Serial Mouse on a Win95 PC

Have you tried another mouse, if you know your comm port works by being able to use your modem through windows.....
(if your accessing your modem through dos only then check in device manager to make sure windows see's the comm port with no conflicts)
.......then I would suspect the mouse.

In this order:

1. New Mouse, or known good mouse.
2. Start/Settings/Control Panel/Add new Hardware, and have windows do a scan of your devices. It should add drivers for a standard Serial Mouse Port, and Standard Serial Mouse.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Nicholas.

Some adapters do not work for all mice. I would buy a straigh serial mouse for about 5 bucks at any office or computer store.

There are two types of serial mice - Ms-Mouse and PC-Mouse.If your mouse has a MS/PC switch then simply turn it to MS.

Having you mouse connected to comm 1
boot up you system in SAFE MODE... Does mouse work? If NO you may have bad mouse..If yes go to device manager and remove any and all mouse you find there.. Close all dialogs and shut down system normaly.. complete. with power off... Remember always wait a couple seconds (5 to 10 ) then power on the system... and let it boot up to normal mode.. MOUSE WORK? if yes .. FACE EAST AND LOOK FOR SIGN.... Another REDMOND WA ( I don't know}

a lot of mouses cannot be used with a db9 adapter. Did the mouse come with the adapter or did you buy it separately. Because in general if they come with one they will work if not then its about a 50-50 shot

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