Serial mouse on xp

I don't want you to disable the USB one, just the serial one. Hopefully that will stop XP from treating input on that port as mouse events. Red Flag This Post Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework. Close Box. Log In Come Join Us! Posting Guidelines Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden. I will appreciate your help Thanks in advance RE: conflict between the serial port COM1 and the mouse I don't think this is an operating system spefic problem.

You might want to also ask in forum PC hardware - General discussion RE: conflict between the serial port COM1 and the mouse In device manager, under mice and pointing devices, does XP show you have a serial mouse connected on com1? Jock RE: conflict between the serial port COM1 and the mouse thanks you for your feed back Honestly, I need to keep the mouse connected, I can't disable it as I need it for remote control. Last Updated: Click on: dword bit value from the submenu that appears Rename the new subkey to: start Right click on the new "start" subkey and select "modify" from the context menu that appears.

Remove the hidden, system, and read-only attributes from the Boot. Using a text editor such as Notepad open the Boot. See the example below for more information. Save Boot. Restore the hidden, system, and read-only attributes to the Boot. You should try checking inside the mouse Liam ,. Thanks for the suggestions. I uninstalled the serial intellimouse driver and then let XP reinstall it during the next boot - but there was no change and the serial mouse still only works left-right and not up-down.

Curiously I noticed that before XP re-installed the serial mouse driver I could still use the serial mouse but as before it only worked left-right. Therefore the serial mouse driver is really having no effect!!!??? Logically considering the symptoms you would think one of the rollers inside the mouse is gummed up but I have checked and everything inside the mouse is fine - and the mouse works perfectly on the older PC.

It sounds to me like you have a defective serial mouse. A Microsoft serial mouse is a computer mouse that connects to the machine using a nine-pin serial connector. Although the serial mouse has been in existence for many years, Microsoft Windows continues to include support for this type of device. Except in unusual circumstances, installing and getting Windows to detect a Microsoft serial mouse is a quick process that requires little preparation or troubleshooting.

Connect the plug for the Microsoft serial mouse to an open serial port on the back of the computer. A serial port has nine pinholes arranged in a trapezoidal configuration. Some serial connectors have thumbscrews to prevent them from being removed accidentally; if your Microsoft serial mouse has thumbscrews, tighten them.