Re: multiple mice "profiles"

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Did the Bluetooth mouse come with its own driver? Some mice (my Razer Diamondback for example) have their own applet to change settings independently of the Microsoft applet. Conversely, does the touchpad have its own applet? When I say that I mean something other than Control Panel --> Mouse that lets you adjust the settings, either by a tray icon or a separate Control Panel applet.

If both of these devices have their own applet then you could set the standard Control Panel --> Mouse settings to something fairly standard (or leave it at its default settings) and use the individual software for each device to control the settings. If one has its own applet and the other doesn't, use the Microsoft applet for the one that doesn't and the third party software for the one that does.

There's a possible drawback: sometimes even if a pointing device comes with its own software, all it does is act as an interface that's really adjusting the Microsoft settings anyway. If this is the case with yours, the above won't work.

Hope this makes sense.


"jbiz" <jbiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:45032927-7424-4471-8E8F-E2DA61418911@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a laptop with a touchpad that has certain settings for speed adjusted
fairly highly so the pointer moves fast. I also have a Bluetooth mouse that
when I use it, it uses those settings and the pointer moves too fast to be
useable. I have to go into the control panel and change the pointer speed to
adjust for the Bluetooth mouse.

Shouldn't there be some setting or maybe even a third-party app to control
multiple mouse profiles in Windows? Doesn't this seem like something that
should have been included with the OS from the start, maybe back in Win2K for
instance? I've seen others ask about this by searching Google but have not
found an answer. The closest thing I've seen is MultiPoint which is an answer
to a question I wasn't asking (multiple mouse pointers).

Anyone have a clue? A product suggestion for Microsoft maybe? Vista SP2?

.

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