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multiple mice "profiles"
I have a laptop with a touchpad that has certain settings for speed adjusted
fairly highly so the pointer moves fast. I also have a Bluetooth mouse that when I use it, it uses those settings and the pointer moves too fast to be useable. I have to go into the control panel and change the pointer speed to adjust for the Bluetooth mouse. Shouldn't there be some setting or maybe even a third-party app to control multiple mouse profiles in Windows? Doesn't this seem like something that should have been included with the OS from the start, maybe back in Win2K for instance? I've seen others ask about this by searching Google but have not found an answer. The closest thing I've seen is MultiPoint which is an answer to a question I wasn't asking (multiple mouse pointers). Anyone have a clue? A product suggestion for Microsoft maybe? Vista SP2? |
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multiple mice "profiles"
Did the Bluetooth mouse come with its own driver? Some mice (my Razer
Diamondback for example) have their own applet to change settings independently of the Microsoft applet. Conversely, does the touchpad have its own applet? When I say that I mean something other than Control Panel -- Mouse that lets you adjust the settings, either by a tray icon or a separate Control Panel applet. If both of these devices have their own applet then you could set the standard Control Panel -- Mouse settings to something fairly standard (or leave it at its default settings) and use the individual software for each device to control the settings. If one has its own applet and the other doesn't, use the Microsoft applet for the one that doesn't and the third party software for the one that does. There's a possible drawback: sometimes even if a pointing device comes with its own software, all it does is act as an interface that's really adjusting the Microsoft settings anyway. If this is the case with yours, the above won't work. Hope this makes sense. "jbiz" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with a touchpad that has certain settings for speed adjusted fairly highly so the pointer moves fast. I also have a Bluetooth mouse that when I use it, it uses those settings and the pointer moves too fast to be useable. I have to go into the control panel and change the pointer speed to adjust for the Bluetooth mouse. Shouldn't there be some setting or maybe even a third-party app to control multiple mouse profiles in Windows? Doesn't this seem like something that should have been included with the OS from the start, maybe back in Win2K for instance? I've seen others ask about this by searching Google but have not found an answer. The closest thing I've seen is MultiPoint which is an answer to a question I wasn't asking (multiple mouse pointers). Anyone have a clue? A product suggestion for Microsoft maybe? Vista SP2? |
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multiple mice "profiles"
The touchpad is a Synaptics touchpad, for pointer speed it uses the Microsoft
settings. The mouse is a Logitech, and I believe I tried installing the Logitech (SetPoint?) software and did not like the results. I believe the Logitech uses the Microsoft settings anyways. I think this feature should be built into the operating system. Anyone know of another way? "Rojo Habe" wrote: Did the Bluetooth mouse come with its own driver? Some mice (my Razer Diamondback for example) have their own applet to change settings independently of the Microsoft applet. Conversely, does the touchpad have its own applet? When I say that I mean something other than Control Panel -- Mouse that lets you adjust the settings, either by a tray icon or a separate Control Panel applet. If both of these devices have their own applet then you could set the standard Control Panel -- Mouse settings to something fairly standard (or leave it at its default settings) and use the individual software for each device to control the settings. If one has its own applet and the other doesn't, use the Microsoft applet for the one that doesn't and the third party software for the one that does. There's a possible drawback: sometimes even if a pointing device comes with its own software, all it does is act as an interface that's really adjusting the Microsoft settings anyway. If this is the case with yours, the above won't work. Hope this makes sense. "jbiz" wrote in message ... I have a laptop with a touchpad that has certain settings for speed adjusted fairly highly so the pointer moves fast. I also have a Bluetooth mouse that when I use it, it uses those settings and the pointer moves too fast to be useable. I have to go into the control panel and change the pointer speed to adjust for the Bluetooth mouse. Shouldn't there be some setting or maybe even a third-party app to control multiple mouse profiles in Windows? Doesn't this seem like something that should have been included with the OS from the start, maybe back in Win2K for instance? I've seen others ask about this by searching Google but have not found an answer. The closest thing I've seen is MultiPoint which is an answer to a question I wasn't asking (multiple mouse pointers). Anyone have a clue? A product suggestion for Microsoft maybe? Vista SP2? |