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TP 390,570,600,770,1400,172x - TrackPoint Driver I for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT

Applicable to: World-Wide


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IMG105US PFTW

Description
This package contains the software support for the PS/2 TrackPoint on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.0.

The following models are supported:
- ThinkPad 390, 390E
- ThinkPad 570
- ThinkPad 600, 600E
- ThinkPad 770, 770E, 770ED ,770X, 770Z
- ThinkPad i Series 1400 (only Windows 98 is supported)
- ThinkPad i Series 1720, i Series 1721

Please see bottom of page for links to language specific versions of this file.

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IMG105US PFTW

Name & Size (bytes)
tracptw1.exe : 0
tracptw1.txt : 0

WWW URL(s)
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles/tracptw1.exe
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles/tracptw1.txt

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Disk Release Date:

20-05-99

Disk Version/Release:

1.12

Additional Information:

NOTE: This driver will now automatically extract to your hard drive. It will only extract under Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT. The extraction process will NOT work with any other operating system.

Summary of Changes
v1.00
- (New) Windows 95, Windows NT4.0, Windows NT 3.51 for ThinkPad 770
v1.01
- (Fix) Change PNP ID
v1.02
- (New) Scrolling function supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
- (Fix) System hang at bootup, if TrackPoint is disabled
- (Fix) Mouse pointer jumps around the desktop intermittently
- (Fix) Cannot use TrackPoint when change the TrackPoint status
- (Fix) Press-to-Select is disabled after Suspend/Resume in Windows NT environment
v1.03
- (Fix) Pointer speed of an external mouse is too slow on Windows 95
- (Fix) Twotrack error pop up at bootup on Windows NT4.0 In order to apply this fix to your system, please follow the < Overwrite Install > instruction in the Install Guide for Windows NT 4.0 described below.
v1.05
- (New) Support for ThinkPad 770E, 770ED, 600
- (Fix) Size/Power of Magnifying Glass are reset after reboot
- (Fix) F11 key data is generated upon suspend/resume
v1.06
- (Fix) Windows NT startup wave sound is distorted
- (Fix) Cannot use TrackPoint functions except administrator on Windows NT
- (Fix) Beeping for 10 seconds upon key input in MS-DOS prompt on Windows 95
v1.07
- (Fix) Change the name of the Setup Information file for TrackPoint driver
- (Fix) Twotrack error pop up at bootup on Windows NT4.0 with Netfinity In order to apply this fix to your system, please follow the < Overwrite Install > instruction in the Install Guide for Windows NT 4.0 described below.
v1.08
- (New) Support for Windows 98.
v1.09
- (New) Support for ThinkPad 770X, 600E
- (Fix) On Windows 95/98, keyboard hangs if TrackPoint II keyboard is attached to the system with inboard TrackPoint disabled.
- (Fix) Bitmap inside the Magnifying Glass window becomes corrupted upon dynamic display changing on Windows NT.
- (Fix) The Magnifying Glass window disappears on Lotus Freelance.
- (Fix) Scrolling doesn't work on MS Word on Windows NT.
- (Fix) Scrolling doesn't work on MS PowerPoint.
v1.10
- (Fix) On Windows NT, keyboard hangs if TrackPoint II keyboard is attached to the system with inboard TrackPoint disabled.
- (Fix) Magnifying Glass doesn't work on the second display on Windows 98.
- (Fix) Scrolling on the dialog box causes a page fault on MS Office.
- (New) Support for ThinkPad 390, i series
v1.11
- (New) Support for ThinkPad 770Z, 390E
- (New) "Auto-Disable setting" enables/disables TrackPoint dynamically upon suspend/resume and docking/undocking, depending on the existence of the external mouse.
- (Fix) F11 key data is generated upon suspend/resume on Windows 98
- (Fix) Blue screen error occurs at Windows 95/98 startup, if mouse driver is changed.
v1.12
- (New) Support for ThinkPad 570
- (New) Show Scrolling Tips, when the center button is pressed three times.
v1.13
- (Fix) On Windows NT, keyboard and mouse freeze if Netwizard is installed.
- (Fix) On Windows NT, mouse freeze intermittently at startup.


Installation Guide
Windows 98 - Overwrite Install
1. Start Windows 98.
2. Click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
3. Double-click on the "Add/Remove Programs" icon.
4. Click on the "Install/Uninstall" tab at the top of the "Add/Remove Programs Properties" window.
5. Click on "IBM TrackPoint Support" in the list.
6. Click on the "Add/Remove..." button to remove the TrackPoint software.
7. Restart Windows 98.
8. Follow the steps in - Windows 98 Clean Install - section described below.

