re: Wireless USB mice, which work on 98se?
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Louis
(39 messages posted)
I decided to try using the Logitech V220 USB wireless mouse on my Dell C610's Win98se
OS although the pkg states the mouse is only supported on XP & Vista if you're using
Windows. I immediately ran into the problem of missing files (Lmouhid.vxd among other
files) when the OS tried to install the new hardware. But I recalled that the Logitech
MouseWare 9.7 CD had a Win98 driver directory on it when I used it's drivers on my
Win95 PC to install a Microsoft model 1008 wireless USB/PS2 mouse. So I used that
CD directory's drivers to get the V220 installed. It now worked but only as a two-button
mouse. But if anyone is also using XP or Vista and Win98se on the same PC, you can
use the V220 even though it doesn't *specifically* SAY it supports Win98.
Next I tried using a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000. There are two
"3000" mice, only the one I mentioned says it works on Win98. Of course a problem
occurred when I tried loading the Intellipoint 5.5 & 5.2 software, neither would
load on the PC. Some Web site reviews of the software say that both versions support
Win98 but Micro$oft'$ site only mentions 2K and above so unless they are incorrectly
worded or I need to load some system updates (I only used the 98se CD) or the USB
1.1 port is the issue, I would think Microsoft has the correct info. I'll talk about
the USB issue later.
This time the MouseWare 9.7 drivers couldn't get the mouse to function fully so I
decided to try installing Intellipoint 4.1 software. It's old software & doesn't
support the 3000 but I noticed that it supported an older wireless three-button optical
mouse which was USB/PS2 capable so I chose that mouse to set up the buttons and this
allowed the 3000 to function fully. If you can't get 5.2 or 5.5 to load, try 4.1
Unfortunately I never tried using 4.1 on the V220 to see if it would work before
I returned it.
I wanted to have a spare mouse for the laptop and decided to buy the Kensington 72214
since Kensington says it supports Win98. It's only about 2/3 the volume of the 3000
and has an on/off switch and sleep mode to extend battery life, very small mouse.
Unfortunately the software would not properly work. Tech support was a bit baffled
at first but then asked if the laptop USB was 1.1 or 2. It's 1.1 and they felt this
may have been the problem/issue. Something to keep it in mind if you're thinking
of using a newer USB mouse on an older PC.
Since I wanted to keep the 72214 I decided to try using the Kensington mouse with
the Intellipoint 4.1 software, after all, the Microsoft mice worked with Logitech's
software, I had nothing to lose. Nice surprise, the mouse now worked fully as a three-button
mouse, scrolling and whatever function I wanted to assign to individual buttons.
If you have any problems getting a wireless USB mouse to work on Win98se you might
try using a variety of drivers to see if one of them will allow the mouse to work.
Both the 72214 & 3000 now work properly on a C610 with USB 1.1 using the Intellipoint
4.1 drivers.
On Monday, April 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm, Louis wrote:
>Which of the wireless USB mice have you found to work with Win98se? The newer mice
>are USB 2 and most seem to say that they will only work on 2K-Vista. I assume it's
>due to the software they use to control the extra buttons or the side to side scroll
>or zoom capabilities - which I do not need. eBay should have plenty of older mice
>available should I need to look for such. Just want to know which ones will work
>on 98se as a 3 button mouse before I buy one. Is anyone using the Logitech V220?
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