Q88761: HP Mouse Stops in Windows

Article: Q88761
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 12-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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A Hewlett-Packard HP-HIL mouse may stop in Windows 3.0 and 3.1 for one
of two possible reasons:

- The HP-HIL mouse may connect to the computer keyboard on some Hewlett-Packard
  (HP) Vectra machines and will not move while disk I/O is taking place. This
  is a hardware limitation of this mouse model and is not a Windows problem.
  The problem may be less evident outside of Windows because normal MS-DOS is
  not a multitasking environment.

- Using an older Hewlett-Packard (HP) MS-DOS mouse driver (MOUSE.COM or
  MOUSE.SYS) with Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1 can cause the HP-HIL Mouse to
  freeze when switching between MS-DOS-based applications.

  The Microsoft MS-DOS mouse drivers will NOT recognize the HP HIL Mouse. The HP
  mouse driver must be used. Use the MOUSEHP.CO_ and MOUSEHP.SY_ from the
  Windows disks, and use the EXPAND utility to expand them into MOUSEHP.SYS and
  MOUSEHP.COM.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 hang crash stop freeze lock 3rdparty

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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