Drivers for...

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I have this ancient optical mouse from who knows when, made by IBM. I've looked, looked, looked some more, but I can't find the drivers for it. The IBM site directs me somewhere else which wants me to buy stuff. The model number is MO28BO. Eeek!

[FrOzeN]

I googled "MO28BO", followed the first result. Ended up on driverguide.com, registered and downloaded.

I uploaded here so you don't have to go through a heap of registering crap (file size is 6.4mb): http://www.clananthrax.net/other/IBMMouseSuite.zip

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They don't work :/.

[FrOzeN]

Strange, it clearly states that model first in the list.

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It appears to just be a mouse suite. The device information is:

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Device Type: Mice and other pointing devices

Manufacturer: Microsoft

Location: on USB Scroll Mouse (HID)


Which was the same before I installed the items you directed me to. The driver information is unchanged as well.

[Eric]

Windows most likely already has drivers for it.  Have you tried plugging it in and rebooting?

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Windows most likely already has drivers for it.  Have you tried plugging it in and rebooting?

Every time I reboot, I have to get up, go around to the rear of my computer, unplug it, plug it into a diffrent USB port, and wiggle it by pulling on the cord. Very annoying.

[Eric]

Windows most likely already has drivers for it.  Have you tried plugging it in and rebooting?

Every time I reboot, I have to get up, go around to the rear of my computer, unplug it, plug it into a diffrent USB port, and wiggle it by pulling on the cord. Very annoying.

It sounds more like your ancient device is a faulty.  The required "wiggling" of the cord should have been your first clue.  I'd invest in a new mouse.

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The wiggleing is to move the mouse so the eye responds to something, and I must do this during the USB dectection phase of Win2k starting up.