Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

 IntelliPoint is the Microsoft brand driver

Device driver

In computing, a device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device....

 for Microsoft's IntelliMouse

IntelliMouse

IntelliMouse is a brand of computer mice from Microsoft. The IntelliMouse series is credited with a number of innovations. For example, Microsoft was among the first mouse vendors to introduce a scroll wheel, an optical mouse, and dedicated forward and back buttons on the side of the mouse for...

 series of mice

Mouse (computing)

In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons...

. Microsoft has released versions for both Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 and Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 (including Universal binaries

Universal binary

A universal binary is, in Apple parlance, an executable file or application bundle that runs natively on either PowerPC or Intel-manufactured IA-32 or Intel 64-based Macintosh computers; it is an implementation of the concept more generally known as a fat binary.With the release of Mac OS X Snow...

).

IntelliPoint supports all known Microsoft mice, as well as generic 3/5-button mice. However, advanced features may only be available for the accordant models (button options shown are specific to the selected model).

Special features

Users can define mouse buttons to run any executable program or file they desire (or a control key + letter combination), and can even define them for different functions in chosen programs.

With IntelliPoint 4, users were able to specify mouse wheel behavior to scroll one screen at a time. This feature was useful in situations where the user had to work with windows of varying size and a fixed scroll rate alternated from being too fast or too slow depending on each window. This feature was incorporated into the Windows XP

Windows XP

Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...

 operating system and removed in IntelliPoint 5. The "Alt+Tab" button combination was also replaced with "Next Window," effectively preventing users from alternating between specific programs, and instead having to cycle through one by one (although this can be hacked back in the registry).

Supported mice

Note: Version 8.0 and above dropped PS/2 support for the following list. As even adapters can't assist, Microsoft keeps version 7.1 as an offered download for users who still own mice with PS/2 connector

PS/2 connector

The PS/2 connector is a 6-pin Mini-DIN connector used for connecting some keyboards and mice to a PC compatible computer system. Its name comes from the IBM Personal System/2 series of personal computers, with which it was introduced in 1987...

s (instead of USB

Universal Serial Bus

USB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices....

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Supported on both Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 and Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

:

• Arc
• Arc Touch
• Basic Optical Mouse
• Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
• Comfort Optical Mouse 3000
• Comfort Optical Mouse 500 v2.0
• IntelliMouse
• IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0
• IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0
• IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0
• IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth
• IntelliMouse Optical
• Explorer Mouse
• Explorer Touch Mouse
• Explorer Mini Mouse
• Laser Mouse 6000
• Mobile Memory Mouse 8000
• Mobile Optical Mouse
• Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000
• Notebook Optical Mouse
• Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
• Optical Mouse
• Optical Mouse by Starck
• SideWinder Mouse
• SideWinder x8 Mouse (for gaming)
• Standard Wireless Mouse
• TouchMouse
• Trackball Explorer
• Trackball Optical
• Wheel Mouse
• Wheel Mouse Optical
• Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0
• Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth
• Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with Fingerprint Reader
• Wireless Laser Mouse 5000
• Wireless Laser Mouse 6000
• Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2.0
• Wireless Laser Mouse 7000
• Wireless Laser Mouse 8000
• Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000
• Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000
• Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse
• Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
• Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000
• Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000
• Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0
• Wireless Optical Mouse 2000
• Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 (also Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0)