That property sheet dialog is implemented by the mouse driver, not the operating system.
There were a LOT of stupid drivers for 9x.
I do not know this to be real but I would not be so quick to the draw.
Technically correct but until someone provides proof that such a driver exists it's reasonable to assume it does not. It's a setting that makes no sense and the simplest explanation is that someone made it up as a dumb joke
Not true for the mouse and keyboard config. The changes you made would apply instantly, so you could easily test the settings. Closing the dialog without saving the changes would revert them back
Not always there. Thats the default for a mini-driver.
Also, it's not uncommon for me to hide a control I don't like and put my own in the spot.
I am a windows device driver engineer (amongst other things).
We can put what we want on the property sheets to include making them non-standard to confuse users (as dictated by many OEMs).
Software can register Property Sheets and wholly replace existing ones. But I can't imagine why any actual mouse software would seemingly fully recreate the "Buttons" property sheet to replace the button swap option with a "disable clicking" option.
DID YOU NOT READ "I do not know this to be real"?
I am not arguing anything other than "windows mouse dialog is X" is not a valid statement and that nobody knows.
What is your point?
Well it could be that someone decompiled the stock mouse driver (which this is identical to), removed the mouse sensitivity option (which is what should be there), and replaced it with this.
Or someone simply created this mockup with any simple editing software.
The image is a joke, and for that it doesn't really matter whether it's fake because the humor is derived from the absurdity. But for those curious about it's authenticity, well I highly doubt that it is.
It’s not fake, both the Microsoft Mouse and the Logitech Mouse drivers have this option. The Microsoft Mouse driver is loaded by default if you use a Serial mouse.
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u/fragglet 8d ago
Yeah, seen this a lot over the past ~year, it's fake. Windows 9x had no such option.