[wxqc] Addendum to RE: Weather Display Hang Ups

[Tim Crummel]

This problem IS a windows XP update" issue. I have this problem only after I
downloaded an update once. I use Zone alarm and set it to show all activity
once and it say windows.... is trying to modify an driver, would you like to
allow this? Every time I would say yes, The mouse pointer would "have a
mind" of it's own. So I always say NO and never have this problem. At least
this is what occurs on my system. And it will happen on another if I use the
Ultimeter 2100 on that one, unless I say NO.
Just my experience,(sorry for pun). So far I do not have this issue with
Vista And vista is a picky OS.

Tim CW0241 Kalamazoo, Mi.

-----Original Message-----
From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
[mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net] On Behalf Of Mike Y
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:44 PM
To: Discussion of weather data quality issues
Subject: Re: [wxqc] Addendum to RE: Weather Display Hang Ups

But a USB mouse has a specific descriptor that says "I'm a mouse"
as opposed to other devices.

The problems arise, at least in the past, where the 'serial' mouse
driver enables the port, then starts doing things with control and
status lines or Tx/Rx data on a serial port, no matter if that serial
port is USB or direct, and what's attached to that port starts
doing things back.

However, I think what you're referring to may be related to the 
fact that some 'BIOS' setups will try to 'legacy enable' USB
devices so as to allow USB keyboards and mice to work at boot,
even if the boot is to DOS, or in the most extreme case, just to a
BIOS setup routine.

Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Creager" <gerry.creager at tamu.edu>
To: "Discussion of weather data quality issues"
<wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [wxqc] Addendum to RE: Weather Display Hang Ups


> The best fix I've heard of is to only insert the USB dongle after boot.
>   Windows assumes that the first USB device it encounters is the mouse,
> regardless of what its USB ID info is.
>
> Mike Y wrote:
> > I remember a while back seeing problems with other devices interacting
> > with the serial mouse driver in windows.  There are a LOT of devices
> > out there that can interact in a bad with with the mouse detection and
> > init routines, not just weather stuff.
> >
> > I can't for the life of me remember what the fix was, but I remember it
> > was pretty simple.  Basically just clicking a box or setting something
> > so that the mouse driver works ONLY on 'direct' mouse stuff.  (Like
> > PS/2)
> >
> > I really wish I could remember what the fix was, or is...
> >
> > Mike
> >
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