Editing system files – HP OmniBook 5000 Notebook PC User Manual

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1. In Program Manager, double-click the OmniBook Tools icon (in the Main group).
2. Click Input Devices, then Pointing Devices.
3. If you want to change how fast you must double-click, adjust the Double Click

Speed slider.

4. If you want to make the right trackball button be the primary button, choose Swap

Left/Right Buttons. (The change takes effect immediately.)

5. If you want to change the trackball speed, adjust the Mouse Tracking Speed slider.
6. Choose OK.
You can click the Keyboard button in Input Devices to adjust the keyboard response
times.

To add an external mouse

If you want, you can attach and use an external mouse with your OmniBook. While
you’re using this mouse, you cannot use the built-in trackball.

1. Plug the mouse cable into the external mouse/keyboard port on the back of the

OmniBook.
-or-
To use an external mouse and an external keyboard, first plug the Y-adapter
included with your OmniBook into the external mouse/keyboard port, then connect
the external mouse and keyboard.

2. Turn the OmniBook off and on again with the blue On/Off button.

To enable the trackball in MS-DOS

The trackball is normally not enabled in MS-DOS. Use the following steps to activate its
driver immediately.

1. Exit Program Manager (and Windows).
2. Type gmouse.

You can also make the trackball automatically enabled by editing the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file and deleting rem on the GMOUSE line—see “To edit system files”

. This enables

the trackball the next time you reboot the OmniBook.

Editing System Files

The operation of your system depends in part on four key system files on drive C:
CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, WIN.INI, and SYSTEM.INI. For example, the
settings that specify your Windows environment are stored in WIN.INI. In addition,
many applications store setup information in configuration files. In certain special
situations you may want to edit these files—but normally you don’t need to do this.

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