Great tip guys.
I've been plagued with a scitterish mouse since I picked up a new MS Optical mouse at Xmas. Installed the reg patch and viola, smooth sailing. Now if I could only get XP to play all my older games.
Someone should post this topic all by itself so others might read it.
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Yeah, I too have noticed that it fixed my jumpy mouse. At first I couldn't tell (when I wrote the XPMOUSEHACK.HTML page on my site) but now I can tell you that it fixed my problems as well because I was able to use my game last night without any mouse jumping around at all. I will update that page in my site, so if someone does decide to post it (I might later) you can link to my page for those who don't know how to make a regedit file or are worried about making it wrong. Thanks for the tip guys!
I had some wierd mouse problems in counterstrike under windows xp...i found that if i disabled somehting about pointer persion in the mouse control panel it made a big difference
Originally posted by K62: and not only that but i cant play fps's now cause my mouse is screwed.. it feels like theres smooth mouse on and heavy mouse accel!! but theres not its the same with the defult drivers and the logitech drivers.. and when i move the mouse fast it just stops or goes random dirrections!!!!!
I have the same mouse problem, but i'm running WinME.
If i move my logitech PS/2 mouse too fast, it goes in crazy directions!
Since you can't use a PS/2 port for anything other than a mouse, you may as well use it... plus, you have a mouse in DOS if you ever need it (not to mention that you leave the USB port free).
There's just really no advantage, and a few disadvantages to using USB for the mouse.
I'm using the Logitech Optical wheelmouse with acceleration and speed set to maximum and refresh set to 100hz. I've used this mouse and these setting in both Windows 98 and XP and haven't experienced any problems so far...
Originally posted by Spilson: I have the same mouse problem, but i'm running WinME.
If i move my logitech PS/2 mouse too fast, it goes in crazy directions!
How do you guys change the mouse refresh rate?
Any tips on how to solve this prob?
Thanks
Thought there used to be a WINMOUSE program or something you could download that would allow you to change your mouse refresh rate between 40Hz and 200Hz. Not sure of the name though
Originally posted by Baloneyflaps: Since you can't use a PS/2 port for anything other than a mouse, you may as well use it... plus, you have a mouse in DOS if you ever need it (not to mention that you leave the USB port free).
There's just really no advantage, and a few disadvantages to using USB for the mouse.
I'm using the Logitech Optical wheelmouse with acceleration and speed set to maximum and refresh set to 100hz. I've used this mouse and these setting in both Windows 98 and XP and haven't experienced any problems so far...
I don't use DOS anymore, and when I do I don't run progs that can use a mouse anyways. Also, as stated above, I have no other use for the USB ports. Another thing was that this was a cheaper option than a PS/2-only optical mouse. I need optical because I lay on my bed a lot while being on the computer. I could easily move this to the PS2 port if ever needed via use of the adapter, but as for now I like it on my USB port.
I see no DISadvantages except for stealing a USB port and loss of DOS support, but as these are no problems for me(considering both Win2k and WinXP use almost no DOS), it doesn't worry me.
You can adjust the rates on your mouse by going into Device Manager, open your mouse, and it is under "Hardware settings," I believe. When running PS-2, you can adjust more settings than if you are using the USB.
Why use USB? Because if your mouse is plugged into a PS-2 port, it requires an extra IRQ. If you put it in USB, it just uses the USB IRQ. This frees an IRQ for something else (more important under 9x/ME).
Plus, my Mouseman Optical has a bright blue light on the palm, and at night (when all the lights are off) it is very bright, which isn't so bad unless you aren't trying to sleep. In USB mode, the mouse is turned off when the system suspends, so no light. This is also good because the mouse can't wake the system, which means when the cat jumps up on the desk in the middle of the night, he won't bring the system out of suspend!
DC: NP man, I figured you needed some props since you've been getting bashed in that gunpowder story over in CPU's.
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