Cannot Use Internal Touchpad When You Connect an IntelliMouse

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SYMPTOMS

When you connect a Microsoft IntelliMouse to a computer that uses an internal touchpad, the touchpad may be disabled.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if the touchpad on your computer uses a three-byte I/O packet to control the pointer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in IntelliMouse.

MORE INFORMATION

The IntelliMouse uses a four-byte I/O packet to control the pointer.

Additional query words: laptop

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbhw
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb