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HP OmniBook 5500 Notebook PC User Manual

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You can adjust the cursor movement in the Mouse Properties box.

1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Mouse icon to open the Mouse Properties box.

3. Click Motion to adjust the cursor speed.

If the pointing device doesn’t work

Make sure you don’t have an external mouse connected to the OmniBook.

If you just disconnected an external mouse, try exiting and restarting Windows to
make the OmniBook pointing device active again.

Try cleaning the pointing device cap. See

“To clean the pointing device.”

If a mouse connected to the serial port doesn’t work properly

If you connect a serial mouse, you must set it up manually.

1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.

2. Double-click Add New Hardware.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

4. When you have finished installing the serial mouse, you’ll be prompted to

restart the OmniBook. Keep the serial mouse connected when you restart.

File, Drive, and PC Card Problems

For information about maintaining your disk drives, see

“Protecting Your Data.”