MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer

**Maveric169** · May 30th, 2004

I have a MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer mouse, I have 2 side buttons that for some reason don't work anymore. I checked all the setting and they are set, I reinstalled the drivers and the mouse, no joy. Not sure what to do, I use them as the back and forward button in IE.

Also, is there a way to map keyboard key strokes to my mouse buttons? Like say I press the scroll button it would be the same as if I pressed the "L" button on my keyboard? I ask as I would like to get more out of my mouse for gaming.

champ2005 · May 31st, 2004

All the buttons should work with v5 so i dont know whats wrong there.
However, i know that you could map keystrokes to mouse buttons but only in version 4.1 and below, as for some reason ms got rid of this in the version 5 drivers.

**Maveric169** · May 31st, 2004

Do you know if there is anyway to test the buttons and make sure they are actually working? (kinda like what you can do with most joysticks, where it shows you that you pushed a specific button) And yes, your right on the V4.1 you could do application specific key binnding but only the ones they had listed. Is there a way to add others?

**Maveric169** · June 17th, 2004

Well I gave up on my MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer mouse and bought a Logitech MX510. WOW, what a difference especialy in games. While this is not a wireless mouse and adjusting to a wired mouse after having a wireless mouse took a little getting used to all I can still say is WOW.

This mouse is great, very accurate and precise with a great response. The only thing I wish it had different was program specific button profiles. But with 8 buttons that you can program, you can create a setup that will work for you.

I give this mouse 2 thumbs up!

**Terrahertz** · June 17th, 2004

Logitech MX510 /Nuff said

May 30th, 2004	Top \| #1
Maveric169 The Voices Talk to Me Joined: December 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,148 Reputation: 130 Power: 128	MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer I have a MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer mouse, I have 2 side buttons that for some reason don't work anymore. I checked all the setting and they are set, I reinstalled the drivers and the mouse, no joy. Not sure what to do, I use them as the back and forward button in IE. Also, is there a way to map keyboard key strokes to my mouse buttons? Like say I press the scroll button it would be the same as if I pressed the "L" button on my keyboard? I ask as I would like to get more out of my mouse for gaming. Disclaimer: Past performace and emerging trends are not always accurate predictors for future events. Consult your employeer reguarding overtime possibilies incase I am wrong and you have to buy more stuff. AMD Athlon 64 3000+ \| Gigabyte GA-K8NS Mobo \| 1 Gig Crucial XMS Ram \| Maxtor 200GB Sata Drive 8Meg Cache Primary Drive \| 60GB Backup Drive \| ATI 9550 \| Antec Trio 430W PSU \| Custom Case *Check out my new website* *http://13-dragons.net/*

May 31st, 2004	Top \| #2
champ2005 \| xs \| Joined: January 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 238 Reputation: 40 Power: 104	All the buttons should work with v5 so i dont know whats wrong there. However, i know that you could map keystrokes to mouse buttons but only in version 4.1 and below, as for some reason ms got rid of this in the version 5 drivers. AMD Athlon 2400+ (2.0ghz) \| 1.5GB DDR266 (2.0/3/3/6) \| 19" AOC LCD \| 80GB Primary Disk \| SATA RAID 0 2x160GB \| Leadtek Geforce4 Ti4800SE \| Gigabyte VIA KT600 board with 1394 \| Microsoft Wireless Elite Keyboard \| Logitech MX900 w/ Bluetooth

May 31st, 2004	Top \| #3
Maveric169 The Voices Talk to Me Joined: December 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,148 Reputation: 130 Power: 128	Do you know if there is anyway to test the buttons and make sure they are actually working? (kinda like what you can do with most joysticks, where it shows you that you pushed a specific button) And yes, your right on the V4.1 you could do application specific key binnding but only the ones they had listed. Is there a way to add others? Disclaimer: Past performace and emerging trends are not always accurate predictors for future events. Consult your employeer reguarding overtime possibilies incase I am wrong and you have to buy more stuff. AMD Athlon 64 3000+ \| Gigabyte GA-K8NS Mobo \| 1 Gig Crucial XMS Ram \| Maxtor 200GB Sata Drive 8Meg Cache Primary Drive \| 60GB Backup Drive \| ATI 9550 \| Antec Trio 430W PSU \| Custom Case *Check out my new website* *http://13-dragons.net/*

June 17th, 2004	Top \| #4
Maveric169 The Voices Talk to Me Joined: December 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,148 Reputation: 130 Power: 128	Update Well I gave up on my MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer mouse and bought a Logitech MX510. WOW, what a difference especialy in games. While this is not a wireless mouse and adjusting to a wired mouse after having a wireless mouse took a little getting used to all I can still say is WOW. This mouse is great, very accurate and precise with a great response. The only thing I wish it had different was program specific button profiles. But with 8 buttons that you can program, you can create a setup that will work for you. I give this mouse 2 thumbs up! Disclaimer: Past performace and emerging trends are not always accurate predictors for future events. Consult your employeer reguarding overtime possibilies incase I am wrong and you have to buy more stuff. AMD Athlon 64 3000+ \| Gigabyte GA-K8NS Mobo \| 1 Gig Crucial XMS Ram \| Maxtor 200GB Sata Drive 8Meg Cache Primary Drive \| 60GB Backup Drive \| ATI 9550 \| Antec Trio 430W PSU \| Custom Case *Check out my new website* *http://13-dragons.net/*

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Terrahertz Extinction Agenda Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 972 Reputation: 294 Power: 135	Logitech MX510 /Nuff said INSTALLATION & ADMINISTRATION

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