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Updated
on October 31, 2001 by Thomas
McGuire
Mouseware
While
the sections above apply to those who have Logitech
Mouseware installed, there is a fairly important option
available in the Motion tab with Mouseware installed.
PS/2
Report rate.
This slider bar can be used to adjust the sample rate of
your mouse. This setting changes how often
Windows determines the position of your mouse. Sliding
this bar to the Right will make your Mouse
more sensitive to any input, this can improve responsiveness
although may make more accurate movements more awkward,
& vice versa. As a result Logitech Mouseware users do
not need to download utilities like PS/2 Rate Plus.
Settings
- Windows 2000/XP
Windows
2000 has some extra settings available that aren’t
available in Windows 9x/Me (Only available if you are using
a PS/2 port mouse). To gain access to them right click on My
Computer, select the Hardware
tab, then Device Manager.
Then open your Mouse
properties. Select the Advanced Settings
tab.
Sample
rate.
This setting changes how often Windows 2000/XP
determines the position of your mouse. Increasing
this value will make your Mouse more sensitive to any input,
this can improve responsiveness although may make more
accurate movements more awkward, & vice versa.
Wheel
Detection.
This setting can be used to change how Windows 2000/XP will
deal with a mouse wheel. 3 options are available.
Detection
disabled.
This setting will disable the auto-detection (& enabling)
of a mouse wheel. Select this option if your mouse doesn’t
have a mouse wheel or you want the mouse wheel disabled
for some reason.
Look
for wheel.
This setting allows Windows 2000/XP to detect if your
mouse has a mouse wheel on it. If detected the mouse wheel
will be enabled, if not it will be disabled.
Not all mice support this feature however. If your mouse
features a mouse wheel & is not detected (enabled)
when you select this option then set it to Assume wheel
is present.
Assume wheel is
present. This setting will automatically enable
the mouse wheel – skipping auto-detection of the wheel. If
you have a mouse wheel then I’d recommend selecting this
option, or if you selected Look for wheel &
Windows 2000/XP fails to detect your mouse wheel.
Input
buffer length.
This sets the amount of packets for the input buffer, which
stores data regarding mouse location. If you find your mouse
to be behaving strangely you should try increasing
the value. Otherwise you should ignore this setting,
leaving it at the minimum value of 100.
Fast
Initialization.
Ticking this setting will enable fast
initialisation, which will reduce the startup time for
Windows 2000/XP. If you encounter problems with your mouse
when this is Ticked then try leaving this setting Unticked,
although Startup time may be increased a little.
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