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    Two Button Mouse, BootCamp, Windows

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jmFightSpam, Jun 5, 2007.

  1. jmFightSpam

    jmFightSpam Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,
    If I load Windows Vista via Bootcamp, can I hook up a 2 button USB mouse and use it as a normal Windows user would use it?
    Thanks.
     
    jmFightSpam, Jun 5, 2007
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah. Bootcamp has mouse drivers.
     
    Budding, Jun 5, 2007
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  3. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    yup any windows mouse will work for you :)
     
    passive101, Jun 5, 2007
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    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    the mouse drivers you install with bootcamp are simply for the touchpad, a usb mouse will work just like it would on any windows PC, if your mouse comes with drivers for windows, like logitech or Microsoft, go ahead and install them.
     
    circa86, Jun 5, 2007
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  5. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    if you plug a two button mouse into windows, windows will recognize it and it will automatically start the windows mouse driver, and it will work- just as expected.

    the same is true for osx.

    boot camp windows is no exception. boot camp windows = windows, so anything that would happen in windows otherwise, will happen in bootcamp.
     
    masterchef341, Jun 6, 2007
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