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Microsoft Wheel Mouse for Windows 95/98

Microsoft Wheel Mouse for Windows 95/98

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: best product
Review: This is by far the best mouse on the market. Buy now without delay!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: best product
Review: This is by far the best mouse on the market. Buy now without delay!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: microsoft wheel mouse
Review: Very easy to install and use. I replaced a standard 2 button mouse with the wheel mouse. The scrolling feature makes viewing web pages so much quicker.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good Mouse
Review: What a lot of people dont realize when it comes to using computers the most abused piece of equipment would be the mouse. Particularly "Internet" PC's and Gaming PC's. The entire computer experience is usually distroyed with a substandard mouse. It is critical that you find a good quality mouse. Afterall it is the primary input device for your pc.

You normally dont associate Microsoft with hardware and many of their hardware products barely make the "satisfactory" level. their mice however are exceptions.

You wont be disappointed with this mouse. Its definately not a highend mouse but this is how mice should be made at the very least.

Another aspect of the mouse that is often overlooked is the mousepad. A good quality mousepad also contributed greatly to the whole experience. I recommend the 3M mousepad. I promise you once you've tried it you wont want to use anything else. It also keeps your mice clean.

Good product, good value

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great for Win98 but problems for ME
Review: When I bought this mouse, I was currently using Windows 98. I didn't have any problems with it under that operating system. After I bought a new computer that came with Windows ME, I immediately had a problem with the IntelliPoint 3.1 software that comes with the mouse.

When I tried to install the program, it displayed a dialogue stating that the software was created before ME came out, and that some of the mouse functions might not work with it. I thought this was the end of me having the luxury of the IntelliPoint software.

If you have only used the mouse program that came with your operating system, then you are missing out. The IntelliPoint software allows you to scroll the screen with the "wheel" depending on where the mouse pointer is. For example, if you were using a browser and typed in a web address you would have to click on the area where the web site is displayed in order for you to scroll. With the software it allows you to scroll the display area as long as you have the mouse there even if something else is selected like the area where you type the web addresses.

I did decide to try to install IntelliPoint anyway on Windows ME. An obvious problem I noticed was that it set my dial-up modem to display a connection window every time I tried to open a broswer. Normally this wouldn't be a problem if I was still using a dial-up modem, but I'm now currently connected with a cable modem. For anyone else with a cable modem, all you have to do is go to Control Panel, and then click on Dial-up Networking. Right-click any connection and select properties. After that click on the Dialing tab, and select This is the default Internet connection (if it isn't already selected). Then all you have to do is select Never dial a connection underneath what you just selected before. Click Ok and everything should be set.

That's the first problem. The second one I don't know how to fix, but I can live with it. Some of the features don't work on ME as Microsoft stated. For example, sometimes it doesn't recognize certain scrolling areas like the area where you type web addresses. You would just have to do it manually. So far it has always scrolled the display areas after I have selected something else.

I'm still looking out for more conflicts with ME, but so far it hasn't be all too bad. The mouse itself is problem free, and can easily scroll on Windows ME without the IntelliPoint software. You just don't get the luxury that I've mentioned above. If you have Windows 95/98 then there shouldn't be a problem. I just had the ill fortune of starting with Win98 and then changing to ME. I also didn't want to buy a new mouse that was guaranteed to work on ME, because I only bought this mouse a couple of months before I decided to get my new computer. Hopefully, I have helped anyone who has upgraded from 98 to ME, or anyone who wants to know if this mouse will work on ME. Good Luck


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