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- OS2MOUSE - LOADING OS2MOUSE.DRV ERROR MESSAGE
- 10/19/94
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- LOADING OS2MOUSE.DRV ERROR MESSAGE
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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- ERROR LOADING OS2MOUSE.DRV IN OS/2 FOR WINDOWS SPECIAL EDITION
- OVERVIEW
-
- After installing OS/2 2.1 Special Edition for Windows, you
- cannot start any WIN-OS/2 session Applications that are
- migrated to OS/2's Workplace Shell. If you try to start
- WIN-OS/2 from a DOS Full Screen session, the error message
- ERROR LOADING OS2MOUSE.DRV appears.
-
- 1. The PATH statement in either OS/2's CONFIG.SYS or
- AUTOEXEC.BAT was not updated during installation.
- Changing these statements to point to the correct
- location of the Windows files resolves the problem.
-
- 2. OS/2 2.1 requires default Microsoft Windows 3.1 language,
- drivers, and font information to properly install the
- WIN-OS/2 component. Ensure the MOUSE.DRV file is located
- in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory and is 10672 bytes in
- size and dated 3-10-92.
-
- Any desktop tools utility that includes it's own shell can
- change WINDOWS language, driver, and/or font information.
- Utilities such as PCTOOLS for Windows, NORTON DESKTOP,
- Dashboard, and others must not be installed before installing
- OS/2 2.1 for Windows Special Edition. Reinstallation of
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 is necessary if such a utility is
- present on the system. Using the "Uninstallation" of these
- utilities MAY NOT remove changes made to Windows 3.1 system
- files, font information and/or drivers.
-
- Do a Selective Install of WIN-OS/2 to enable WIN-OS/2 support:
-
- 1. Select Selective Install from the System Setup Folder.
- 2. Bypass the first panel of the utility.
- 3. Place a check mark on WIN-OS/2 Support.
- 4. Select Install.
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-
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- ERROR LOADING OS2MOUSE.DRV OCCURS RANDOMLY AFTER INSTALL OF OS/2
- 2.1 FOR WINDOWS SPECIAL EDITION
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- SYMPTOMS:
- Error loading OS2MOUSE.DRV occurs randomly in 386/486, SX/DX
- and Dell systems. This failure occurs in systems where the
- statement OS2MOUSE.DRV=MOUSE.DRV is REMed in SYSTEM.INI in
- the Windows directory after installation of OS/2 2.1 for
- Windows Special Edition,and PROGRAM MANAGER is started.
- The statement should not be REMed. It becomes REMed when the
- error is recreated.
- NOTE: If either PCTOOLS for Windows or NORTON DESKTOP for
- Windows is present prior to OS/2 for Windows being
- installed, only do step 5.
-
- RESOLUTION:
- Recreate the symptom as follows before trying procedure for
- resolution:
- 1. Edit SYSTEM.INI statement in Windows directory to:
-
- REM OS2MOUSE.DRV=MOUSE.DRV
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- 2. Save new SYSTEM.INI. Start Windows (or WIN-OS/2 session)
- from DOS command line.
- 3. Error message appears: Error loading OS2MOUSE.DRV
- 4. Control passes back to the VDM command line.
- Or,
- With SYSTEM.INI edited, start Windows or WIN-OS/2 session
- with /B switch. Example, at command prompt, Type:
-
- WIN /B and press Enter
-
- This creates BOOTLOG.TXT file. When you edit the
- BOOTLOG.TXT file,the load failure code is 02.
- 5. With PCTOOLS or NORTON DESKTOP for Windows installed:
- A. Reinstall Windows base code.
- B. Selectively install WIN-OS/2 support, which prompts
- you for both Windows and OS/2 diskettes.
- C. Bring up Program Manager to test windows.
- D. Reinstall PCTOOLS and NORTON DESKTOP.
-
- RESOLUTION:
- After recreating error or viewing symptom:
- 1. Correct PATH= statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT to point to
- WINDOWS directory, if necessary.
- 2. Selective Install of WIN-OS/2 support. This should only
- be done when selections were made during the original
- install of OS/2 for Windows. You are prompted for
- either OS/2 or Windows diskettes to install various
- files or drivers to recover the Windows setup. Ensure
- that the files and drivers are not deleted to avoid
- altering the system configuration.
- 3. Verify that MOUSE.DRV is located in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory, is dated 3-10-92, and is 10672 bytes in size.
- 4. Unpack the Windows 3.1 GA mouse driver from WINDOWS
- Installation Diskette 2 to X&colon.\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
-
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- ERROR LOADING OS2MOUSE.DRV ERROR IS ENCOUNTERED WHEN STARTING A
- WINOS2 SESSION RUNNING OS/2 2.1 FOR WINDOWS SPECIAL EDITION.
- SESSION HALTS.
-
- SYMPTOMS:
- Some systems are experiencing similar symptoms when WINOS2
- Sessions (Full Screen or Seamless) cannot start. If the
- Session is started from a DOS Full Screen, the error message,
- Error Loading OS2MOUSE.DRV appears and the VDM is halted.
-
- The same error appears from the VDM if the Session is
- started from an Icon. The Icon reappears so quickly, the
- message is usually not seen.
- 1. Ensure MOUSE.DRV, located in the X&colon.\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory is dated 3-10-92 and is 10672 bytes in size.
- 2. Edit SYSTEM.INI to ensure the OS2MOUSE.DRV=MOUSE.DRV
- This statementis located in the BOOT paragraph.
- 3. Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT to determine the path statement
- includes X&colon.\WINDOWS.
- 4. Edit CONFIG.SYS making sure the PATH=STATEMENT includes
- X&colon.\WINDOWS.
- NOTE: X&colon.\ = is the drive where Windows 3.1 resides
- \WINDOWS = is the Directory for Windows 3.1
- 5. Do a Selective Install of WIN-OS/2 to enable
- WIN-OS/2 support:
- A. Select Selective Install from System Setup folder
- B. Bypass the first panel of the utility, select OK
- C. Place a checkmark on WIN-OS/2 Support
- D. Select Install
- 6. If you are NOT prompted for Windows diskettes at the
- end of Selective Install, installation of the WIN-OS/2
- component failed.
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- ERRATIC MOUSE POINTER IN WIN-OS\2 SESSIONS
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- If you have an erratic pointer in your WIN-OS/2 programs, set
- the following WIN-OS/2 settings:
-
-
- - MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS to ON
- - IDLE_SENSITIVITY to 100
- - IDLE_SECONDS to 20
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