Mouse and IBM Page Printer Hang System (33117)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS 7.x
    Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS 6.x

This article was previously published under Q33117

SUMMARY

When using the Microsoft Mouse with an IBM Page Printer, the mouse driver must use MOUSE.SYS rather than MOUSE.COM. To use the mouse with an IBM Page Printer, do the following:
    Copy MOUSE.SYS from the Setup/Basic Menus disk to the MOUSE1 subdirectory of your hard drive.
    Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (found in the root directory) and remove the following line:
          /MOUSE1/MOUSE
    

    Edit your CONFIG.SYS file (also found in the root directory) and insert the following line prior to the line that loads the Page Printer driver:
          DEVICE=C:\MOUSE1\MOUSE.SYS
    

    Reboot the machine. The mouse now can be used in conjunction with the Page Printer.
This information applies to the Microsoft Mouse Driver versions 6.00 through 7.04 for MS-DOS systems.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 9/24/2003
Keywords: KB33117