During boot, I get an error that a mouse has not been
detected and says to connect the mouse and reboot.
The mouse has a ps/2 connected to a 9 pin (9pin is on the
computer) connections are tight on board and outside.
I rebooted and it still does not detect a mouse. tried add
hardware, it detects the mouse but asks for the 95 o/s to
get driver but when I put the disc in it cannot find the
mouse.drv:in cabinet. I then installed the mouse set up
from the disc that came with the mouse and then reboot.
WIndows still cannot see a mouse. I then tried to add
hardware and look on the mouse installlation disc for the
driver but says it is not there.
I think this is a driver problem that windows cannot see a
mouse. But doesn't windows have a default driver for the
mouse? then why doesn't it use that driver for the mouse?  
It is hard without a mouse to fix this problem since none
of us are good with keystrokes.
I looked up knowledge base Q132867, and it claims it is a
pointer.exe problem. But that is the problem if microsoft
mouse is detected as a standard mouse.  I can't get it to
detect the mouse at all!!