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Question: Q: Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center I just bought a Macbook Air, but I currently have a Microsoft mouse that I've been using. On a Windows computer, I can download Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center to customize the buttons on my mouse. Microsoft IntelliType is the brand driver for Microsoft's series of computer keyboards.Microsoft releases versions for both Windows and Mac OS X (as of version 10.15 Microsoft IntelliType no longer installs on Mac OS X).It has been succeeded by Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, which combines IntelliType with IntelliPoint. IntelliType supports all known Microsoft keyboards (including those. The Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center is an app that helps you make the most out of your Microsoft keyboard and mouse. Mouse and Keyboard Center helps you personalize and customize how you work on your PC. This app is not available for Windows 10 in S mode. Download the latest release of Mouse and Keyboard Center.

Is this just to enable and set extra buttons?
I have a wireless bluetooth IntelliMouse, but it only has 5 buttons total and I use 4 & 5 for expose which works without the driver.

Slightly off topic, but would anyone happen to know where or how to get separate keyboard drivers from the Logitech Control Center suite for OSX? I have an older Elite keyboard that uses LCC, but a newer G5 laser mouse that will not function if LCC is installed (it does however work with USB overdrive, but LCC must still not be installed on the system).

The MS keyboard driver also works well for it's PS/2 keyboards as well. I had a spare MS Natural keyboard, bought a generic USB-PS/2 adapter, then hacked the driver usb-matching dictionary to recognize the generic adapter. Now the keyboard works great, including the non-standard buttons like volume-up/down/mute/play.

Could you explain a bit more in detail? Which file contains the dictionary and where did you get the correct values from?

You need to edit the file at:
/System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftKeyboard.kext/Contents/PlugIns/MicrosoftKeyboardUSB.kext/Contents/Info.plist
This contains the USB matching information that match USB information for the device with which devices Microsoft's kext supports.
I added this dictionary entry to it [as a child entry of the 'IOKitPersonalities' dictionary:
<key>P063 Wireless Natural Multimedia Keyboard</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboardUSB</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>MicrosoftKeyboardUSB</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOUSBInterface</string>
<key>bConfigurationValue</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>bInterfaceNumber</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>3389</integer>
</dict>
I found the information needed for this using USB Prober, which is part of XCode [free download from Apple, also on System Installer DVD's].
This is the info that is displayed in USB Prober for my adapter:
Low Speed device @ 5 (0xFD110000): ............................................. Composite device: 'USBPS2'
Device Descriptor
Descriptor Version Number: 0x0110
Device Class: 0 (Composite)
Device Subclass: 0
Device Protocol: 0
Device MaxPacketSize: 8
Device VendorID/ProductID: 0x0D3D/0x0001 (TANGTOP TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.)
Device Version Number: 0x0001
Number of Configurations: 1
Manufacturer String: 0 (none)
Product String: 2 'USBPS2'
Serial Number String: 0 (none)

Last time I installed the MS keyboard/mouse software, the combined installer had a 'customize' button that allowed you to choose the mouse or keyboard software only.

Microsoft IntelliType is the brand driver for Microsoft's series of computer keyboards. Microsoft releases versions for both Windows and Mac OS X (as of version 10.15 Microsoft IntelliType no longer installs on Mac OS X). It has been succeeded by Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, which combines IntelliType with IntelliPoint.

IntelliType supports all known Microsoft keyboards (including those that are shipped as parts of desktop sets, as well as entertainment keyboards – i.e. those that are intended for Media center). However, advanced features may only be available on certain models (the users select their keyboard's type inside the program to access that keyboard type's specific button selection).

Supported keyboards[edit]

Note: Version 8.0 and above dropped PS/2 support for the following list. As even adapters can't assist,^{[clarification needed]} Microsoft keeps version 7.1 as an offered download for users who still own keyboards with PS/2 connectors (instead of USB).^[1]

Special features[edit]

If the keyboard has multimedia buttons, the user can define them to run any program or action.

On-screen indication of NumLock/CapsLock toggling with some keyboards.

On-screen indication of volume level when level is changed.

Limitations[edit]

While the user could always define special keys (and multimedia keys, if such exist), it was only possible since version 6.3 to define them not just globally but also per application.

Version 6.2 forced the user to constantly check for updates by installing and launching the file 'dpupdchk.exe' in the background. It must stay in the background for the control panel's settings to launch (although it could be avoided by renaming the file to something else). Version 6.3 fixed this behavior by only making it an opt-in option during the installation.

Version 7.0 and later in Windows 7 64-bit has recently been proven to disable the media keys (Play/Pause, Next, Previous, Stop) for third-party media players such as iTunes and Media Jukebox when they are not the primary window of focus.^[6] Some workaround exists:^[7] This behavior continues to be an issue as of Version 8.

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See also[edit]

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• IntelliPoint — Microsoftmouse driver.

Notes and references[edit]

1. ^'Microsoft IntelliType Pro 8.0 Keyboard Software 32bit – Overview'. Microsoft. 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
2. ^(Supported only up to v5.5 of Intellitype)
3. ^ ^abc(The included Bluetooth donglerequires Windows XP Service Pack 2)
4. ^'Comfort Curve 3000 keyboard and Intellitype'. Microsoft Answers. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
5. ^(Supported only up to v6.31 of Intellitype)
6. ^'Intellitype Pro 7.0 does not recognize media keys when using 3rd party programs'. Microsoft Answers. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
7. ^'Intellitype Pro 7.0 does not recognize media keys when using 3rd party programs'. Microsoft Answers. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2014-09-13.

External links[edit]

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