Changes to the SYSTEM.INI Made by BallPoint Mouse

Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q85127

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

When a Microsoft BallPoint mouse is installed into Microsoft Windows version 3.0 or is being restored from a failed Windows 3.1 installation, the following changes are made to the SYSTEM.INI file:

   From                            To
   ----                            --

   [boot]
   mouse.drv=mouse.drv             mouse.drv=c:\ballpt\mouse.drv

   [386enh]
   keyboard=*vkd                   keyboard=c:\ballpt\bpvkd.386

MORE INFORMATION

BPVKD.386 is not required for Windows 3.1 because its functionality has been built into the *VKD driver in WIN386.EXE.

The BallPoint Setup program also creates a new program group (called BallPoint) in Program Manager. This group contains an icon for changing the parameters of BallPoint's operation.

KBCategory: kbsetup kbhw kbenv
KBSubcategory: win30 win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.00 3.00a 3.11 compaq lap top
laptop ball point pointing device pointing-device

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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