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    Mouse Thumb Button?

    Ok, I have a Logitech mouse. It has a thumb button.

    I flatly refuse to install MouseWare. It is a festering boil on the crinkly, smelly ****ole of the computer industry.

    All I want to do is change what the thumb button does. Windows SEES the thumb button - it assigns it "back". Nice. I don't NEED a button for "back". I want the button to do one of two things:

    1. Double-click.
    2. Pass a straight "MOUSE4" to games, so that I can put "open/use" on it in FPS games.

    I used to use Intellipoint for this, but the latest version of Intellipoint sucks nearly as bad as Mouseware does! I suppose I could just download and use the OLD Intellipoint, but that strikes me as overkill for ONE DAMN BUTTON.

    Isn't there some registry hack for this?
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  • #2
    try logitech's setpoint software for the mx1000. i believe it works on older mice too. you may like it better than mouseware.
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    • #3
      Yeah, the SetPoint that came with my mx518 isn't bad.

      Also, I use the buttons as forward/back, but I think that a game will still pick them up as mouse 6/7 (4/5 are usually the up/down of the mouse wheel).
      Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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      • #4
        Yeah Jammrock suggested setpoint as well - I may give that a shot. I just hate installing an entire mouse management suite for the sake of one button, when I really do prefer the scrolling and acceleration characteristics of the builtin driver.
        The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

        I'm the least you could do
        If only life were as easy as you
        I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
        If only life were as easy as you
        I would still get screwed

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        • #5
          I've installed Intellipoint 4.12, and everything is now fine. Again, though, seems like overkill for one button.
          The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

          I'm the least you could do
          If only life were as easy as you
          I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
          If only life were as easy as you
          I would still get screwed

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          • #6
            What's wrong with Logitech drivers now, since disable accelerataion in games check box I hadn't had a problem with Mouseware in years.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by UtwigMU
              What's wrong with Logitech drivers now, since disable accelerataion in games check box I hadn't had a problem with Mouseware in years.
              1. The acceleration profile in WINDOWS is still horrible.

              2. Scrolling sucks.

              3. Scroll wheel sucks a LOT. With mouseware installed, the first click or two don't even register. ARGH.

              Mouseware is the festering boil on the inflamed penis of the lord of darkness.
              The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

              I'm the least you could do
              If only life were as easy as you
              I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
              If only life were as easy as you
              I would still get screwed

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              • #8
                Now mind you that's the LATEST version of Mouseware I hate like that. Previous versions have - in no particular order - done the following:

                - Destroyed the registry
                - Caused BSOD's
                - Crashed... a lot.
                The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                I'm the least you could do
                If only life were as easy as you
                I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                If only life were as easy as you
                I would still get screwed

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                • #9
                  Gurm, I will gladly relieve you from the problems with third mouse button: just send the mouse to me :>

                  As a replecament you can buy simple, two button + wheel, mouse from either Logitech or MS and be done with the issue.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Nowhere
                    Gurm, I will gladly relieve you from the problems with third mouse button: just send the mouse to me :>

                    As a replecament you can buy simple, two button + wheel, mouse from either Logitech or MS and be done with the issue.
                    Heh. The shipping to Poland is probably more than the mouse is worth.
                    The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                    I'm the least you could do
                    If only life were as easy as you
                    I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                    If only life were as easy as you
                    I would still get screwed

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                    • #11
                      Not a problem, a friend of mine will be in Chicago soon, for the large part of vacation

                      (and dammit, I wish I had spare 100$ - iPod Shuffle 1GB is much less expensive in US than 512 here...and relatively cheap 512 would be great for me)
                      Last edited by Nowhere; 17 July 2005, 07:47.

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                      • #12
                        You don't really want an iPod shuffle. Nobody REALLY wants an iPod shuffle. Apple has deluded a gigantic portion of the population into thinking that it's GOOD that they've taken out features. Don't pay MORE for a unit with LESS features!
                        The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                        I'm the least you could do
                        If only life were as easy as you
                        I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                        If only life were as easy as you
                        I would still get screwed

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                        • #13
                          Relax, I don't even have the funds for unit with more features

                          But...seeing as I use my Walkman (basically I have one single 60 minute casette in it for over 3 years, which plays in loop ) iPod Shuffle 512 would be more than enough for me. (hmm...actually I have one question: does it have "change song to another randomly" button?)

                          And btw, what are the real times on battery of current flash based mp3 players? (My Walkman can play 70h minimum on one battery...I'd miss it)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Nowhere
                            Relax, I don't even have the funds for unit with more features

                            But...seeing as I use my Walkman (basically I have one single 60 minute casette in it for over 3 years, which plays in loop ) iPod Shuffle 512 would be more than enough for me. (hmm...actually I have one question: does it have "change song to another randomly" button?)

                            And btw, what are the real times on battery of current flash based mp3 players? (My Walkman can play 70h minimum on one battery...I'd miss it)
                            It DOES have "change song to another randomly". That's IT, though. All it has are:

                            - Play
                            - Stop
                            - Change Song Randomly

                            Bleh. A gigantic step backwards in usability.

                            As for battery times... you'll be disappointed. The iPod shuffle has a measly 12 hour playback time! Most of the flash-based players run 40 hours or longer on a single AA/AAA. The HDD based players run 10-20 hours, depending on the model.
                            The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                            I'm the least you could do
                            If only life were as easy as you
                            I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                            If only life were as easy as you
                            I would still get screwed

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                            • #15
                              Note that if you play more complex formats like WMV or anything that's encrypted with a DRM type format, it will drain battery life faster.
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