reinstalling MouseWorks invokes New Hardware Found Wizard
      for USB devices

0217- Scroll Ring direction control on scrolling tab is not hot-unplug-aware

0237- Serial mouse does not work correctly under prerelease version of
      Windows XP

0272- Control panel fails to remove a USB device that has been physically
      unplugged

0277- Control panel does not consistently update when devices are
      added/removed


Changes in MouseWorks 5.6
-------------------------
This was the first release of MouseWorks that supported Windows 2000.


IV. KNOWN ISSUES
----------------
1. If you have a button assigned to perform a "Keystrokes" action (emulate
   key presses), this will only work if there is a keyboard plugged into the
   computer.

2. If you are using another vendor's USB scroll mouse (such as the Microsoft
   USB IntelliMouse) in addition to a Kensington product, you may find that
   the wheel on the other mouse scrolls very slowly or not at all after
   installing MouseWorks.

3. There are known problems with Keystrokes actions and their handling of
   Caps Lock:

   a) When processing a Keystrokes action, no consideration is currently
      taken as to the state of the Caps Lock when the sequence of
      characters is sent to the system. If you have Caps Lock on prior
      to activating a Keystrokes action, all keys in your sequence that do
      not specify Caps Lock will wind up as upper case, and all keys in your
      sequence that are defined as Caps Lock PLUS your key will actually
      wind up as lower case, the opposite of what they should be.

   b) In a Keystrokes action, sending CapsLock+X (where X is some key) will
      toggle the caps lock state, instead of asserting caps lock for that
      key only.

4. When buttons are redefined to include modifiers as part of their
   response and they are pressed in conjunction with other buttons the
   modifiers are not held down correctly. For example when right button
   is redefined as sending shift+alt+right and the right is pressed and
   held down and the left is pressed and then released the modifiers
   associated with the right button press (alt+ctrl) are not held
   down with the right button. This is a pretty obscure problem.

5. The "DirectLaunch" tab in the MouseWorks control panel is not
   hot-plug aware. So, if you have the MouseWorks control panel running,
   and then plug in an Expert Mouse Pro, the DirectLaunch tab won't
   automatically show up; you must exit the application and relaunch it.
   Likewise, if you unplug the device while the control panel is open,
   the DirectLaunch tab won't disappear.


KNOWN ISSUES SPECIFIC TO WEBRACER
---------------------------------

1. The 'Application Key' and 'Windows Key' do not work when invoked 
   through the virtual keyboard.

2. If you use the virtual keyboard to perform complex key combinations,
   the wrong menu may drop down. This is rather an obscure issue, since
   the virtual keyboard is normally used only for entering text, not
   for choosing menu commands.


V. CTRL KEY SPECIAL EFFECTS
===========================

- In the MouseWorks Buttons tab, holding down CTRL while clicking on the
response menus, you will see an extra response at the bottom of the
menu. This is the custom action response. Information on this feature
can be found in the MouseWorks help system.

- When clicking on the options menu while holding down CTRL, an extra
item, named compatibility, will show up at the bottom of the menu.

- When the control key is held down while viewing the acceleration tab,
and the fine acceleration checkbox checked, a table button will appear.
The dialog that comes up in response to this button allows for very fine
tweaking of the acceleration response curve. The meaning of the values
presented is documented in MouseWorks help system.

- In the shortcut dialog (displayed when a shortcut response is selected
from the response menu) hold down CTRL to change the OK button to a
Convert button. This will convert the selected shortcut action into its
custom parts and it will be displayed as such from then on (i.e. the
cancel shortcut will be displayed as a keystrokes response that sends an
escape character. Note that the label for the response maintains the
shortcut name).

- BRILLIANT CURSOR: Choose any tab other than the Movement tab, then hold
down the CTRL key while clicking the Movement tab. To adjust the Brilliant
Cursor HotSpot Definition keys, hold down the CTRL key while clicking the
Options menu, and choose Brilliant Cursor....


VI. HOW TO CONTACT KENSINGTON
=============================

Kensington Technology Group
2000 Alameda de las Pulgas, Second Floor
San Mateo, CA 94403 USA

phone:
Technical support only: (800) 535-4242 (US and Canada)
   All other inquiries: (650) 572-2700 (voice)/(650) 572-9675 (fax)

email:
info@kensington.com (For general information)
tech@kensington.com (For technical support robot)
help@kensington.com (For technical support human)

http://www.kensington.com

Copyright (C) 2001 Kensington Technology Group, a division of
ACCO Brands, Inc.
All Rights Reserved