TITLE:              TASKMGR Incompatible w/ MS Mouse v9 and 10
DOCUMENT ID:        TID800169
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               13Dec94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
README FOR:         NA

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NOVELL DOS 7.0

ABSTRACT:
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ISSUE:

The Microsoft Mouse drivers v9.01 and 10.00 will not work properly
with TASKMGR.  Novell DOS engineers have been made aware of this
situation.  The precise problems depend upon which driver is being
used and whether the user is taskswitching or multitasking.  Note
that in all descriptions below, the mouse driver was loaded before
TASKMGR, as is required if mouse access is to be available in all
tasks.

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MOUSE.EXE 9.01 and taskswitcher:  System will hang while loading
TASKMGR.

MOUSE.EXE 9.01 and multitasker:  While under the multitasker, system
will reboot when the user attempts to bring up an application which
uses the mouse (ie EDIT, DOSKEY, FBX, etc).  On some systems, reboot
will not occur but the mouse pointer will jump around eratically.

MOUSE.EXE 10.00 and taskswitcher:  While under the taskswitcher,
system will hang shortly after loading an application which uses the
mouse.

MOUSE.EXE 10.00 and multitasker:  Either the mouse pointer will not
respond at all, or it will jump around eratically.  Occasional
hanging may also occur.
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The last Microsoft Mouse driver known to work with TASKGMR was
MOUSE.COM 8.20.

MOUSE.EXE 10.00 is the driver which ships with the Microsoft
Intellipoint System.

MOUSE.EXE 9.00 was not tested, as it has other problems not
necessarily related to TASKMGR.

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