Microsoft Drivers

I am new to this forum so I did the usual search for what I wanted, 64 bit
drivers for my MS mouse and my MS fingerprint reader. Zilch, nada, nein, non
!

So here's my beef; why the f&^k is MS the last outfit to update their
drivers. Wouldn't you THINK they are trying to sell this OS and at least get
THEIR OWN friggin drivers updated ??? I can't use the double click on my
Intellimouse 'cuz I can't find a 64 bit version of the driver - the
installation bails and version 5.2 is the ONLY version I can find on the MS
site. The fingerprint reader has version 1.0 and it's been out for a
couple of years. Looks like it's an orphan already :-(

MS is the fastest outfit I have ever seen to abandon hardware if it doesn't
sell fast enough. Anyway, I am four or five days into the 6 month evaluation
but I can sure see NOT purchasing this version in Feb when the trial period
is up if MS doesn't update their driver data base at LEAST for their own
hardware. Heck my Epson R200 just updated their print drivers for 64.

<rant off>

Andre
Tue Oct 04 08:01:27 CDT 2005

I think the only answer for you would be "Logitech". ;)
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"Norman Brooks" <nbrooks@accesscable.net> wrote in message
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>I am new to this forum so I did the usual search for what I wanted, 64 bit
>drivers for my MS mouse and my MS fingerprint reader. Zilch, nada, nein,
>non !
>
> So here's my beef; why the f&^k is MS the last outfit to update their
> drivers. Wouldn't you THINK they are trying to sell this OS and at least
> get THEIR OWN friggin drivers updated ??? I can't use the double click on
> my Intellimouse 'cuz I can't find a 64 bit version of the driver - the
> installation bails and version 5.2 is the ONLY version I can find on the
> MS site. The fingerprint reader has version 1.0 and it's been out for a
> couple of years. Looks like it's an orphan already :-(
>
> MS is the fastest outfit I have ever seen to abandon hardware if it
> doesn't sell fast enough. Anyway, I am four or five days into the 6 month
> evaluation but I can sure see NOT purchasing this version in Feb when the
> trial period is up if MS doesn't update their driver data base at LEAST
> for their own hardware. Heck my Epson R200 just updated their print
> drivers for 64.
>
> <rant off>
>
>
>

Mike
Tue Oct 04 09:31:05 CDT 2005

For your mouse try using Phil Gibbons' "X-Mouse Button Control". You can
download this either from PlanetAMD64 (http://www.planetamd64.com) or from
Phil's site (http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm).
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


Norman Brooks <nbrooks@accesscable.net> wrote:

> I am new to this forum so I did the usual search for what I wanted,
> 64 bit drivers for my MS mouse and my MS fingerprint reader. Zilch,
> nada, nein, non !
>
> So here's my beef; why the f&^k is MS the last outfit to update their
> drivers. Wouldn't you THINK they are trying to sell this OS and at
> least get THEIR OWN friggin drivers updated ??? I can't use the
> double click on my Intellimouse 'cuz I can't find a 64 bit version of
> the driver - the installation bails and version 5.2 is the ONLY
> version I can find on the MS site. The fingerprint reader has
> version 1.0 and it's been out for a couple of years. Looks like it's
> an orphan already :-(
> MS is the fastest outfit I have ever seen to abandon hardware if it
> doesn't sell fast enough. Anyway, I am four or five days into the 6
> month evaluation but I can sure see NOT purchasing this version in
> Feb when the trial period is up if MS doesn't update their driver
> data base at LEAST for their own hardware. Heck my Epson R200 just
> updated their print drivers for 64.
> <rant off>

Norman
Tue Oct 04 13:23:58 CDT 2005

Thanks. I tried it but it still does not let me assign a double click to the
wheel. Rats ..

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:%23B3BCBPyFHA.916@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> For your mouse try using Phil Gibbons' "X-Mouse Button Control". You can
> download this either from PlanetAMD64 (http://www.planetamd64.com) or from
> Phil's site (http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm).
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> Norman Brooks <nbrooks@accesscable.net> wrote:
>
>> I am new to this forum so I did the usual search for what I wanted,
>> 64 bit drivers for my MS mouse and my MS fingerprint reader. Zilch,
>> nada, nein, non !
>>
>> So here's my beef; why the f&^k is MS the last outfit to update their
>> drivers. Wouldn't you THINK they are trying to sell this OS and at
>> least get THEIR OWN friggin drivers updated ??? I can't use the
>> double click on my Intellimouse 'cuz I can't find a 64 bit version of
>> the driver - the installation bails and version 5.2 is the ONLY
>> version I can find on the MS site. The fingerprint reader has
>> version 1.0 and it's been out for a couple of years. Looks like it's
>> an orphan already :-(
>> MS is the fastest outfit I have ever seen to abandon hardware if it
>> doesn't sell fast enough. Anyway, I am four or five days into the 6
>> month evaluation but I can sure see NOT purchasing this version in
>> Feb when the trial period is up if MS doesn't update their driver
>> data base at LEAST for their own hardware. Heck my Epson R200 just
>> updated their print drivers for 64.
>> <rant off>
>

Mike
Tue Oct 04 13:39:26 CDT 2005

Norman Brooks <nbrooks@accesscable.net> wrote:

> Thanks. I tried it but it still does not let me assign a double click
> to the wheel. Rats ..

That's odd since it is working perfectly for me here with double click
assigned to wheel depress. What sort of mouse are you using?
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Norman
Tue Oct 04 16:50:05 CDT 2005

Went back in and had another look. Menu went up without going to the top ...
when I RTFM :-) I found doubleclick .... works great !
Thanks for the tip ! Now you'll be on my genius list if you can figure out
how to get a MS (DigiPersona) fingerprint scanner to work !


"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> Norman Brooks <nbrooks@accesscable.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I tried it but it still does not let me assign a double click
>> to the wheel. Rats ..
>
> That's odd since it is working perfectly for me here with double click
> assigned to wheel depress. What sort of mouse are you using?
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
>
>

Mike
Tue Oct 04 18:34:45 CDT 2005

Norman,

Glad to read you've managed at least to fix your mouse problem. Thanks
due to RC White who convinced me to look again on PlanetAMD64 as I had
skipped right over this app when looking for a 64 bit alternative to
Intellipoint.

Sorry not to be able to help with your fingerprint scanner.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


Norman Brooks <nbrooks@accesscable.net> wrote:

> Went back in and had another look. Menu went up without going to the
> top ... when I RTFM :-) I found doubleclick .... works great !
> Thanks for the tip ! Now you'll be on my genius list if you can
> figure out how to get a MS (DigiPersona) fingerprint scanner to work !