Can XP be tricked about hardware?

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Use hardware profiles?

Bobby

"Ric" <riiiiiic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've got a couple of mice connected to my computer but they're from
> different companies with corresponding different mouse drivers to activate
> all their features. Doesn't seem like I can have different drivers for
> each
> mouse and each driver won't work with the other company's mouse, so it can
> only use the generic mouse driver features.
>
> Is there any way to fool the mouse driver into thinking the
> manufacturer/model of a mouse is different than what it really is, so that
> it will work with a different mouse driver?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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If only it is a ps 2 mouse.
Remove all mouse drives.

Reboot it will become a generic mouse drive.

Should hardware detection come up-ignore it if you have the mouse
pointer. Otherwise, let it install the default drive.

No extra feature will be available

>On Fri, 7 May 2004 09:43:10 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!" <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:

>Use hardware profiles?
>
>Bobby
>
>"Ric" <riiiiiic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:ucIskaDNEHA.3052@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> I've got a couple of mice connected to my computer but they're from
>> different companies with corresponding different mouse drivers to activate
>> all their features. Doesn't seem like I can have different drivers for
>> each
>> mouse and each driver won't work with the other company's mouse, so it can
>> only use the generic mouse driver features.
>>
>> Is there any way to fool the mouse driver into thinking the
>> manufacturer/model of a mouse is different than what it really is, so that
>> it will work with a different mouse driver?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

But I want the extra features...

Brian C wrote:
> If only it is a ps 2 mouse.
> Remove all mouse drives.
>
> Reboot it will become a generic mouse drive.
>
> Should hardware detection come up-ignore it if you have the mouse
> pointer. Otherwise, let it install the default drive.
>
> No extra feature will be available
>
>> On Fri, 7 May 2004 09:43:10 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
>> <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:
>
>> Use hardware profiles?
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>> "Ric" <riiiiiic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ucIskaDNEHA.3052@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> I've got a couple of mice connected to my computer but they're from
>>> different companies with corresponding different mouse drivers to
>>> activate all their features. Doesn't seem like I can have different
>>> drivers for each
>>> mouse and each driver won't work with the other company's mouse, so
>>> it can only use the generic mouse driver features.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to fool the mouse driver into thinking the
>>> manufacturer/model of a mouse is different than what it really is,
>>> so that it will work with a different mouse driver?
>>>
>>> Thanks.