USB support?

[pete 0]

Is there any way to get USB mouse support, or is there a ps2rate program for NT 4?

 

thanks

[Aaron Berry 0]

Microsoft's official position is that WinNT 4.0 will not support USB (but NT5/Win2000 will). Sorry.

 

For the PS2RATE issue, you can edit your registry as follows:

 

*** This is VERY dangerous, be careful and make a backup FIRST ***

 

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If you have cursor flicker with a PS2 mouse, you can increase the sampling rate by browsing to:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters

 

Edit or Add Value name SampleRate, a type REG_DWORD. The default setting is 60 and the range is 60 - 200. Higher numbers are better.

 

Note: If you have IntelliPoint software, replace i8042prt with msi8042.

 

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I am not affiliated with JSI Inc. in any way.

 

P.S. there is a PS/2 rate program for NT, but as a minimalist I just edited the registry to give a rate double the Q2/HL refresh rate I use. However, I do have both the 9x/NT versions burned on a CDR so if you want it, e-mail me.

 

[This message has been edited by Aaron Berry (edited August 31, 1999).]