Try right clicking the setup file, if you are brave, select
Properties>Compatibility Mode>Run this....Windows XP. This may do two
things for you, a.)give you what you want or b.)screw up things so bad that
you may go psychotic. B is very much an option so proceed with caution.
"Copenhagen" <Copenhagen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It is really very odd that Microsofts own hardware products do not provide
> real driver support for Windows Vista. How can they expect other
> manufacturers to do so if they aren't doing it themselves?
>
> I have a Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2 and Wireless Desktop
> Elite Keyboard - they are now running with generic keyboard and mouse
> drivers. This means that all of the extra features these products have are
> not supported.
>
> I have tried isntallign the available packages but they refuse to install.
>
> There might be a command line to have the installer ignore OS version -
> does
> anyone know what that is?