Microsoft Intellimouse Compatibility

[Jetter2]

Hello All. i currently have a Microsoft Optical Intellimouse. I am also running Windows 98SE. I have knoticed that in order to be able to use the side buttons, I must be running the intellipoint software. At school, we have the same mouses, but running with Windows XP. It seems that in Windows XP, the foward and backward buttons are still functional even without the intellipoint software. Is this true? I will be upgrading to Windows 2k soon and wonder if it offers the same level of compatibility with the mouse.


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[dhlucke]

XP doesn't require a lot of things that the previous OS's needed to do "basic" operations. Pretty much everything is built in.

You'll find that installing drivers isn't the chore it used to be since a lot of drivers are built in. That's not to say that there aren't better drivers out there, but in the case of the mouse, you will be ok.

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[mjjohn]

I have the cordless USB version of that mouse running XP. No need to load drivers. I beleive the same is true for 2000. It seems like most any USB device will just work with XP or 2000. ME, 98, and 95 need the drivers installed.

Logic goes away if it is not the first or seemingly obvious answer to a problem.

 

[jlanka]

almost. 2K will handle the USB part, but if you want all the fancy wizbang features of the Intellimouse it needs the special install disk that came with it.

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