Re: Mouse under XP

[Robert Grigg rjgrigg@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to message from Robert Holmgren, 08 Mar 2004
Thank you for the analysis of the mouse problem under XP. What you
describe certainly is consistent with the erratic behavior of the mouse
that I had noticed.
Since I still prefer to work in a DOS box, I will use a work-around that I
developed -- an older utility that enables one to position the text cursor
with the mouse and to select text with it. It is distributed as MKey or
Mousekey by Gary Chanson. I use it in a batch file that starts
XYWrite. It works, but it is a bit awkward, since anytime a DOS box is
opened in XP, I have to open the properties menu to turn off the Windows
mouse pointer. Then and only then it works. I recall, perhaps
incorrectly, that under Windows 95, it was possible to configure the
settings on the desktop link so that it was not necessary to do this every
time a DOS box was opened.
My work-around is of limited value and I cannot really recommend it, but if
anyone is interested I would be happy to offer a brief description so that
anyone who wants to can set it up.

Robert Grigg
rjgrigg@xxxxxxxx