mouse and laptop

WhiteWashMan

of hand, does anyonr=e know how i can get a mouse to work on a laptop.
its a gateway solo 2500 and intellimouse wont work. whenever i plug it in it goes mental and i have to reboot.
have installed proper drivers etc. this has never worked on any solo i know, but im using win98 and there has to be a way. i hate these stupid track pads!
of course, i vaguely remember being able to use a wheel-less mouse many years ago, but i dont have any wheel-less mice, so there....

Kali

same thing happens with my compaq.. you can throw a keyboard in the combined ps/2 port and work away.. but it just hangs when adding a mouse.
Theres a little ps2 splitter you can get for laptops to solve this.. but how effective they are i dont know.

WhiteWashMan

annoying isnt it

Lucutus

Still in Gateway? Talk nice to Zita in the Operations Lab WWman, she'll sort all your laptop worries! (not intended to be explicit in anyway)

Luc

WhiteWashMan

zita buckley?
exactly how will she sortout my laptop?
if i knoew this, i could then sort it out myself

Stephen

Have you tried plugging in the mouse before booting it ?

_CreeD_

Zita's still there?....Lovely girl. Remember when she was in Tech all those years ago....

Try a non-wheel mouse. If I remember rightly that's where the problem lay. Though I think they fixed it later with a Bios upgrade. Was along time ago.

WhiteWashMan

yeah, i will have to collect a non-wheelie mouse at the weekend..

Lucutus

lol, Yea, Zita's a lifer....at least until that Comp. Science Masters comes thru, I guess.

Zita's job is(was) setting up the downloads for all those laptops for production. Including the mouse drivers etc. which involves testing etc.

She'd know of the problem and how to fix it if there is a fix at all.

So, to find out 'exactly how she would sort out my laptop' you'll have to ask.

....or get a non-wheelie mouse.

Trojan

Tried a serial converter?

Al.

WhiteWashMan

no, but then again, i haveneither the convertor or the seriel mouse in uxbridge do i!

TinCool

Get a USB Mouse, so much less hassle especially with laptops,

mouse plugs in
mouse plugs out
mouse plugs in
mosue plugs out

Megatron

Skumsoft have drivers specificly for this problem, it's with most laptops that have a touch pad, i had the same problem witha max data laptop and ooonce the updated drivers were installed... hey presto it works fine ..
WWMan how's my wonderful desk .... hope your treating it with the proper care and love ??

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No !!!!! I will crush you with my Bare hands

WhiteWashMan

i tke it megatron that you are indeed one james duffy and you have found yourself another job?

Canaboid

You said u were using win98. Make up your mind.
Pfff.

Megatron

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by WhiteWashMan:
i tke it megatron that you are indeed one james duffy and you have found yourself another job?</font>

i am the job entales looking after LOADS of people ....
anh i'min Sales now ...
and i'm loving it ...

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No !!!!! I will crush you with my Bare hands

WhiteWashMan

usb + NT = no working.

WhiteWashMan

ahh yes, ive swapped laptops and OS
just trying to keep you ion your toes!