Hello,

I just wanted to follow up on this problem that I posted earlier.  Thanks to
Jun Qian and Dean Kukal for responding with some good suggestions to this
issue.

What seems to have worked was deleting my swap file and then removing the
duplicated devices while in safe mode.  I no longer get the problem of the
mouse not being detected at boot up, and Windows 98 has not tried to install
any extra devices so far.  I wanted to give it some time to make sure this
fix was not just a temporary one.  I use Nortons to defrag and to "optimize"
my swap file, so the next time I go through a defrag and optimization, I'll
pay attention to whether this brings any of these problems back.

I never would have thought of deleting the swap file as a trouble shooting
step, except I saw a post on a different subject in which a compaq support
tech had suggested it to the person posting the message.  Since it's easy to
do, I thought why not try it.  I'm not sure I understand why this works, but
it seems to have done the trick.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: John Sproule <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:03 AM
Subject: Double entries in Device Manager and a Mouse that goes AWOL


> Hello all,
>
> I have noticed some problems with my system that are more annoying than
> catastrophic, but I would appreciate any thoughts on what might be causing
> the problems and how to fix them.
>
> I seem to have double entries in Device Manager for floppy controller,
> floppy drive, com ports, printer port, and modem (an external model
plugged
> into one of the com ports).  The double entries are only visible in safe
> mode.  Removing both devices of the pair while in safe mode doesn't seem
to
> resolve the problem.  The next time I boot up the computer the devices are
> installed, as they should be, but a subsequent boot leads to them being
> installed a second time.  As far as I can tell, the computer runs fine
with
> these duplicated installs, but "that's not right".  :-)
>
> The other problem I have developed is my computer doesn't see my ps/2
mouse
> when it boots up cold.  However, if I simply do a windows restart, the
warm
> reboot finds the mouse with no problem.  This problem seems to come and go
a
> bit, but lately everytime I start up the computer I can count on it
> requiring a restart to find the the mouse.  The mouse I'm using is a Razer
> Boomslang, which includes an adaptor so its USB plug can be used with a
ps/2
> socket.
>
> System information:  BH6 (v1.01), Celeron 300a (@450), 256mb SDRAM,
Voodoo3
> 3000 AGP, MX300, Promise ATA66 controller, IBM HDD, Toshiba DVD, and
Netgear
> NIC (which is connected to an adsl modem via Linksys router/switch).
>
> I suspect its about time to do another reformat and reinstall, but I would
> appreciate any ideas on what can lead to these sort of problems.
>
> TIA,
>
> John
>

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