Lost mouse

[Reggie D.]

I have lost my mouse.
It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via
'install new hardware.'
It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse types' &
move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the keyboard down
ket will noy move down!!

Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse using
the keyboard only? HELP.....

Reggie D.

 

[philo]

"Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B360AA91-3C3B-4B6B-AEAD-BB248E454ED6@microsoft.com...
> I have lost my mouse.
> It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via
> 'install new hardware.'
> It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse types' &
> move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the keyboard
down
> ket will noy move down!!
>
> Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse using
> the keyboard only? HELP.....
>
> Reggie D.



First check your connections,
try a different serial mouse

Also make sure the com port(s) is/are enabled in the bios.

 

[teebo]

2008-10-20 20:15:01 Reggie D. <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com>:
> I have lost my mouse.
> It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via
> 'install new hardware.'
> It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse types'
> &
> move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the keyboard
> down
> key will not move down!!
> Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse
> using
> the keyboard only? HELP.....

so it is a standard 2-button serial mouse connected to COM1 or COM2 ...
(how/what happened when you lost it btw? one morning when you started
the computer windows didn't find it anymore and it didn't help to
remove it and put it back there at that there-is-no-mouse dialogbox?)

anyway, when you keyboardnavigate the 'add new hardware' guide:
first next (Enter) two times,
then Alt-N as in "No it isn't in the list" and Enter,
then Alt-N as in "No I want to .... from the list" and Enter,
then arrow down to "Mouse" and Enter,
then with "(standard mouse types)" selected press [Tab]
to go to the right column "Models"
then press [Arrow down] four times to "Standard mouse (Serial)"
and then Enter to continue

....where doesn't it work?

the arrow key did work when you was going down to mouse hardware type,
right?
(and it is a normal PS/2 keyboard I hope)

 

[Reggie D.]

"teebo" wrote:

> 2008-10-20 20:15:01 Reggie D. <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com>:
> > I have lost my mouse.
> > It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via
> > 'install new hardware.'
> > It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse types'
> > &
> > move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the keyboard
> > down
> > key will not move down!!
> > Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse
> > using
> > the keyboard only? HELP.....
>
> so it is a standard 2-button serial mouse connected to COM1 or COM2 ...
> (how/what happened when you lost it btw? one morning when you started
> the computer windows didn't find it anymore and it didn't help to
> remove it and put it back there at that there-is-no-mouse dialogbox?)
>
> anyway, when you keyboardnavigate the 'add new hardware' guide:
> first next (Enter) two times,
> then Alt-N as in "No it isn't in the list" and Enter,
> then Alt-N as in "No I want to .... from the list" and Enter,
> then arrow down to "Mouse" and Enter,
> then with "(standard mouse types)" selected press [Tab]
> to go to the right column "Models"
> then press [Arrow down] four times to "Standard mouse (Serial)"
> and then Enter to continue
>
> ....where doesn't it work?
>
> the arrow key did work when you was going down to mouse hardware type,
> right?
> (and it is a normal PS/2 keyboard I hope)
>
> Thx, I do all you say but that the arrow down key will not go down in the RH column to Std mouse serial. It just reverts to the LH column! Very frustrating.
Yes it's a std PS/2 keyboard.
I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB printer.
Again I can only keyboard any corrections. Hope you have further suggestions
as I'm lost.
>

 

[Mart]

Reggie wrote :-

> I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB printer.

If within the last five days, you *might* be able to fix it with scanreg
/restore. It's an old trick, but it might just work!

BTW - was your attempt at installing the USB printer successful?

