MICROSOFT HOME MOUSE WITH INTELLIPOINT SOFTWARE
HOME EDITION VERSION 1.0
RELEASE NOTES
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1994
This document contains information that supplements the
Microsoft Mouse Quick Reference Booklet and accompanying software.
The Microsoft IntelliPoint software is designed for use with
the Microsoft Mouse, BallPoint and licensed Microsoft Mouse
compatible pointing devices.
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CONTENTS
I. The Microsoft IntelliPoint Setup Program
1. Modifications Made by Setup
2. Returning Your System to Pre-Setup Condition
3. Setting up to a Floppy Disk System
4. If you boot from a Floppy Disk
5. Loading MOUSE.EXE into Upper Memory
II. The MOUSEPWR Feature
III. Using Command-Line Switches in MS-DOS
IV. Notes on IntelliPoint Tools & Controls Features
1. MS-DOS and Windows Features
2. Trails
V. Other Issues
1. Hot Keys on LCD Screens
2. Large and Medium Pointers
3. Using MS-DOS Disk Caching software during Setup
4. Detecting PS/2 pointing devices
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I. THE MICROSOFT INTELLIPOINT SETUP PROGRAM
1. Modifications to Your System
The following changes are made to your system if you set up the
software using all the default conditions during the IntelliPoint
Setup program (default directory is c:\msinput). Future installations
of Microsoft input devices will be installed to the msinput directory.
a. For the mouse driver in MS-DOS, Setup makes the following changes:
1. Installs or modifies lines similar to the following in
AUTOEXEC.BAT:
SET MSINPUT=C:\MSINPUT
C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE /Q
2. Removes the following line (if it exists) from CONFIG.SYS:
device=c:\mouse.sys
b. For the mouse driver in Windows, Setup makes the following changes:
1. Adds the following line to the load line in WIN.INI:
[windows] section load=c:\msinput\pointer.exe
2. Modifies the following lines in SYSTEM.INI:
[boot] section mouse.drv=c:\msinput\msinput.drv
[boot.description] section mouse.drv=Microsoft IntelliPoint
version 1.0
[386enh] section keyboard=c:\msinput\msinput.386
3. Adds a group to PROGMAN.INI:
groupN=c:\windows\MicrosoX.grp
(where N = next available group number, and where X = next
available letter or number)
4. Setup updates to the latest CTL3DV2.DLL file to the Windows
System directory (if it's not already there).
2. Returning Your System to Pre-Setup Condition
To return your system to its previous condition before you
ran the mouse Setup program, make the following modifications:
a. If there are no other Microsoft input devices installed,
then remove the following information from the load= line in
the WIN.INI:
c:\msinput\pointer.exe
Do not remove this value or any other values for this setting if
there are other Microsoft input devices installed (such as the
Microsoft Natural Keyboard).
b. Change the following lines in SYSTEM.INI to read:
[boot] section mouse.drv=mouse.drv
[boot.description] section mouse.drv=Microsoft, or IBM PS/2
c. If there are no other Microsoft input devices installed, edit
the following value in the SYSTEM.INI file so it reads:
[386enh] section keyboard=*vkd
3. Setting up with a Floppy Disk System
IntelliPoint windows Setup supports only hard disk systems. MS-DOS
setup supports both hard disk systems and floppy disk systems with
two drives. If you are installing files onto a floppy disk system that
has only one drive, you must decompress and copy the files manually.
EXPAND.EXE, a file-decompression program, is provided on the Setup disk
for this purpose.
To install using a single-drive floppy disk system:
a. Insert the Setup disk into drive A: and type:
expand mouse.ex_ b:mouse.exe
b. When prompted by MS-DOS, remove the Setup disk and insert
your destination disk.
c. Reinsert the Setup disk in the drive and type:
expand mousecpl.ex_ b:mousecpl.exe
d. When prompted by MS-DOS, remove the Setup disk and
insert your destination disk.
To load your mouse driver, type:
mouse
Run IntelliPoint Tools & Controls to set pointer options, if desired.
To run IntelliPoint Tools & Controls, type:
mousecpl
If you install the MS-DOS software using a dual floppy disk system,
set up from drive B: to drive A:.
4. If you boot from a Floppy Disk
When you install IntelliPoint software, Setup modifies the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file located on your default hard drive (normally C:). If you boot
Microsoft Windows from a floppy disk, you will have to copy the two
lines of information that were added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file located
on your boot disk manually. The two lines are:
SET MSINPUT=C:\MSINPUT
C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE /Q
(The target directory will be different if you installed IntelliPoint
software in a different directory.)
5. Loading MOUSE.EXE into Upper Memory
The MS-DOS mouse driver automatically loads itself into
upper memory, if available. Using the MS-DOS loadhigh command
may cause your mouse software to load into low memory.
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II. THE MOUSEPWR FEATURE
Some laptop computers have the capability to go into a sleep mode
to conserve power when not being used. Choose the MOUSEPWR feature in
Custom Setup if your mouse becomes erratic after you resume from sleep
mode. MOUSEPWR restores pre-sleep mode settings of the mouse when you
resume work on the laptop.
It's not necessary to use MOUSEPWR if your system has Advanced
Power Management (APM). However, this feature requires very
little memory (928 bytes) and won't conflict with APM if both
are loaded on your system.
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III. USING COMMAND-LINE SWITCHES IN MS-DOS
If you are using the MS-DOS version of the software, you can type
mouse.exe /?
at the prompt to see a list of available switches.
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IV. NOTES ON INTELLIPOINT TOOLS & CONTROLS FEATURES
1. MS-DOS and Windows Features
When you choose Set Buttons, Pointer Speed, Acceleration,
and Orientation from IntelliPoint Tools & Controls in Windows, the
changes do not affect the MS-DOS driver until you reboot your computer.
However, if you set these features from the IntelliPoint Tools &
Controls in MS-DOS, the changes affect both MS-DOS and Windows.
2. Trails
You can not adjust the length of Pointer Trails for Paletized
video drivers through IntelliPoint Tools & Controls.
If Pointer Trails is unavailable, it is because your video driver
does not support this feature.
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V. OTHER ISSUES
1. Hot Keys on LCD Screens
On some LCD screens, some of the hot keys may not appear or are
not highlighted.
2. Large and Medium Pointers
When using a large or medium sized pointer, some MS-DOS
applications may not redraw the pointer correctly, resulting
in "mouse droppings."
When using a large or medium sized pointer, pointers in some
applications may be distorted. This is due to the method
used to enlarge the pointer.
3. Using MS-DOS Disk Caching software during Setup
If you use an MS-DOS disk cache software other than Microsoft
SMARTDrive, don't choose Reboot after completing Setup. Choose Exit,
then exit Windows and reboot your machine manually.
Some DOS disk caching programs use a write behind caching technique.
If the cache isn't flushed before rebooting, disk errors could occur.
4. Detecting PS/2 pointing devices
Some hardware systems may have a hidden Extended BIOS for PS/2 devices
(some AST machines for instance). To install the IntelliPoint drivers
correctly on these machines, add the following line to the [Mouse]
section of the MSINPUT.INI file.
FailIfNoExtendedBIOS=FALSE
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.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.