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Q99382: Using Access Pack with Unsupported Hardware

Article: Q99382
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenable
Last Modified: 02-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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SUMMARY
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Trace Access Pack for Windows, version 3.0a is collection of software utilities
that provides several features to make computers easier to use for people with
motion- or hearing-related disabilities.

Access Pack for Microsoft Windows consists of three main components:

- A modified keyboard driver, which provides most of the features.

- A modified mouse driver, which is required for the mouse-related features.

- The Access Utility (ACCESS.EXE), which is used to adjust various options and
  view online Help. The Access Utility is also required if you use the
  SerialKeys feature.

Access Pack comes with three modified keyboard drivers that support most common
keyboards. You must have the proper keyboard driver installed to use any of the
Access Pack features.

MORE INFORMATION
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In the current release, the Access Pack mouse driver supports only the Microsoft
PS/2-style mouse, IBM PS/2 mouse, and those 100-percent compatible with such
mice. It does not support the Microsoft BallPoint mouse.

If You Can't Install the Mouse Driver
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If you can't install the Access Pack mouse driver, you can use most of the Access
Pack features, but the MouseKeys and SerialKeys features are unavailable and you
cannot run the Access Utility to customize settings or view online Help.

If you try to run the Access Utility with improper mouse or keyboard drivers, the
following error message is displayed:

  Call to Undefined Dynalink

For more information on this error, query on the following words in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  windows and "call to undefined dynalink"

If You Have an Unsupported Mouse
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If you have a mouse that is not supported by the Access Pack mouse driver,
install the Access Pack keyboard driver. You can then use the
keyboard-activation hot keys to enable most features. (For example, you can turn
the StickyKeys feature on or off by pressing and releasing the left SHIFT key
five times.) The keyboard-activation sequences are described in the ACCESS.WRI
file provided with Microsoft Access Pack.

In this configuration, you cannot run the Access Utility to adjust the user
options. However, you can adjust these option by manually editing the
appropriate entries in the WIN.INI file.

If you edit WIN.INI entries, refer to the WININI.WRI file or the Windows Resource
Kit for procedures, or query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  winini.wri and access and pack

Additional query words: handicaps disability disabilities accessibility 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 3.0a 3.1 stickeykeys

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

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