IntelliPoint

IntelliPoint

Developer(s)	Microsoft
Stable release	8.2 (Win), 8.0.1 (v.290) (Mac OS X) / August 8, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-08-08) (Mac OS X)[1]
Operating system	Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Type	Device driver
License	Proprietary
Website	www.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 for the accordant models (button options shown are specific to the selected model).

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 (although this can be hacked back in the registry^[3]).

Supported mice

Note: Version 8.0 and above dropped PS/2 support for the following list. As even adapters can't assist, Microsoft keeps version 7.1 as an offered download for users who still own mice with PS/2 connectors (instead of USB). ^[4]

IntelliPoint's help file

Supported on both Windows and Mac OS X:

• Arc
• Arc Touch
• Basic Optical Mouse
• Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
• Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
• Comfort Optical Mouse 500 v2.0
• IntelliMouse
• IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0
• IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
• IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0
• IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth
• IntelliMouse Optical
• Explorer Mouse
• Explorer Touch Mouse
• Explorer Mini Mouse
• Laser Mouse 6000
• Mobile Memory Mouse 8000
• Mobile Optical Mouse
• Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000
• Notebook Optical Mouse
• Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
• Optical Mouse
• Optical Mouse by Starck
• SideWinder Mouse
• SideWinder x8 Mouse (for gaming)
• Standard Wireless Mouse
• TouchMouse
• 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)

See also

• IntelliType — Microsoft keyboard driver.

References

1. ^ * Microsoft IntelliPoint (Mac OS X) at VersionTracker
2. ^ "Customize your mouse settings: Windows XP". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/personalize/mouse.mspx. 
3. ^ "how to hack custom keystrokes in intellipoint". TerraVirtua. http://www.terravirtua.com/articles/98/how-to-hack-custom-keystrokes-in-intellipoint/. 
4. ^ "Microsoft IntelliPoint 8.0 Mouse Software 32bit - Overview". Microsoft. 2010-08-24. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=0b806f53-a8b8-4e10-9b4d-23f85040ae93#Overview. Retrieved 2010-10-14. 

External links

• "Mouse & Keyboard Software Download Site (Windows and Mac OS X Versions 10.2 to 10.5)". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/download.aspx?category=MK.