by mjnelson99 » Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:08 pm
Passing the blame sounds familiar. A number of years ago I
was having problems between Microsoft Money and my bank.
Guess what they did? Each said the other was to blame.
Don't remember what I did to eventually solve it myself.
Mary
On 2/5/2012 3:14 PM, a1pcfixer wrote:
> HighSierra,
>
>> If the system and mouse work fine without the legacy application then there is a problem in the legacy application itself.
> You need to check with the vendor of that application.
>
> ROTFLMAO!!!!
> {NOT at you, but rather the 'shift the blame' game each side is doing on this mouse issue}
>
> In the early days of Windows (3.0 -to- WinME) 3rd party programs, such (pass the buck blame) ran rampant, each coder blaming
> the next as to why theirs didn't function correctly. When WinXP came along, things finally leveled off and we got better
> coded Windows apps.
>
> Now, decades into the PC experience and the blame each other game is once again rearing it's ugly head.
> I can't blame the MoBo/BIOS folks, as the future in PC home computing is aimed more at Windows apps than our needs here.
>
>> A floating mouse pointer is a software or mouse issue and not a motherboard issue
>
> THAT unfortunately appears true!
> NOW it'll be the mouse' fault.
>
> Overall their reply appears to tell you several things;
>
> a) They've done all they intend to& no more on this issue
> b) It's now a TB issue to fix
>
> I really do like everything TB has out, and often recommend their products to others. Going by a scale of 1-10, I'd rate TB
> with a 9.5 (this mouse support being the negative issue).
>
> There must be a better way to get reliable mouse support, problem is, will we ever get it?
> If what TB uses is MOUSE.COM from MS, then maybe the one from MITSUMI might work better, or from another source.
>
> Might be easier to take the easy way out& remove mouse support all together?
> {You REALLY can do everything needed with ONLY the keyboard!}
> Maybe TB can create a kb file detailing all keyboard keystrokes for keyboard navigation ONLY for BiNG/BIBM?
> Questions/complaints about lackluster mouse support either needs fixing, or eliminate USB mouse support and be done with it!
>
> All 'aledged hype' aside, this may all be moot if UEFI *with* Secure Boot is enabled by the MoBo manufacturers, then anything
> in the boot chain may need to be "certified". Third party boot apps like GRUB, BiNG, and BIBM
> may become tools of limited usefull life.