mousedriver in XP hardware profile...

[VJ]

Hello,

I have a weird issue with my trackball driver (Kensington Expert Mouse 5, problem is said to be researched by Kensington) and Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Having to remove the driver everytime to play is too much of a hassle, so I thought about defining a second hardware profile with a regular mousedriver (trackball supports this).
However, when I create a second profile, it doesn't seem to be possible to adjust in which profiles the trackball drivers should load (the option is greyed out).

Any thoughts?


Jörg

[Marshmallowman]

can you just disable it instead of removing the driver?

[VJ]

No, the box that says 'device usage' is greyed out... I had hoped to enable it in one hardware profile (regular use), and to disable it in a second profile (flight simulator).

Jörg

[UtwigMU]

Uninstall drivers for second profile.

[VJ]

Hmm, hadn't thought of that..
Will try it!


Jörg

[VJ]

Originally posted by UtwigMU
Uninstall drivers for second profile.

Doesn't work: if I uninstall the driver in the second profile, it also is uninstalled in the first... When adding it back to the first, it is also added in the second profile...


Jörg

[UtwigMU]

How about dual boot?

I do this, I have one boot of XP for work with slightly different display config and another boot for games.

I also use the other boot to test new stuff, while I don't mess with installations in the primary boot.

Another benefit is, if something ceases to work, you can try the other boot and see if it's a software or a hardware issue.

[VJ]

Yes, that would be the only alternative. However, it takes up quite a lot of diskspace. It would allow some other settings I currently cannot choose at boot (streched or independant display)...

I have had dualboots before, but I think I install too much software on the alternate boot... (I always think: you never know... )

Perhaps when I will reconfigure my system I might take it into account...


Jörg