Dave Gillett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Win95 sometimes has trouble detecting serial mice. > I've no idea why that is, but I've seen it and so have > plenty of others. While this may not be the original poster's problem, I have found that sometimes mice aren't recognized if the user is moving it during bootup. This is because the mouse is detected by "polling" the serial ports and looking for a certain response. Moving the mouse will cause unrecognized characters to be sent when it is being polled. I think sensitivity to it may be dependent on the brand of mouse and the mouse driver. I avoid touching the mouse while the system is booting. -- Russ Poffenberger Engineering Specialist Schlumberger Technologies ATE DOMAIN: [log in to unmask] 1601 Technology Drive San Jose, Ca. 95110 Voice: (408)437-5254 FAX: (408)437-5246 Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org