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#543: Synapticspad / serialmouse autoswitch

If you use a serial mouse on your 5200P at the office, but the built-in Synaptics pad on the road, use one of these handy procedures to make your notebook automatically use the serial mouse if it is present.

Micro International's MakeSearch 95 utility.

This utility, a mint exclusive, is copyrighted. Do not run it on any non-mint notebooks. It works by making the Synaptics driver check the COM1 port for a mouse before any other port. The Synaptics driver then defaults to the PS/2 glidepoint if no mouse is present on COM1.

1. Make sure you have the Synaptics Touchpad Driver installed.
2. Download this file: mkssynap.exe to your \win95 directory, or whatever other directory that you installed Windows 95 to.
3. Edit your \win95\win.ini file using Notepad (in Start/Programs/Accessories). If you installed Windows 95 in another directory, you'll need to edit the win.ini file in that directory.
4. Beside the line run=, add mkssynap.exe. There may be other .exe's there already; just make sure there is a space between each seperate .exe. If there are no other exe's listed, you will end up with run=mkssynap.exe for that line.
5. Save the file and restart your system twice. Now you can plug in a serial mouse to COM1 and use it, and it will always override the built-in touchpad..

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