Mouse "overclocking" software?

[Syringer]

I remember a utility from a while back that allows you to increase the refresh rate of your PS/2 mouse. Anyone know if it's still around somewhere, and if it works with XP?

 

[slpaulson]

I thought XP automatically has a higher refresh rate, compared to Windows 98.

 

[Syringer]

It does actually, but now I just found out you can make changes within your device manager. Default is 100hz, and you can set it at 200hz. Makes a huge difference!

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: Syringer
It does actually, but now I just found out you can make changes within your device manager. Default is 100hz, and you can set it at 200hz. Makes a huge difference!

In what way? Maybe I should try this.

 

[Sc4freak]

How exactly?

 

[Amaroque]

It makes your mouse pointer move much smoother across the screen. If you use a USB mouse then disregard. Your sampling rate is already higher then an effective "200Hz" samples a second.

 

[Steve]

Can you overclock your spider?

 

[Terumo]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I remember a utility from a while back that allows you to increase the refresh rate of your PS/2 mouse. Anyone know if it's still around somewhere, and if it works with XP?

Try TweakUI. You can adjust the response time with that software and other tweaks to XP. It's part of the Powertoy set.

http://www.microsoft.com/windo...rtoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Additionally, for those wanting to make sure your XP security settings are good in SP2, download the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer....

"MBSA is the free, best practices vulnerability assessment tool for the Microsoft platform. It is a tool designed for the IT Professional that helps with the assessment phase of an overall security management strategy. MBSA Version 1.2.1 includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems."

http://www.microsoft.com/techn...ols/mbsahome.mspx#EDAA