help 3rd (middle) mouse button for winXP?

[Supradude]

as title says, does anyone know how i can get an actual "middle button" back in windows XP... the intellimouse software for MS mice don't have a "middle button" option and my darn serial mouse isn't being detected for the middle button, i need this to use ProE CAD software... please help t.i.a.

 

[Insidious]

Try the device manager, hardware, mouse, advanced settings...

If you dont have an option there, you might try downloading the software for a 3 button mouse (your mouse)

from the M$ site and install that in place of what you are presently using.

(do you have a ps2 mouse connection on your MoBo? PS2 mice are very inexpensive)

 

[Supradude]

hm... well like i said, i have MS mice, optical explorer trackball and just optical explorer both with 5 buttons... but the MS software doesn't have the option of making a button the old skool "middle button" as for the serial mouse, it's the only one i have on hand that is a true 3 button mouse (not a scroll wheel button for the 3rd) , however, i do plan on trying a PS2 one later today when i can borrow one from a friend. Anyone else have a suggestion? the serial mouse i'm using is totally generic and i tried to use 3 button mouse drivers for some of the lesser known brands, but they wouldn't work...