Works: No Blinking Cursor with Packard Bell Mouse
  
PSS ID Number: Q109788
Article last modified on 10-21-1998
 
3.00
 
MS-DOS
 

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kbother
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for MS-DOS, version 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the Packard Bell mouse with the Packard Bell mouse driver
version 2.33 in Works, the cursor doesn't blink if you are running in
graphics mode.
 
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, contact Packard Bell?s technical support at (818)
886-2098 or (800) 733-4433 to obtain an updated mouse driver. To workaround
this problem, run Works in text mode to obtain a blinking cursor.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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To test for this problem:
 
1. Restart the computer without loading the Packard Bell mouse driver.
 
2. Start Works and choose Works Settings from the Options menu.
 
3. Change the Screen Mode setting to Graphics and choose OK.
 
The cursor should now be blinking.
 
KBCategory: kbother
KBSubcategory: dworkskb
 
Additional reference words: flashing flashes flash blink blink packardbell
packard-bell mouse click
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Version           : 3.00
Platform          : MS-DOS
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.