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IntelliPoint
Developer(s)Microsoft
Stable release
6.3 (Win), 6.2.2 (Mac OS X) / 2008-09-10 (Windows), 2007-12-12 (Mac OS X)[1]
Operating systemMac OS X, Microsoft Windows
TypeDevice driver
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.microsoft.com

Microsoft IntelliPoint is the Microsoft brand driver for Microsoft's IntelliMouse series of mice. Microsoft has released versions for both Windows and Mac OS X (including Universal binaries).

IntelliPoint supports all known Microsoft mice, as well as generic 3/5-button mice. However, advanced features may only be available on certain models (button options shown are specific to the selected model).

Supported mice

Supported on both Windows and Mac OS X:

  • Basic Optical Mouse
  • Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
  • Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
  • Comfort Optical Mouse 500 v2.0
  • IntelliMouse
  • IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0 (why isin't this model listed???)
  • IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
  • IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0
  • IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth
  • IntelliMouse Optical
  • Laser Mouse 6000
  • Mobile Memory Mouse 8000
  • Mobile Optical Mouse
  • Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000
  • Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 7000
  • Notebook Optical Mouse
  • Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
  • Optical Mouse
  • Optical Mouse by Starck
  • SideWinder Mouse
  • Standard Wireless Mouse
  • Trackball Explorer
  • Trackball Optical
  • Wheel Mouse
  • Wheel Mouse Optical
  • Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0
  • Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth
  • Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with Fingerprint Reader
  • Wireless Laser Mouse 5000
  • Wireless Laser Mouse 6000
  • Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2.0
  • Wireless Laser Mouse 7000
  • Wireless Laser Mouse 8000
  • Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000
  • Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000
  • Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse
  • Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
  • Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000
  • Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000
  • Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0
  • Wireless Optical Mouse 2000
  • Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 (also Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0)

Special features

Users can define mouse buttons to run any executable program or file they desire (or a control key + letter combination), and can even define them for different functions in chosen programs.

With IntelliPoint 4, users were able to specify mouse wheel behavior to scroll one screen at a time. This feature was useful in situations where the user had to work with windows of varying size and a fixed scroll rate alternated from being too fast or too slow depending on each window. This feature was incorporated into the Windows XP operating system [2] and removed in IntelliPoint 5.[citation needed] The "Alt+Tab" button combination was also replaced with "Next Window," effectively preventing users from alternating between specific programs, and instead having to cycle through one by one.

This article on the web talks about changing registry values to enable "Alt+Tab" button combination and the like: http://www.terravirtua.com/index.php?idx=98

Current Issues

Some users of Steinberg's Cubase music production software have reported intermittent flickering when using recent Intellipoint software (v5.5 through v6.2). While XP users can revert back to older Intellipoint drivers, Vista 32 users' workaround is to shutdown ipoint.exe or uninstall Intellipoint and use the generic driver. Earlier drivers (i.e. pre 6.1) cannot be installed on Vista 32. The problem is discussed here: http://forum.cubase.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=84174&highlight=intellipoint. Users report the flickering issue on many other applications, including Photoshop (Google for "ipoint flickering"). This is rumoured to be a side-effect of ipoint.exe requiring regular screenshots of open windows. Non Vista users can avoid this problem by installing a pre 5.5 version of the intellipoint mouse software. Microsoft has hitherto not accepted this as a bug, claiming video drivers to be the root cause. However, many users reported updating the video drivers did not help. The flickering issue seems to occur on almost all graphics card manufacturers. There is anecdotal testimony that this issue has been resolved with release 6.3 of Intellipoint.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14205
  2. ^ Customize your mouse settings: Windows XP
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