Windows 98 - Clean Install
1. Start Windows 98
2. Extract the TrackPoint drivers for Windows 95/98/NT onto the hard drive.
3. Click on 'Start' -> 'Settings' -> 'Control Panel'.
4. Double-click on the "System" icon.
5. Click on the "Device Manager" tab at the top of the "System Properties" window.
6. Double-click on the "Mouse".
7. Double-click on either "PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port" or "PS/2 TrackPoint" whichever choice appears in the list.
8. Click on the "Driver" tab.
9. Click on the "Update Driver..." button. The "Update Device Driver Wizard" runs.
10. Click on "Next".
11. Click on "Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want".
12. Click on "Next".
13. Click on "Have Disk".
14. Specify the directory where the driver files are extracted and click on the 'OK' button.
Default path is C:\DRIVERS\WIN\TPOINT\.
15. Click on "PS/2 TrackPoint" in the list.
16. Click on "Next".
17. Click on "Next".
18. Click on "Finish" in the "Update Device Driver Wizard" window.
19. Restart your computer to make the new settings effective.

Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0 - Overwrite Install
1. Start Windows 95 or NT. If running Windows NT, logon with administrative privilege.
2. Click on 'Start' -> 'Settings' -> 'Control Panel'.
3. Double-click on the "Add/Remove Programs" icon.
4. Click on the "Install/Uninstall" tab at the top of the "Add/Remove Programs Properties" window.
5. Click on "IBM TrackPoint Support" in the list.
6. Click on the "Add/Remove..." button.
7. Restart Windows 95 (or NT 4.0).
8. Follow the steps in < Clean Install > section described below.

Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0 - Clean Install
1. Start Windows 95 or NT. If running Windows NT, logon with administrative privilege.
2. Extract the drivers onto the hard drive.
3. Click on 'Start' -> 'Settings' -> 'Control Panel'.
3. Double-click on the "Mouse" icon.
4. Click on the "General" tab.
5. Click on "Change".
6. Click on "Have Disk".
8. Specify the directory where the driver files are extracted.
Default path is C:\DRIVERS\WIN\TPOINT\.
Then click on 'OK' button. Then mouse driver list appears.
9. Select "PS/2 TrackPoint" in the list.
10. Click on "OK".
11. Click on "Close" in the "Mouse Properties" window.
12. If running Windows NT, go to 'Devices' in 'Control Panel'. If the 'i8042 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Port' has been disabled, change it back to 'System'. Failure to do this will cause the TrackPoint and keyboard not to function after rebooting.
13. Restart your computer to make the new settings active.

Windows NT 3.51
1. Start Windows NT 3.51.
2. On the Program Manager window, from the pull down menus, select File, Run....
3. In the input field labeled Command Line, specify the path where SETUP.EXE in the TrackPoint driver package is stored.
4. Press Enter, and follow the instructions on the screen.
5. Restart your computer to make the new settings effective.

Restrictions
- Scrolling function is not supported for Microsoft Word 97 on Windows NT.

National Language Support
Only some drivers will be available in other languages. If you do not see a listing like this for additional languages, then that driver is available in English only. The English driver will work in ALL countries.
This driver is available in the following language format. (NOTE: If the version numbers below do not match the version number given above, then the updated driver listed above is available in ENGLISH only!):

Dansk(DK) (v1.10) - Disk1
Finnish(FI) (v1.10) - Disk1
French(FR) (v1.10) - Disk1
German(GR) (v1.10) - Disk1
Italian(IT) (v1.10) - Disk1
Dutch(NE) (v1.10) - Disk1
Norwegian(NO) (v1.10) - Disk1
Spanish(SP) (v1.10) - Disk1
Swedish(SV) (v1.10) - Disk1

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Disk Category

Country Specific Files, Utility, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT

Date Created

29-09-97

Last Updated

19-04-99

Revision Date

25-05-2000

Brand

IBM ThinkPad

Product Family

ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 570, ThinkPad 390E, ThinkPad 770Z, ThinkPad i Series 172x, ThinkPad i Series 1400, ThinkPad 600E, ThinkPad 770X, ThinkPad 770E/ED

Machine Type

2645, 9548, 9549, 2611, 2626, 2627, 2646, 9544, 2644

Model

All

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