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Q86570: Mouse Systems Three-Button Mouse and Windows 3.1

Article: Q86570
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
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Last Modified: 15-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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The Mouse Systems Trackball II, M4, and M5 three-button mouse will only work
with Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 in two-button mode. When the
three-button mode is enabled, the mouse buttons may act as if they are
depressed, even when the buttons have been released.

MORE INFORMATION
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According to Mouse Systems technical support, there is a switch on the bottom of
the three-button mouse that allows a toggle between two- and three-button mode.
The Trackball II, M4, and M5 will work with the following configuration provided
the switch on the bottom of the mouse device is set to two-button mode:

  Mouse Systems serial or bus mouse
  Mouse Systems serial mouse on COM2
  Microsoft, or IBM PS/2

The Mouse Systems products included here are manufactured by a vendor independent
of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.10 mouse systems three button mice

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Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311

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