README.TXT for the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad This file contains supplemental information for the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Install/Un-Install Disk. ____________________________________________________________ README FILE CONTENTS 1. WINDOWS 95 SUPPORT 1.1 Driver Installation 1.2 Using the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel 1.3 Control Panel Restrictions 1.4 Restoring Your Installation 1.5 Driver Un-Installation 2. WINDOWS 3.1 SUPPORT 2.1 Driver Installation 2.2 Using the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel 2.3 Restoring Your Installation 2.4 Driver Un-Installation 3. DOS SUPPORT 3.1 General 3.2 Windows 3.1x 3.3 Windows 95 4. FILES ON THE INSTALL DISK 5. HOW TO REACH ALPS ____________________________________________________________ 1. WINDOWS 95 SUPPORT 1.1 Driver Installation To install the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad drivers for Windows 95: - From the Start menu, select "Settings", "Control Panel", then double click "Mouse" to open the Mouse Properties window. - In the Mouse Properties window, Click the "General" tab, then click the "Change" button. - Click "Have Disk" and insert the driver disk in your floppy drive. Confirm or correct the file path (normally "a:\"), then click "OK". - Click "Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad", then "OK" to copy the driver files to your system. - After the files are copied, Windows 95 should build a driver information database then return to the Mouse Properties window and show the new device name. Click "Close". - The "System Settings Change" dialog will offer to restart your computer so the new settings can take effect. Select "Yes". NOTE: Early versions of Windows 95 might not reboot your computer properly upon completion of the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad install as described above (this is a Windows 95 bug). If the automatic reboot does not occur, please make sure you shutdown and restart your computer manually so the new settings can take effect. 1.2 Using the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel To change your Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad settings in Windows 95: - From the Start menu, select "Settings", "Control Panel", then "Mouse" to open the Mouse Properties window. - Click the "General" tab, then click the "Options" button to bring up the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel. - The Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad controls are grouped into five categories (Pointer, Motion, Orientation, Shortcuts and Tapping). Some of these options also appear on the standard Mouse Properties tabs. However, they are best controlled through the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad pages. Online Help is provided for all topics. - When you are satisfied with your settings, click OK to close the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel, then OK to close Mouse Properties. 1.3 Control Panel Restrictions Most of the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel features operate identically in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, except for the following: - Pointer Growth: These controls are disabled under Windows 95, where Pointer Growth is not currently supported. 1.4 Restoring Your Installation The Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad drivers are compatible with most standard mice and similar pointing devices. However, if you do change drivers to use another device, you can restore the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad installation (including your control panel settings) as follows: - From the Start menu, select "Settings", "Control Panel", then "Mouse" to open the Mouse Properties pages. - Click the "General" tab, then click the "Change" button. - If "Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad" does not appear in the first list of pointing device models, click "Show All Devices". In the Manufacturers column, click "Alps." - In the Models column, click on "Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad", then "OK" to change the device name. Click "Close". - The "System Settings Change" dialog will offer to restart your computer so the new settings can take effect. Select "Yes". NOTE: Early versions of Windows 95 might not reboot your computer properly upon completion of the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad install as described above (this is a Windows 95 bug). If the automatic reboot does not occur, please make sure you shutdown and restart your computer manually so the new settings can take effect. 1.5 Driver Un-Installation - From the Start menu, select "Settings", "Control Panel", then "Add/Remove Programs" to open the Add/Remove Programs Properties pages. - Select "Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad" in the list of installed components and click "Add/Remove". - Click "Continue" when the Un-Install program begins. - The "System Settings Change" dialog will offer to restart your computer so the new settings can take effect. Select "Yes". - Once your computer is restarted, it will be using the standard Windows 95 mouse driver. However, you can change it if you desire, by reading on. If you are satisfied, you are done! - From the Start menu, select "Settings", "Control Panel", then "Mouse" to open the Mouse Properties pages. - Click the "General" tab, then click the "Change" button. - In the Manufacturers column, click your choice. In the Models column, click your choice, then "OK" to change the device name. Click "Close". - The "System Settings Change" dialog will offer to restart your computer so the new settings can take effect. Select "Yes". NOTE: Early versions of Windows 95 might not reboot your computer properly upon completion of the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad install as described above (this is a Windows 95 bug). If the automatic reboot does not occur, please make sure you shutdown and restart your computer manually so the new settings can take effect. ____________________________________________________________ 2. WINDOWS 3.1 SUPPORT 2.1 Driver Installation To install the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad driver for Windows 3.1 (including Windows 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups): - Insert the Alps driver disk in your floppy drive. - From the Program Manager's File menu, choose Run. Type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP accordingly) and press the Enter key. Follow the instructions in the Setup program. - After the files are copied, the "System Settings Change" dialog will offer to restart your computer so the new settings can take effect. Select "Yes". 