Installing TrackPoint
device driver for Windows 2000 (ThinkPad APM model
only)
On the ThinkPad 770 and i-Series 2611 APM-supported models, the IBM TrackPoint
driver
will not be automatically installed by the Windows 2000 Professional Setup program. In
order to provide your ThinkPad with additional pointing device support and functionality
under Windows 2000, you will need to install this device driver on your system. With this
driver you can use the features with the TrackPoint
pointing device:
Magnifying Glass
,
Press-to-Select
, and
Scrolling
capabilities.
To install the TrackPoint
driver on your ThinkPad, follow the instructions provided below:
1. Turn on your computer, and then logon to Windows 2000 Professional with an
Administrator user account.
2. Click:
Start
?
Settings
?
Control Panel
.
3. Double-click the
Mouse
applet, then click on the 'Hardware' tab.
4. Highlight “Microsoft PS/2 Mouse” under 'Devices', and click [Properties]. This will open
the 'Microsoft PS/2 Mouse Properties' window.
5. Click the 'Driver' tab, and then click [Update Driver...].
6. Click [Next] at the welcome screen.
7. Select "Display a list of the known drivers..." option, and then click [Next].
8. Click "Show all hardware...".
9. In the 'Manufactures:' box, select "IBM Corporation".
10. Highlight “IBM PS/2 TrackPoint" under 'Models', then click [Next].
11. Click [Yes] in the "Update Driver Warning" window, then click [Next].
12. When the "Confirm Driver Install" window opens, click [Yes] to install the device.
13. After the files are copied to your system and the device is properly configured, click
[Finish].
14. Click [Close] in the 'Microsoft PS/2 Mouse' window, then click [Yes] to restart your
computer for the changes to take effect.
15. After the system restarts, click on the “Mouse”
applet located in Control Panel and then
select the ‘TrackPoint’
tab to customize the TrackPoint
pointing device features.
