New Mouse on old W95

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"John Hargreaves" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My daughter took over my old W95 computer and we bought a
> new keyboard/mouse set for her birthday. The keyboard
> works fine but the computer says there is no mouse, even
> though we have installed the drivers which came with it
> and it is supposed to be W95 compatible. We have a PS2-
> 9pinD adapter which we got for the existing Microsoft
> Intellimouse. Is this the problem and are we on a loser?
> Many thanks for any advice going!
> John

Unless the mouse is _specifically_ designed to work in both ps2 and serial
ports it won't work. Have your neighbors check their closets for serial
mice.