2.2 Using the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel - From the Program Manager, open the Main program group, then double-click on Control Panel. - Double-click the Alps GlidePoint® icon to bring up the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel. (This enhanced control panel replaces the standard Mouse Control Panel.) - The Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad controls are grouped into five categories (Pointer, Motion, Orientation, Shortcuts and Tapping). Online Help is provided for all topics. - When you are satisfied with your settings, click OK to close the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel. 2.3 Restoring Your Installation The Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad drivers are compatible with most standard mice and similar pointing devices. However, if you do change drivers to use another device, you can restore the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad installation (including your control panel settings) as follows: - If you have an "Alps" Program Group, double click on the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Setup icon and follow the directions in the Setup program. - If you DO NOT have an "Alps" Program Group, run your File Manager and open your Windows drive (typically drive C). - Locate SETUP.EXE in the \WINDOWS\ALPS\GPOINT folder (where \WINDOWS is your Windows directory) and double click it. - Follow the instructions in the Setup program. 2.4 Driver Un-Installation - If you have an "Alps" Program Group, double click on the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Un-Install icon and follow the directions in the Un-Install program. - If you DO NOT have an "Alps" Program Group, run your File Manager and open your Windows drive (typically drive C). - Locate UNINSTAL.EXE in the \WINDOWS\ALPS\GPOINT folder (where \WINDOWS is your Windows directory) and double click it. - Follow the instructions in the Un-Install program. ____________________________________________________________ 3. DOS SUPPORT 3.1 General The Windows 95 and Windows 3.1x Setup programs described above automatically include the DOS driver, AMOUSE.COM. This driver provides the support needed for all DOS applications, either full-screen or windowed. If Windows is not installed on your machine, use the INST_DOS.EXE program to install the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad drivers for DOS. 3.2 Windows 3.1x Some of the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad settings (such as sensitivity, acceleration and orientation) are shared between the DOS and Windows drivers. The easiest way to set these options is through the Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad Control Panel in Windows. The DOS driver will pick up any changes the next time it starts up. IF YOU PLAN TO SHARE SETTINGS BETWEEN WINDOWS AND DOS, YOU SHOULD RUN SETUP.EXE FROM WINDOWS! Other settings (such as the pointer options) may differ between DOS and Windows, and are stored separately in the MOUSE.INI file. You can change the DOS settings directly by editing this file or by adding option switches to the AMOUSE command line. See the AMOUSE.TXT file for details. 3.3 Windows 95 When running a DOS game (or other Windows sensitive DOS application), you can set up a custom DOS session by using DOS property pages. After installing your DOS program, locate the DOS file you will execute to start your application (usually a .EXE or .BAT file). Click your right mouse button on the file's icon to display it's context menu. Select 'Create Shortcut' from the context menu. Windows 95 will make a 'Shortcut to XXX' icon (where XXX is the DOS executable file you selected). Usually, this looks like the familiar MS-DOS icon in Windows 3.1. Click your right mouse button on the shortcut's icon to display the it's context menu. Select 'Properties' to display the property pages for your new DOS shortcut. Click on the 'Program' tab then click the 'Advanced...' button to display the 'Advanced Program Settings' page. Click the 'MS-DOS mode' check box and then the 'Specify a new MS-DOS configuration' bullet button to display the 'Select MS-DOS Configuration Options' page. From the list of options, make sure the 'Alps GlidePoint® Touchpad' has a check mark, along with any other support you may want for your DOS program's environment. Click 'OK' to return to 'Advanced Program Settings'. Check your settings for Config.Sys and Autoexec.Bat. You can optionally add command line switches to the AMOUSE.COM line in the 'AUTOEXEC.BAT' window (see AMOUSE.TXT in your Windows\Alps\Gpoint directory for details on AMOUSE.COM command line switches). When you are satisfied with your 'Advanced Program Settings', click 'OK' to return to 'Program' property sheet. Click 'OK' to close the property pages. ____________________________________________________________ 4. FILES ON THE INSTALL DISK README.TXT This file GPOINT.INF Windows 95 setup script INST_DOS.EXE DOS only install program GPOINT.DRV Windows driver GPOINT.DLL Windows control panel GPOINT.HLP Windows help file SFTTABS.DLL Windows control panel interface SCVMD.386 Windows Virtual Mouse Device XPOINT.EXE Windows pointer enhancements AMOUSE.COM DOS driver AMOUSE.TXT DOS driver options and switches MOUSE.INI DOS and Windows configuration file SETUP.EXE Setup program 3.1x INSTALL.BIN Support for Setup 3.1x SETUP.BMP Support for Setup 3.1x SETUP.DLL Support for Setup 3.1x SETUP.INF Support for Setup 3.1x GPOINT.IN_ Support for Setup 95 UNINSTAL.EXE Un-Install program ALPS.INI Support for Un-Install 3.1x UNINSTAL.BIN Support for Un-Install 3.1x UNINSTAL.BMP Support for Un-Install 3.1x UNINSTAL.DLL Support for Un-Install 3.1x UNINSTAL.INF Support for Un-Install 3.1x EDI3D.BIN Support for Setup and Un-Install 3.1x ____________________________________________________________ 5. HOW TO REACH ALPS ALPS is a registered trademark of Alps Electric Co., Ltd. Windows and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Alps Electric (USA), Inc. 3553 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 Telephone: (408) 432-6000 Fax: (408) 432-6035 Technical support: If you are calling from the US, call 800-449-2577. If you are calling from Canada, call 714-259-0933. CompuServe: GO ALPS BBS: 408-432-6424 Internet: http://www.alpsusa.com ____________________________________________________________Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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