Different mice, install for each?

[Guest Bob Day]

I have several different mice I use (only 1 at a time) to change my hand

motion (to prevent carpel tunnel). The latest mouse I bought came with a CD

IntelliPoint 6.1 to set the mouse up. It seems to only allow I mouse to be

set up. Does this mean I should re-run it and set up for the new mouse I

will be using each time I use a new mouse (about once a month)?

 

Or does it keep the old mouse installation and allow you to change it

without reinstalling? Or does it really matter? I have never used

IntelliPoint when I change mice, and the mice have worked as I have changed

them, but the new one is a wireless, so there is probably more to it than USB

connected mice.

 

The best solution is that the OS would keep each mouse installed/configured,

so you could just choosed, instead of only keeping the current one.

 

Anyway, just trying to understand how it works and what I should do when I

change mice.

 

Thanks

Bob

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Different mice, install for each?

 

"Bob Day" <BobDay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C246F1F3-6916-47B7-9C90-647BE0FBB276@microsoft.com...

>I have several different mice I use (only 1 at a time) to change my hand

> motion (to prevent carpel tunnel). The latest mouse I bought came with a

> CD

> IntelliPoint 6.1 to set the mouse up. It seems to only allow I mouse to

> be

> set up. Does this mean I should re-run it and set up for the new mouse I

> will be using each time I use a new mouse (about once a month)?

>

> Or does it keep the old mouse installation and allow you to change it

> without reinstalling? Or does it really matter? I have never used

> IntelliPoint when I change mice, and the mice have worked as I have

> changed

> them, but the new one is a wireless, so there is probably more to it than

> USB

> connected mice.

>

> The best solution is that the OS would keep each mouse

> installed/configured,

> so you could just choosed, instead of only keeping the current one.

>

> Anyway, just trying to understand how it works and what I should do when I

> change mice.

>

> Thanks

> Bob

 

If you aren't using the advanced features, and are just using the mouse to

point and click and select, you usually don't even need to install the

software. XP has all it needs to run a mouse. The wireless system could

potentially require a driver, but not the whole Intellipoint install.

Just plug the wireless receiver in, turn on the mouse, and see what you get.

 

I take this laptop between various locations and have left mice at each one,

and I don't have to reinstall drivers.

 

HTH

-pk