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- DOCUMENT:Q105731 22-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :SERMOUSE.SYS: Serial Mouse Problems Under Windows NT
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:BUGLIST3.10 FIXLIST3.10.003
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- Your serial mouse may fail to work under Windows NT. The mouse seems
- to be detected correctly by NTDETECT.COM, but the following
- description appears in Event Viewer's log:
-
- The source is mouclass description was could not locate the device
- object for one or more pointer port devices.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- This problem is caused by the SERMOUSE.SYS driver. Device detection
- fails when the mouse is plugged into a 3rd-party serial port adapter
- that uses the Winbond chip. This problem occurs with any Combi mouse
- that has a serial number in the 3xxx range.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- You can obtain a fix for this problem (for x86-based computers) by
- accessing CompuServe or Internet. The file you need to download is
- SERMOU.EXE, a self-extracting file.
-
- Internet
- --------
-
- SERMOU.EXE is located on the GOWINNT.MICROSOFT.COM server in the
- following directory:
-
- cs\winnt\unsup-ed\fixes\sermou
-
- CompuServe
- ----------
-
- SERMOU.EXE is located in the WINNT forum in Library 2.
-
- Using SERMOUSE.SYS
- ------------------
-
- To use the new SERMOUSE.SYS file, perform the following steps:
-
- 1. Rename the current SERMOUSE.SYS file in the SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
- directory.
-
- 2. Copy the new SERMOUSE.SYS file to the same location in Step 1.
-
- 3. Shut down Windows NT and restart your computer
-
- This fix is provided as is, and is not supported by Microsoft Product
- Support Services. Although this file was not made available in the
- recent update of Windows NT (U.S. Service Pack 1), a tested and
- supported version of this file will be included in the next update.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 SerMouse NTDetect
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: HRDWR
-
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