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My Windows 2000 does not detect my bus mouse?
John Savill
August 8, 2000
1 Min Read
A. If you perform a clean install of Windows 2000, your bus mouse will not be detected and installed.There is sadly no workaround for this.
If you however upgraded from Windows NT 4.0, you can edit c:boot.ini and remove the /fastdetect switch and save the file. When you restart the computer, your bus mouse will function.
Start a command session (cmd.exe)
Remove the read-only attribute from boot.ini
attrib c:boot.ini -r -s -hEdit the file
notepad c:boot.iniRemove the /fastdetect switch
Save the file
Reset the attributes
attrib c:boot.ini +r +s +h
Please note that removing the /fastdetect switch will increase the boot time.
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