Mart


"Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:187B49B2-2443-4795-84CB-7CAB89BABA98@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "teebo" wrote:
>
>> 2008-10-20 20:15:01 Reggie D. <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com>:
>> > I have lost my mouse.
>> > It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via
>> > 'install new hardware.'
>> > It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse
>> > types'
>> > &
>> > move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the
>> > keyboard
>> > down
>> > key will not move down!!
>> > Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse
>> > using
>> > the keyboard only? HELP.....
>>
>> so it is a standard 2-button serial mouse connected to COM1 or COM2 ...
>> (how/what happened when you lost it btw? one morning when you started
>> the computer windows didn't find it anymore and it didn't help to
>> remove it and put it back there at that there-is-no-mouse dialogbox?)
>>
>> anyway, when you keyboardnavigate the 'add new hardware' guide:
>> first next (Enter) two times,
>> then Alt-N as in "No it isn't in the list" and Enter,
>> then Alt-N as in "No I want to .... from the list" and Enter,
>> then arrow down to "Mouse" and Enter,
>> then with "(standard mouse types)" selected press [Tab]
>> to go to the right column "Models"
>> then press [Arrow down] four times to "Standard mouse (Serial)"
>> and then Enter to continue
>>
>> ....where doesn't it work?
>>
>> the arrow key did work when you was going down to mouse hardware type,
>> right?
>> (and it is a normal PS/2 keyboard I hope)
>>
>> Thx, I do all you say but that the arrow down key will not go down in the
>> RH column to Std mouse serial. It just reverts to the LH column! Very
>> frustrating.
> Yes it's a std PS/2 keyboard.
> I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB printer.
> Again I can only keyboard any corrections. Hope you have further
> suggestions
> as I'm lost.
>>

 

[Reggie D.]

"Mart" wrote:

> Reggie wrote :-
>
> > I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB printer.
>
> If within the last five days, you *might* be able to fix it with scanreg
> /restore. It's an old trick, but it might just work!
>
> BTW - was your attempt at installing the USB printer successful?
>
> Mart
>
>
> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:187B49B2-2443-4795-84CB-7CAB89BABA98@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "teebo" wrote:
> >
> >> 2008-10-20 20:15:01 Reggie D. <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com>:
> >> > I have lost my mouse.
> >> > It will not appear in plug & play nor is it listed when trying via
> >> > 'install new hardware.'
> >> > It is a serial mouse but when I try to select via 'standard mouse
> >> > types'
> >> > &
> >> > move into the RH coulumn to select 'standard serial mouse' the
> >> > keyboard
> >> > down
> >> > key will not move down!!
> >> > Can anyone solve this problem by advising how I can restore my mouse
> >> > using
> >> > the keyboard only? HELP.....
> >>
> >> so it is a standard 2-button serial mouse connected to COM1 or COM2 ...
> >> (how/what happened when you lost it btw? one morning when you started
> >> the computer windows didn't find it anymore and it didn't help to
> >> remove it and put it back there at that there-is-no-mouse dialogbox?)
> >>
> >> anyway, when you keyboardnavigate the 'add new hardware' guide:
> >> first next (Enter) two times,
> >> then Alt-N as in "No it isn't in the list" and Enter,
> >> then Alt-N as in "No I want to .... from the list" and Enter,
> >> then arrow down to "Mouse" and Enter,
> >> then with "(standard mouse types)" selected press [Tab]
> >> to go to the right column "Models"
> >> then press [Arrow down] four times to "Standard mouse (Serial)"
> >> and then Enter to continue
> >>
> >> ....where doesn't it work?
> >>
> >> the arrow key did work when you was going down to mouse hardware type,
> >> right?
> >> (and it is a normal PS/2 keyboard I hope)
> >>
> >> Thx, I do all you say but that the arrow down key will not go down in the
> >> RH column to Std mouse serial. It just reverts to the LH column! Very
> >> frustrating.
> > Yes it's a std PS/2 keyboard.
> > I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB printer.
> > Again I can only keyboard any corrections. Hope you have further
> > suggestions
> > as I'm lost.
> >>
>
>
> Didnt, manage to install the printer , the new Epson all in one.
I'll try scan reg.
Thx.
Reggie D.

 

[Jeff Richards]

A new Epson allinone is going to be difficult to use with W98.

Did your attempts at installing it involve making any changes to BIOS setup?
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mart" wrote:
>
>> Reggie wrote :-
>>
>> > I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB
>> > printer.
>>

 

[Reggie D.]

