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From: pensive hamster on 29 May 2010 14:57 I have Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. I am using it on my current XP Home SP3 system, and it works fine, except that the mouse scroll wheel doesn't work in Word. It works fine in all other apps. It is a Labtec mouse. Device Manager says: PS/2 Compatible Mouse This device is working properly Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 01/07/2001 Driver Version: 5.1.2600.0 Tried installing "WizMouse" (www.antibody-software.com), which has an option to 'Enable mouse wheel for applications without mouse wheel support', but that doesn't cure the problem. Any other suggestions? (I know there are more recent versions of Word, but I'm a skinflint. I was using Open Office for a while, but find it slower and more clunky than Word, though it is handy for opening files from more recent versions of Word that my elderly version doesn't like.) With thanks Pensive Hamster
From: Jim on 30 May 2010 06:56 On Sat, 29 May 2010 11:57:34 -0700 (PDT), pensive hamster <pensive_hamster(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >I have Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. I am using it on my current >XP Home SP3 system, and it works fine, except that the mouse scroll >wheel doesn't work in Word. It works fine in all other apps. > >It is a Labtec mouse. Device Manager says: >PS/2 Compatible Mouse >This device is working properly >Driver Provider: Microsoft >Driver Date: 01/07/2001 Update the driver ? >Driver Version: 5.1.2600.0 > >Tried installing "WizMouse" (www.antibody-software.com), which has an >option to 'Enable mouse wheel for applications without mouse wheel >support', but that doesn't cure the problem. Any other suggestions? > >(I know there are more recent versions of Word, but I'm a skinflint. I >was using Open Office for a while, but find it slower and more clunky >than Word, though it is handy for opening files from more recent >versions of Word that my elderly version doesn't like.) > >With thanks >Pensive Hamster
From: pensive hamster on 30 May 2010 10:21 On May 30, 11:56 am, Jim <bojimbo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 2010 11:57:34 -0700 (PDT), pensive hamster > > <pensive_hams...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >I have Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. I am using it on my current > >XP Home SP3 system, and it works fine, except that the mouse scroll > >wheel doesn't work in Word. It works fine in all other apps. > > >It is a Labtec mouse. Device Manager says: > >PS/2 Compatible Mouse > >This device is working properly > >Driver Provider: Microsoft > >Driver Date: 01/07/2001 > > Update the driver ? > Tried that, it says it can't find a better match than the existing driver. If anything, I'd guess that finding an older driver might be a better bet, given that its a 1995 app that the wheel doesn't work in. PH > >Driver Version: 5.1.2600.0 > [...]
From: Bob Lucas on 30 May 2010 16:08
You can download a selection of dedicated Labtech drivers from www.labtec.com/index.cfm/service/listing/EUR/EN,crid=68,crid2=1763. Most of them seem to be suitable for Win XP. "pensive hamster" <pensive_hamster(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:dc4bd52f-d52b-42cf-b804-8f191e76501f(a)n37g2000prc.googlegroups.com... > On May 30, 11:56 am, Jim <bojimbo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 29 May 2010 11:57:34 -0700 (PDT), pensive hamster >> >> <pensive_hams...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >I have Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. I am using it on my >> >current >> >XP Home SP3 system, and it works fine, except that the mouse >> >scroll >> >wheel doesn't work in Word. It works fine in all other apps. >> >> >It is a Labtec mouse. Device Manager says: >> >PS/2 Compatible Mouse >> >This device is working properly >> >Driver Provider: Microsoft >> >Driver Date: 01/07/2001 >> >> Update the driver ? >> > Tried that, it says it can't find a better match than the > existing > driver. > > If anything, I'd guess that finding an older driver might be a > better > bet, given that its a 1995 app that the wheel doesn't work in. > PH > >> >Driver Version: 5.1.2600.0 >> > [...] |