Installing Mouse Systems Driver for COM1 under Windows 3.1 (83509)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q83509

SUMMARY

If you install Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 without upgrading a Windows 3.0 installation, you will have the following two options for a Mouse Systems mouse.

  • Mouse Systems serial mouse on COM2
  • Mouse Systems serial or bus mouse
If Windows does not recognize your mouse on COM1 and the Windows 3.0 disks are available, you can install the earlier Windows 3.0 Mouse Systems driver written for COM1.

MORE INFORMATION

To install the Mouse Systems driver for COM1 from Windows 3.0, do the following:

  1. Edit either the SETUP.INF or the OEM0.INF file. Use a text editor or the Windows-based application Write (WRITE.EXE). If Write is used, be sure to Choose No Conversion when opening the file, so it will be saved as a text file when you exit.
  2. Add the following two lines to the [Pointing.Device] section. These lines should appear in the .INF file as one line each, not word wrapped. 
         msmouse3 = 1:msmouse1.drv,"Mouse Systems (or VisiOn) connected to
     COM1:", x:*vmd

     msmouse4 = 1:msmouse2.drv,"Mouse Systems (or VisiOn) connected to
     COM2:", x:*vmd
  3. Copy the following two files to the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory from the Windows 3.0 disks:

    MSMOUSE1.DRV
    MSMOUSE2.DRV

  4. Run the maintenance mode of Windows setup to install the Mouse Systems driver. (See chapter 15 of the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide" for version 3.1).
KBCategory: kbhw kb3rdparty
KBSubcategory: win31
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/10/2003
Keywords:KB83509
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