"Jeff Richards" wrote:

> A new Epson allinone is going to be difficult to use with W98.
>
> Did your attempts at installing it involve making any changes to BIOS setup?
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:66EEB72A-5A5D-4122-8160-265F05CA59FA@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Mart" wrote:
> >
> >> Reggie wrote :-
> >>
> >> > I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB
> >> > printer.
> >>
>
> Didn't touch the bios.
I think the allinone is incompatible as u say. but I'm stuck with no mouse
still and only the keyboard to work with. This pc has no internet commenction.
I can now get to stage where I'm asked for the W98SE cd but the driver
cannot be found?

Reggie D.
>

 

[philo]

"Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7616DA13-1849-4839-8258-EF4906934275@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Jeff Richards" wrote:
>
>> A new Epson allinone is going to be difficult to use with W98.
>>
>> Did your attempts at installing it involve making any changes to BIOS
>> setup?

Mr. Richards had asked you if the bios settings had changed...
if so you may have lost your com port
which you'd have to re-enable in the bios.
Usually setting it to "auto" will do the trick



>> Jeff Richards
>> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
>> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:66EEB72A-5A5D-4122-8160-265F05CA59FA@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mart" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Reggie wrote :-
>> >>
>> >> > I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB
>> >> > printer.
>> >>
>>
>> Didn't touch the bios.
> I think the allinone is incompatible as u say. but I'm stuck with no mouse
> still and only the keyboard to work with. This pc has no internet
> commenction.
> I can now get to stage where I'm asked for the W98SE cd but the driver
> cannot be found?
>
> Reggie D.
>>

 

[Reggie D.]

"philo" wrote:

>
> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7616DA13-1849-4839-8258-EF4906934275@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Jeff Richards" wrote:
> >
> >> A new Epson allinone is going to be difficult to use with W98.
> >>
> >> Did your attempts at installing it involve making any changes to BIOS
> >> setup?
>
> Mr. Richards had asked you if the bios settings had changed...
> if so you may have lost your com port
> which you'd have to re-enable in the bios.
> Usually setting it to "auto" will do the trick
>
>
>
> >> Jeff Richards
> >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> >> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:66EEB72A-5A5D-4122-8160-265F05CA59FA@microsoft.com...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Mart" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Reggie wrote :-
> >> >>
> >> >> > I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a USB
> >> >> > printer.
> >> >>
> >>
> >> Didn't touch the bios.
> > I think the allinone is incompatible as u say. but I'm stuck with no mouse
> > still and only the keyboard to work with. This pc has no internet
> > commenction.
> > I can now get to stage where I'm asked for the W98SE cd but the driver
> > cannot be found?
> >
> > Reggie D.
> >>
>
>
> Re. Mr Richards

Bios was set at 'auto' but all ports shown as disabled.
I changed to manual and all ports were then enabled.

Rebooted and mouse worked!!

My grateful thx to you all you pro's..

Reggie D.

 

[philo]

"Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2AD5EEB6-C1E3-47B4-879F-8EFEB912332D@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "philo" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7616DA13-1849-4839-8258-EF4906934275@microsoft.com...
> > >
> > >
> > > "Jeff Richards" wrote:
> > >
> > >> A new Epson allinone is going to be difficult to use with W98.
> > >>
> > >> Did your attempts at installing it involve making any changes to BIOS
> > >> setup?
> >
> > Mr. Richards had asked you if the bios settings had changed...
> > if so you may have lost your com port
> > which you'd have to re-enable in the bios.
> > Usually setting it to "auto" will do the trick
> >
> >
> >
> > >> Jeff Richards
> > >> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> > >> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:66EEB72A-5A5D-4122-8160-265F05CA59FA@microsoft.com...
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > "Mart" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Reggie wrote :-
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > I'm on W98SE and the problem occured when trying to install a
USB
> > >> >> > printer.
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >> Didn't touch the bios.
> > > I think the allinone is incompatible as u say. but I'm stuck with no
mouse
> > > still and only the keyboard to work with. This pc has no internet
> > > commenction.
> > > I can now get to stage where I'm asked for the W98SE cd but the driver
> > > cannot be found?
> > >
> > > Reggie D.
> > >>
> >
> >
> > Re. Mr Richards
>
> Bios was set at 'auto' but all ports shown as disabled.
> I changed to manual and all ports were then enabled.
>
> Rebooted and mouse worked!!
>
> My grateful thx to you all you pro's..
>
> Reggie D.


