We've got an XPe device that uses a PS-2 mouse during intial setup, and
connects to serial devices during operation. However, the PnP system
sometimes (not always) appears to be detecting this device as a mouse,
and popping up a notice about trying to install a serial mouse driver,
which fails because it's logged on as a limited user, who doesn't have
authority to install new hardware.

How can I completely prevent XPe from trying to detect serial mice
during startup and operation?

I have already put /fastdetect in the boot.ini, which is supposed to
prevent that during ntdetect, but I can't figure out how to stop PnP
from detecting it during OS startup. /noserialmice doesn't seem help it
(and I didn't expect it to, since that's supposed to only do anything
for NT)

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I don't understand why "ipconfig/release" doesn't solve your problem. You
say "it remove(s) the lease on the server/router" which is a statement I
don't understand. It does remove the lease on the DHCP address but that is
exactly what you want since if the lease is removed or expired the DHCP
client will start with a discover rather than a request after the next boot.

HM

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