The only bad news about this method is when you
have to boot into safe mode with no mouse.
Ever try that?  It "needs" a better solution.
I always switched mice till I got one that works
everywhere.

Side note: Just because "any" mouse appears in a
"full boot" you might be surprised to find it
missing in safe mode...  (With out the above.)
Been there,  Go figure...
      IMHO   Rick

Daniel Ellis wrote:
>> I am working on a clients PC Express older 486 running Win95 a.
>> Everytime it gets in windows, windows does not detect a mouse.  It
>>is a serial mouse on com1.

>David Gillett <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>  I've seen this several times -- mostly on 486s, though I've no idea
>why.
>
>  The fix (which I originally got from someone here... Bob?) has been
>to install a DOS serial mouse driver (the mouse probably came with
>one...) in CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT (depending on whether the
>driver
>is a .SYS or .EXE file).
>  Although Win95 might fail to detect the mouse hardware properly, it
>will see the DOS mouse software and "take over" its function,
>properly
>supporting the mouse that it previously could not detect.

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