...Sorry, sorry, sorry. I know the Mudcat isn't really the place to raise technical computer problems, but Mudcatters are such helpful people and I'm a desperate woman!

In a nutshell, I'm seeking alternative mouse drivers for Windows 2000

I suffer from RSI but have worked without serious problems in past years on Windows 95 (using a special "Anir" vertical mouse). In October 2002 I was issued with Windows 2000 and was soon in a lot of pain, and had to revert to using a Window 95 machine for the bulk of my work. After exhaustive investigation it turns out that Microsoft have altered the mouse driver software in all versions of Windows from Windows 2000 onwards, meaning that the acceleration feature now works in a fundamentally different way (computer game players in particular complained about this as they found the mouse harder to control accurately). For some people with RSI this can cause problems. (Note: The problem is unrelated to the mouse hardware. Even when the special drivers were installed exactly the same problem persisted.)

The UK RSI Association suggested an alternative third party driver called "Intellipointer" (note - "IntellipointER" and NOT "Intellipoint") that was developed to try and remedy these problems. (See http://intellipointer.com for details). However, sadly I've found that even this does not give me the comfortable mouse control and precision that I have under Windows 95.

Does anyone know of any mouse driver software that will make my mouse pointer behave exactly as it did under Windows 95 when the acceleration option was set to "Low" with a medium speed setting? Also, has anyone else experienced similar problems when moving to Windows 2000? I'd be eternally grateful for any help on this, as every avenue now seem to have been exhausted. I'd even consider paying for somebody to write a "95 like" driver for me (but I assume that's no simply task or Microsoft would have done it themselves).

Your hopefully,

Julie B
Milton Keynes
UK