re: Wireless USB mice, which work on 98se?
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Louis
(37 messages posted)
Just a follow up on the Intellipoint software. I was reviewing some of my old notes
and realized there may be an issue with Win98se and the IP 4.1 setup for some of
you. The best route is to download "IP 4.12" from Microsoft, it solves the msi.dll
issue that can prevent your getting the IP 4.1 CD to work. Alternately booting into
Command Prompt via F8 at start up will allow you to then delete the problem dll in
C:\windows\system\msi.dll (or just rename the msi.dll to: backup_msi.dll). When you
now load the IP 4.1 CD it will replace the missing msi.dll and the software will
load properly, use the IP 4.12 it's easier to do. The issue was discussed here http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/t1046304041
and on the Net if you Google it. IP 4.12 looks to have a better selection of mice
available.
On Monday, April 20, 2009 at 9:29 pm, Louis wrote:
>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.
>
>
>
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