I'm sorry, but what do you mean by "how about under safe mode"?
Is there a way to disable this under safe mode or are you suggesting that I
should try running under safe mode to get some different behavior?
Forgive my ignorance, and thank you for clarifying.

-Clint

"BigJIm" <woody10277@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> how about under safe mode
> "Clint Marshall" <cmarshall@forerivercompany.com> wrote in message
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>> I have a Garmin GPS that I connect to my IBM ThinkPad running Windows
>> XP. Because the ThinkPad has no serial ports, I connect the GPS through
>> a USB-to-Serial adapter.
>>
>> Whenever I connect the GPS, it is recognized as a "Serial Ballpoint
>> Mouse" and XP installs the driver. Then XP starts seeing the GPS data,
>> interprets it as mouse activity, and the cursor and screen go "crazy",
>> with the mouse bouncing all over the screen and windows popping up and
>> shutting down in fairly fast sequence. All of this screen and mouse
>> activity happens so quickly that I can't get control of the mouse and use
>> it in any way.
>>
>> Garmin recognizes that this problem can occur and they recommend that
>> you go to "manage devices" and disable the "Serial Ballpoint Mouse",
>> which then leaves the GPS data available to my navigation program.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I can't get control of the mouse for long enough to
>> open manage devices and disable the "serial ballpoint mouse".
>> - Is there a way to permanently block the installation of the "serial
>> ballpoint mouse" driver?
>> - Is there a way to permanently disable the driver? Even if I can get
>> it disabled, it reinstalls every time I plug in the GPS.
>> - Is there a way to automate something that I can run by a keystroke
>> or will run automatically to programmatically disable the driver?
>> Of course, I don't want to totally shut down the USB port or I won't be
>> able to get the GPS data to my software.
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> -Clint Marshall
>>
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