Glad you got it working...
if it happens again, you'll know what to do

 

[Jeff Richards]

Thanks for letting us know you got it back. I wonder if the Epson
installation changed the BIOS settings for you.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2AD5EEB6-C1E3-47B4-879F-8EFEB912332D@microsoft.com...
>
> snip <
>
> Bios was set at 'auto' but all ports shown as disabled.
> I changed to manual and all ports were then enabled.
>
> Rebooted and mouse worked!!
>
> My grateful thx to you all you pro's..
>
> Reggie D.

 

[FromTheRafters]

....or if you have both plug 'n' play BIOS and Windows plug 'n' play
enabled...

"Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
news:uoZSAJ8MJHA.4600@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for letting us know you got it back. I wonder if the Epson
> installation changed the BIOS settings for you.
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2AD5EEB6-C1E3-47B4-879F-8EFEB912332D@microsoft.com...
>>
>> snip <
>>
>> Bios was set at 'auto' but all ports shown as disabled.
>> I changed to manual and all ports were then enabled.
>>
>> Rebooted and mouse worked!!
>>
>> My grateful thx to you all you pro's..
>>
>> Reggie D.
>
>

 

[Dan]

I had an Epson printer once and disliked it because of the ink monitor
software. I now use an HP printer which I have been satisfied with for a
while and use the Windows 2000 drivers on my 98 Second Edition machine and it
works fine in both 98 SE and in XP Professional since I have a dual-boot. I
never knew hardware would go ahead and change BIOS settings and that
certainly does not sound good. Thanks for letting us know.

"Jeff Richards" wrote:

> Thanks for letting us know you got it back. I wonder if the Epson
> installation changed the BIOS settings for you.
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2AD5EEB6-C1E3-47B4-879F-8EFEB912332D@microsoft.com...
> >
> > snip <
> >
> > Bios was set at 'auto' but all ports shown as disabled.
> > I changed to manual and all ports were then enabled.
> >
> > Rebooted and mouse worked!!
> >
> > My grateful thx to you all you pro's..
> >
> > Reggie D.
>
>
>

 

[philo]

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4554E799-548B-4FCD-B7A6-0401D84A072D@microsoft.com...
> I had an Epson printer once and disliked it because of the ink monitor
> software. I now use an HP printer which I have been satisfied with for a
> while and use the Windows 2000 drivers on my 98 Second Edition machine and
it
> works fine in both 98 SE and in XP Professional since I have a dual-boot.
I
> never knew hardware would go ahead and change BIOS settings and that
> certainly does not sound good. Thanks for letting us know.
>

Though I personally have not had problems with Epson printers...
I know the bios setting can change...
probably is the bios is set to plug&play.

At one time I had made quite a few hardware changes,
so I cloned my main drive and tested it.

My hardware changes turned out to be unusable
so I put the original H/W back but could not get that configuration
going...
so I popped in the cloned drive and still had the problem

only then did I think to look in the bios and saw that settings had changed!


> "Jeff Richards" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for letting us know you got it back. I wonder if the Epson
> > installation changed the BIOS settings for you.
> > --
> > Jeff Richards
> > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> > "Reggie D." <ReggieD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2AD5EEB6-C1E3-47B4-879F-8EFEB912332D@microsoft.com...
> > >
> > > snip <
> > >
> > > Bios was set at 'auto' but all ports shown as disabled.
> > > I changed to manual and all ports were then enabled.
> > >
> > > Rebooted and mouse worked!!
> > >
> > > My grateful thx to you all you pro's..
> > >
> > > Reggie D.
> >
> >
> >