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The settings for how long the Tooltip takes to pop up is actually hidden
in the registry. That is something that you cannot change without
special software. I believe this is able to be changed by Windows XP
Power Toy Tweak UI. You can download and install it from here (look at
right side near the top-middle):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Nathan McNulty
Nick wrote:
> It is an intellimouse, but my problem wasn't the one with
> scroll wheels, that was Jim. I realise it's most likely
> nothing to do with the fact that it's optical. Just the
> fact that it's a new mouse. I was using a Wacom tablet
> and its mouse beforehand, and that was okay.
>
> In fact I just tried uninstalling the Intellipoint 5
> software and it's okay now, I don't have to hold my mouse
> over things for ages for tooltips and holding the arrow
> on scrollbars. And yet there is no visible option to
> change this. How annoying! At least I don't particularly
> need the Intellipoint software, as I use the default Back
> and Forward behaviours for the side buttons.
>
> nick
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I think he said it was a Microsoft IntelliMouse. Could
>
> be wrong though,
>
>>but if it is a MS Optical Mouse, then this would be
>>http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/Downlo
>
> ad.mspx
>
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>the dude wrote:
>>
>>
>>>try downloading the logitech mouseware from logitech's
>
> support area on their site.
>
>>>the mouseware software from logitech seems to be less
>
> bug prone when dealing with the scroll wheel of mice. the
> ms software has a tendancy to detect slight wheel
> movement back and forth as all one direction or the other
> and also if the mouse wheel is pushed in it activates the
> scroll lock function and mouse movement becomes scroll
> wheel input
>
>>>"Courtney" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Nathan McNulty wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>For both of these, it is the software for the mouse
>
> that is causing the
>
>>>>>differences. As for the first problem with the
>
> tooltips, it may be that
>
>>>>>the software modified the pause time before Windows
>
> shows them. Second,
>
>>>>>the large scrolling can be changed in the Mouse
>
> Properties. Third, the
>
>>>>>picture's shrinking on mouse over is rather
>
> interesting. I'd like to
>
>>>>>hear a little more about that. When and where does
>
> this happen?
>
>>>>>Nathan McNulty
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a similar problem. When I scroll I don't get
>
> one line at a time
>
>>>>>>but rather what I would call a wave of the entire
>
> screen when I use
>
>>>>>>the mouse wheel or the up or down button. I have the
>
> same mouse and
>
>>>>>>updated the software for it. I also can run the
>
> ointer over a picture
>
>>>>>>and the size of the picture decreases and then
>
> returns to normal after
>
>>>>>>I move the pointer off of it. I have tried about
>
> everything I can
>
>>>>>>think of and it's driving me nuts. Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>>I got an optical intellimouse with a wheel
>
> recently,
>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I installed the latest software for it. I notice
>
> that
>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>delays associated with the mouse are much longer
>
> than usual, by which
>
>>>>>>>I mean tooltips won't appear for a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>couple
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>of seconds rather than the normal <1 second, and
>
> the
>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>same
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>is true for holding down a scrollbar arrow, you
>
> have to wait for
>
>>>>>>>ages. There's no setting in mouse options for this.
>
> Has anybody else
>
>>>>>>>experienced this problem?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Also, the fact that the mouse is optical has nothing
>
> to do with the software. In fact, the
>
>>>>software is exactly the same. The optic conversion
>
> occurs in the mouse, not the computer.
>
>>>>Both, a wheeled mouse, and a optical mouse (and, in
>
> fact, a wireless mouse) send exactly
>
>>>>the same information to the computer (and the drivers).
>>>>
>>>>courtney sends....
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>
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