[WEB4LIB] intellimouse optical -- assistance please

[Scott W. Sharpe]

I have one of these mice.  I simply plugged the USB connector into the
computer, popped the CD in, installed the software, rebooted the machine,
and away I went.  I never had to configure the side buttons, they were
already configured.  In Internet Explorer, the side buttons act like the
"back" and "forward" buttons of the browser's iterface.  I don't know how to
specifically answer your questions other than to say that I mine never
needed any special configuration.  Even when I use it to play a game (at,
not at work of course!) the game itself usually has options to configure the
buttons.

Scott W. Sharpe
Library Technology Specialist
Tahlequah Public Library
120 S. College
Tahlequah, OK 74464
(888)291-8129 x. 24
FAX: (918)458-0590

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tomaiuolo, Nicholas (Library)" <TomaiuoloN at mail.ccsu.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] intellimouse optical -- assistance please


> Good day all --
> First, why this might be of interest to the group:
> POOR tech support from Microsoft for a product bought/paid for/installed
> without success.  No manual with new product.
> The microsoft tech support person I spoke to, at my own expense, had "no
> information on my product".
>
> Second, could anyone offer a suggestion:
> I purchased a Microsoft 5 button intellimouse optical.  Installed the
> Intellmouse 3.2 CD on my Windows 98
> machine.  But I cannot program the two "thumb" (side buttons).  I read
> through the "Self-support" at microsoft.com and extracted the msmouse.vrd
> file but I can't execute it (does anyone know what program will execute a
> .vrd file?).
>
> And so I ask, would anyone know how I can make my intellimouse show up
when
> I click on Mouse in my control panel?
>
> BTW, searched the web for assitance -- lots of great reviews that say
these
> side buttons are for "easy internet navigation" -- no one is saying how to
> accomplish this.
>
> Thank you all very much for assisting.
> Nick
>
> Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo, MLS
> Instruction Librarian
> Elihu Burritt Library
> Central Connecticut State University
> New Britain, CT  06050
>
> 860-832-2068 (office)
> 860-832-3409 (fax)
>