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Windows 98 pointer missing
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| theshewolf 2003-09-17, 9:23 am |
| Allright, this is a new one on me. I installed the newest IomegaWare for Windows 98, and it seriously corrupted my OS files. NOT the Registry. I did a dirty install, and everything is working fine, except that there is no mouse pointer on my screen. I can negotiate with keyboard, but my mouse nothing. There is literally no pointer on my screen. Any ideas? I would really have to wipe and reload.
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| enforcer 2003-09-17, 9:32 am |
| Have you rebooted an checked the mouse is connected properly before it starts up.
Check to see if a mouse is viewable in the device manager. | |
| jkhnwspec 2003-09-17, 10:26 am |
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Originally posted by theshewolf
Allright, this is a new one on me. I installed the newest IomegaWare for Windows 98, and it seriously corrupted my OS files. NOT the Registry. I did a dirty install, and everything is working fine, except that there is no mouse pointer on my screen. I can negotiate with keyboard, but my mouse nothing. There is literally no pointer on my screen. Any ideas? I would really have to wipe and reload.
What do you mean "I did a dirty install"  | |
| ruscorp 2003-09-17, 12:16 pm |
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Originally posted by jkhnwspec
What do you mean "I did a dirty install"
Perhaps it means she just overided the current OS instead of a nice format and then installation. | |
| theshewolf 2003-09-19, 2:53 pm |
| No, the mouse isn't the problem, three different mice (1 serial, 1 USB, 1 PS/2), same thing. Even if you don't have a mouse attached to your system, there is still a pointer sitting in the middle of the screen...you just can't use it. There is absolutely no pointer on my screen.
I have also tried clicking on the desktop to see if the pointer was "submarining", but no go. I guess the next thing to try is to delete the GDI and reinstall it.
And yes, ruscorp, I did mean a reinstall over the existing OS. I guess I should have called it a maintenance install, but that's far too glamorous a term for something that hardly ever works! | |
| ANDRONDA 2003-09-19, 2:55 pm |
| We ususally call it a "repair installation". | |
| ruscorp 2003-09-19, 4:57 pm |
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Originally posted by theshewolf
No, the mouse isn't the problem, three different mice (1 serial, 1 USB, 1 PS/2), same thing. Even if you don't have a mouse attached to your system, there is still a pointer sitting in the middle of the screen...you just can't use it. There is absolutely no pointer on my screen.
I have also tried clicking on the desktop to see if the pointer was "submarining", but no go. I guess the next thing to try is to delete the GDI and reinstall it.
And yes, ruscorp, I did mean a reinstall over the existing OS. I guess I should have called it a maintenance install, but that's far too glamorous a term for something that hardly ever works!
If you been through that many different mice it can't be that then.
Perhaps a nice format would help? However first try deleting the GDI and replacing it with one from a system where you know it's working. | |
| theshewolf 2003-09-20, 12:32 pm |
| My apologies to enforcer, who was (believe it or not  ) actually right! I looked in the device manager and it said that vmouse.vxd was not correctly loading. I replaced it, and now I have a pointer.
I got the "dirty install" from the horrible hellhole known as "working at Dell". | |
| ruscorp 2003-09-20, 1:33 pm |
| Congrats on fixing the problem. | |
| jkhnwspec 2003-09-20, 5:58 pm |
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Originally posted by theshewolf
I got the "dirty install" from the horrible hellhole known as "working at Dell".
Thanks for letting me know where the term "dirty install" came from.
Now I understand.
Good to see you got the problem fixed too.  | |
| Helen of Troy 2003-09-20, 8:51 pm |
| This is a problem that cannot be fixed. You'll probably have to throw your computer away. | |
| ruscorp 2003-09-20, 9:05 pm |
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Originally posted by Helen of Troy
This is a problem that cannot be fixed. You'll probably have to throw your computer away.
I'm sorry, you must be confused. The mac forum is here. | |
| Helen of Troy 2003-09-20, 9:10 pm |
| It's a mac? Well that just completely definitely solves this riddle. I knew it! It's a mac. Says it all really. | |
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