Radio Shack 26-236 Owners Manual - Page 2

Setting Your Mouse, Functions

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In Windows 95/98/NT 1. If New Hardware Found appears when your computer restarts, insert the Mouse Driver Version 1.1 disk into drive A or B. When prompted, specify to search for the driver on the floppy disk drive. Otherwise, simply insert the Mouse Driver Version 1.1 disk into drive A or B. 2. Click Start, then select Run. 3. Type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP) in the command box and press Enter to select OK. 4. The Welcome dialog box appears. Click Next. 5. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. Select the desired program folder directory such as (Mouse Driver). Click Next. 6. The Select Program Folder dialog box appears. Select the desired program folder name. Click Next. 7. The Select Mouse Type dialog box appears. Click Serial Mouse then Next. 8. The Set Up Complete dialog box appears. Click Finish to complete the mouse installation. The mouse icon appears on the lower right of the computer screen. In DOS If you install Mouse Driver Version 1.1 for Windows 95/98/NT, it also automatically installs the mouse driver for DOS. Follow these steps to install Mouse Driver Version 1.1 on a DOS system without Windows 95/98/ NT. 1. Insert the Mouse Driver Version 1.1 disk into drive A. 2. Under the C:\ prompt, type A: and press Enter. Then type instdos C:\AMOUSE and press Enter. 3. Type C:\AMOUSE\AMOUSE then press Enter. The mouse driver begins to load on your DOS system. Notes: • The mouse driver is also added to Autoexec.bat, so it will load each time the computer is started. • Mouse Driver Version 1.1 is primarily a Windows product. It cannot provide the Pan function in DOS due to the limitations of DOS. However, if you are running DOS programs in a Windows environment, you can still use many of the special features, as long as your DOS sessions are windowed not full screen). SETTING YOUR MOUSE FUNCTIONS Windows 95/98/NT The Mouse Driver Version 1.1 software lets you set the right mouse button's function, mouse pointer's type, mouse speed, cursor size, color, and pointing direction Double-click the mouse icon at the lower right of the computer screen to display the Mouse Properties dialog box, then set up your mouse's functions. Note: If you installed your mouse on a DOS operating system, you cannot adjust any of the mouse settings. 2

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In Windows 95/98/NT
1. If
New
Hardware
Found
appears
when your computer restarts, insert the
Mouse Driver Version 1.1
disk into drive
A or B. When prompted, specify to search
for the driver on the floppy disk drive.
Otherwise, simply insert the
Mouse
Driver Version 1.1
disk into drive A or B.
2. Click
Start
, then select
Run
.
3. Type
A:\SETUP
(or
B:\SETUP
) in the
command box and press
Enter
to select
OK
.
4. The
Welcome
dialog box appears. Click
Next
.
5. The
Choose Destination Location
dialog
box appears. Select the desired program
folder directory such as (
Mouse Driver)
.
Click
Next
.
6. The
Select Program Folder dialog box
appears
. Select the desired program
folder name. Click
Next
.
7. The
Select Mouse Type
dialog box
appears. Click
Serial Mouse
then
Next
.
8. The
Set
Up
Complete
dialog
box
appears. Click
Finish
to complete the
mouse installation. The mouse icon
appears on the lower right of the com-
puter screen.
In DOS
If you install
Mouse Driver Version 1.1
for
Windows 95/98/NT
, it also automatically in-
stalls the mouse driver for DOS.
Follow these steps to install
Mouse Driver
Version 1.1
on a
DOS
system without
Win-
dows 95/98/ NT
.
1. Insert the
Mouse Driver Version 1.1
disk
into drive A.
2. Under the
C:\
prompt, type
A:
and
press
Enter
.
Then type
instdos C:\AMOUSE
and
press
Enter
.
3. Type
C:\AMOUSE\AMOUSE
then press
Enter
. The mouse driver begins to load on
your
DOS
system.
Notes:
• The mouse driver is also added to
Autoexec.bat
, so it will load each time the
computer is started.
Mouse Driver Version 1.1
is primarily a
Windows
product. It cannot provide the
Pan function in
DOS
due to the limitations
of
DOS
. However, if you are running
DOS
programs in a
Windows
environment, you
can still use many of the special features,
as long as your
DOS
sessions are win-
dowed not full screen).
SETTING YOUR MOUSE
FUNCTIONS
Windows 95/98/NT
The
Mouse Driver Version 1.1
software lets
you set the right mouse button’s function,
mouse pointer’s type, mouse speed, cursor
size, color, and pointing direction Double-click
the mouse icon at the lower right of the com-
puter screen to display the
Mouse Properties
dialog box, then set up your mouse’s func-
tions.
Note:
If you installed your mouse on a
DOS
operating system, you cannot adjust any of
the mouse settings.