Microsoft KB Archive/106441

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Mouse Stops Responding with PC Tools Screen Saver

Article ID: 106441

Article Last Modified on 9/23/2003



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Mouse Driver 9.0 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q106441

SYMPTOMS

Your mouse stops responding when you return to an MS-DOS-based application after the screen saver from Central Point Software PC Tools 8.0 is activated.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

  • Disable the PC Tools screen saver. -or-


  • Exit the application using the keyboard and then reinitialize the mouse driver by typing mouse at the MOUSE subdirectory. -or-


  • Use an earlier version of the Microsoft Mouse driver. This behavior does not occur with Microsoft Mouse driver versions 8.2 and earlier.


STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


Additional query words: 9.00 9 msmouse ms-mouse ms mouse hang lock

Keywords: KB106441