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David C. Partridge

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 12:20 PM

I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is
being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before
inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to
stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was.

Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the
magic incantionation is.

Thanks
Dave

I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the magic incantionation is. Thanks Dave

MB

Martin Burnicki

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 4:24 PM

David C. Partridge wrote:

I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is
being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before
inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to
stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was.

Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the
magic incantionation is.

The boot option /NoSerialMice should do the trick. See:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-en/kb/131976

However, unklike mentioned in the above article, you can't just edit a
boot.ini file in current Windows versions. Instead you have to run the
bcdedit utility shipped with Windows. See:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff545492%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Haven't tried this under Windows 10, yet, but hope it still works.

Martin

David C. Partridge wrote: > I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is > being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before > inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to > stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. > > Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the > magic incantionation is. The boot option /NoSerialMice should do the trick. See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-en/kb/131976 However, unklike mentioned in the above article, you can't just edit a boot.ini file in current Windows versions. Instead you have to run the bcdedit utility shipped with Windows. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff545492%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Haven't tried this under Windows 10, yet, but hope it still works. Martin

JL

Jim Lux

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 4:27 PM

On 8/11/15 5:20 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:

I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is
being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before
inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to
stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was.

Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the
magic incantionation is.

On win 7, I go into device manager (rt click on computer, properties,
etc.) and disable "Microsoft Serial Mouse".

There's probably a command line way to do it it too, using the command
line device manager tool. You'd need to know the name of the device,
but once you know it, you're set for ever.

Does Win10 use a similar scheme? It's very likely: it's not like MS
rewrites the OS kernel.. the version changes are more UI focused. Device
manager in Win7 isn't a whole lot different than it was in NT4.0

On 8/11/15 5:20 AM, David C. Partridge wrote: > I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is > being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before > inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to > stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. > > Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the > magic incantionation is. > On win 7, I go into device manager (rt click on computer, properties, etc.) and disable "Microsoft Serial Mouse". There's probably a command line way to do it it too, using the command line device manager tool. You'd need to know the name of the device, but once you know it, you're set for ever. Does Win10 use a similar scheme? It's very likely: it's not like MS rewrites the OS kernel.. the version changes are more UI focused. Device manager in Win7 isn't a whole lot different than it was in NT4.0

AB

Azelio Boriani

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 5:02 PM

Here you can find a solution:
http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/support/marine/documentation/VVOS/VVOS_CrazyMouse.pdf

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:20 PM, David C. Partridge
david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk wrote:

I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is
being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before
inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to
stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was.

Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the
magic incantionation is.

Thanks
Dave

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Here you can find a solution: <http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/support/marine/documentation/VVOS/VVOS_CrazyMouse.pdf> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:20 PM, David C. Partridge <david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk> wrote: > I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is > being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before > inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to > stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. > > Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the > magic incantionation is. > > Thanks > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

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Mike Naruta AA8K

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 5:12 PM

You can disable serial mouse detection:
<
http://www.taltech.com/support/entry/windows_2000_nt_serial_mice_and_missing_com_port

If you are using an old mouse, it might disable it as well and
you will need to use a USB mouse.

On 08/11/2015 08:20 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:

I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is
being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before
inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to
stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was.

Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the
magic incantionation is.

Thanks
Dave

You can disable serial mouse detection: < http://www.taltech.com/support/entry/windows_2000_nt_serial_mice_and_missing_com_port > If you are using an old mouse, it might disable it as well and you will need to use a USB mouse. On 08/11/2015 08:20 AM, David C. Partridge wrote: > I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my Thunderbolt is > being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse (yes, just like before > inder Windows 7). I had set something up on Windows 7 in the boot.ini to > stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. > > Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what the > magic incantionation is. > > Thanks > Dave >

DC

David C. Partridge

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 5:57 PM

Tahnks to John Lofgren:

Click on start --> In the search box, type in regedit Registry editor
windows opens... Navigate to the location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
--> SYSTEM
--> CurrentControlSet
--> Services
--> sermouse
In the right hand, you'll see stuff like:

(default)
DisplayName
etc. etc. etc.

There should be a "dword (32bit) value" titled:

"start"

Set the value of this to: 00000004

Regards,
David Partridge
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of Martin
Burnicki
Sent: 11 August 2015 17:25
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again

David C. Partridge wrote:

I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my
Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse
(yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on
Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't

remember what it was.

Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what
the magic incantionation is.

The boot option /NoSerialMice should do the trick. See:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-en/kb/131976

However, unklike mentioned in the above article, you can't just edit a
boot.ini file in current Windows versions. Instead you have to run the
bcdedit utility shipped with Windows. See:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff545492%28v=vs.85
%29.aspx

Haven't tried this under Windows 10, yet, but hope it still works.

Martin

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Tahnks to John Lofgren: > Click on start --> In the search box, type in regedit Registry editor > windows opens... Navigate to the location: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > --> SYSTEM > --> CurrentControlSet > --> Services > --> sermouse > In the right hand, you'll see stuff like: > > (default) > DisplayName > etc. etc. etc. > > There should be a "dword (32bit) value" titled: > > "start" > > Set the value of this to: 00000004 Regards, David Partridge -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of Martin Burnicki Sent: 11 August 2015 17:25 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Serial Ballpoint issue again David C. Partridge wrote: > I just installed Windows 10 (yes I know how rash), and now my > Thunderbolt is being detected as a Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse > (yes, just like before inder Windows 7). I had set something up on > Windows 7 in the boot.ini to stop this, but for the life on me I can't remember what it was. > > Please could someone who's got this setup on Windows 7 remind me what > the magic incantionation is. The boot option /NoSerialMice should do the trick. See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-en/kb/131976 However, unklike mentioned in the above article, you can't just edit a boot.ini file in current Windows versions. Instead you have to run the bcdedit utility shipped with Windows. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff545492%28v=vs.85 %29.aspx Haven't tried this under Windows 10, yet, but hope it still works. Martin _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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