If yours is USB, try using it on the PS/2 port, or vice-versa. I DO remember seeing a reg tag that had "ID" in it, so you should look for it. The problem is as you can see in my first post below, "Logitech" is not mentioned anywhere in those keys, nor is "mouse". What you should do, is find all of the mouse drivers files and search for those in the Registry, that's how I found those keys below. Since it's the Logitech drivers I assume that's causing your problem, I guess I'd do like I did and unpack the driver file download and look at the files. But you're going to have to install the Logitech drivers again in order to search and find them in the registry. I'd do it again, but I have to fix my dad's PC (OE is ruined, more on that later), but to save you "some" time I searched for "Logitech" for you and found these areas I pasted below where "ID" is mentioned. To also save you some time, these are NOT in the Registry so there's no point in searching for them: L8042PRT, LCCFltr, LMOUFLTR. I don't remember about the rest. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1FE969AE-DED4-11D3-943D-00A0248D3BB2}] @="CordlessHandler Class" "AppID"="{1FE969A2-DED4-11D3-943D-00A0248D3BB2}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1FE969AE-DED4-11D3-943D-00A0248D3BB2}\LocalServer32] @="C:\\PROGRA~1\\COMMON~1\\Logitech\\CdlsHand\\CdlsHand.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1FE969AE-DED4-11D3-943D-00A0248D3BB2}\ProgID] @="CdlsHand.CordlessHandler.1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1FE969AE-DED4-11D3-943D-00A0248D3BB2}\VersionIndependentProgID] @="CdlsHand.CordlessHandler" And the same data above is listed under the keys: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D39F8A6E-F96F-11D2-9AEC-00A0C95AC349} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1FE969AE-DED4-11D3-943D-00A0248D3BB2} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{D39F8A6E-F96F-11D2-9AEC-00A0C95AC349} Under this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Logitech\MouseWare\CurrentVersion\Control Center\Schemes\.Default\Devices\CordlessOptical6\0001\Usability At the right pane I noticed a string REG_SZ value for "NewDevice" that may mean something. Mine is set to "Off". That is also listed under: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-854245398-879983540-682003330-1003\Software\Logitech\MouseWare\CurrentVersion\Control Center\Schemes\.Default\Devices\CordlessOptical6\0001\Usability] When you unpack the driver file, don't forget about the files also in the "Win2K_XP" folder. Of course this all probably moot if you're not using XP or 2K since the drivers may be different. I have more reg keys but it's too much to put in a post so I'll send it off list. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Moore" Hi Clint, Pretty impressive ... I've been using an MX 700 for several years. It's a great mouse. I have to use Microsoft Intellipoint drivers with mine however. Logitech drivers for some reason re-identify the mouse at every boot. That means they won't work through a KVM switch which my mouse has to do. With Logitech drivers, whenever I reboot with the mouse connected through the KVM, the mouse comes up as a generic 3 button mouse. Microsoft software id's the mouse once and then never worries about it again. You can set custom functions for the two thumb buttons and the wheel in MS software they work fine on the MX700. The only button you lose is the little one on top. In your registry exploration did you find anywhere to turn off the id at boot function? I haven't researched this for a year or so but in the logitech forums, logitech was unapologetic about their mice not working through kvm switches. They claimed the mouse functions wouldn't work through a switch but I know they do. And I found no one who had had any success beating it. I don't understand why logitech won't let the mouse type to be set up once and then just assume it's there from then on. Ben Moore -----Original Message----- I was having a severe problem with my mouse cursor slowing WAAAAY down about half the time when I would have video clips open, or, when I would have Windows Movie Maker open. It was so bad, I'd have to move the mouse several feet just move the cursor from one side of the screen to the other! I would run out of room on my desk! If I went back to my Desktop, the problem disappeared. But if a video or WMM got the focus, the problem would come back. I'm not sure what the actual root or cause of the problem is, but shutting down the Logitech software (which was EM_EXEC.exe in the Task Manager), always fixed the problem. After shutting it down, the cursor then behaved normally. But the problem with this is with the software not running, none of the 5 extra buttons worked! Only the 2 basic buttons and scroll wheel worked, (but if I had custom settings for them, those custom settings would not have worked either. It would have defaulted to typical mouse functions). The mouse is a cordless optical MX700 8-button. It's a USB but I'm using the PS/2 adapter. The latest drivers for it are several years old, I fail to see why they don't have newer drivers. But at any rate that wouldn't have mattered because these "geniuses" decided to REMOVE needed features from the latest version! I'm using 9.75, the latest is 9.79. So this left me with reinstalling them, and that didn't work. I had also reinstalled my video card drivers prior to this for another reason, which of course didn't help. Hardware acceleration was on full, none of the advanced settings in the ATI control center made any difference. I then decided to unpack their latest driver version and try to substitute files one-by-one. This "worked", meaning that even after manually replacing the DLL files, SYS files, and the main executable LOGI_MWX.exe (which "activates" EM_EXEC.exe), all functions still worked, but this did not fix the problem. I also changed the versions of all of these files where they were referenced in the Registry. Still nothing worked. While I was in the Registry I made note of several "interesting" areas that I thought could possibly have something to do with this. One that really caught my eye was "PS2MotionFilter". It was a REG_SZ entry set to "On". So I searched the whole Registry for that line, and found it in 4 areas, and I then changed that to "Off" in each area, and that fixed the problem. No more slow cursor movement. I then created two reg files, one for the Off setting for all 4 Registry areas and one for the On setting should it ever need to be changed back and forth. Below is the Off version that worked for me. So if anyone is having this kind of mouse cursor problem, this might fix it for you. I don't know if only Logitech has this setting, or if all mice do. The data entries for each key path below are identical, so I only left the full data in for the first key just for reference in the event someone has this problem and does NOT have the PS2MotionFilter key but may have the other keys. Adding it may possibly work. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\L8042pr2\Parameters\Techni cal] "RunTimeCommand"="On" "PS2DetectIM"="On" "PS2DetectPP"="On" "PS2DetectAccuPt4"="On" "PS2RefreshDeviceEnable"="Off" "PS2ForceIMFor"="84, 111, 112" "PS2ReportRate"="100" "PS2MotionFilter"="Off" "PS2ExtCommandTiming"="10" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\L8042pr2\Parameters\Techni cal] "PS2MotionFilter"="Off" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\L8042pr2\Parameters\Techni cal] "PS2MotionFilter"="Off" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\L8042pr2\Parameters\Te chnical] "PS2MotionFilter"="Off" -Clint ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . 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