Frozen Ballpoint Mouse Pointer in Enhanced mode (74248)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 3.0

This article was previously published under Q74248

SUMMARY

If a Ballpoint mouse, connected to a PS/2 port, works correctly in real and standard modes but its pointer freezes in 386 enhanced mode, do the following:

Check the disks that accompanied the Ballpoint mouse for the BPVKD.386 file.
Copy the file into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory.

Modify the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file as follows:

      Change                              To
      ------                              --

      [386enh]                            [386enh]
      keyboard=vkd.386                    keyboard=bpvkd.386

Save the file.
Exit Windows and restart.

MORE INFORMATION

BPVKD.386 replaces the default virtual keyboard driver (VKD.386) for a ballpoint mouse plugged into a PS/2 port. It is used to put the mouse driver into ballpoint mode. Without it, the ballpoint input is treated as a normal mouse (non-ballpoint) signal.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	7/7/2005
Keywords:	KB74248