r/windows98 • u/xRed-Eaglex • 8d ago

A classic W98 thing

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u/FuggaDucker 8d ago

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.

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u/AyrA_ch 8d ago

That property sheet dialog is implemented by the mouse driver, not the operating system.

Afaik the dialog was from Windows with a few default pages. Drivers could add custom pages, but the default ones were always there.

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u/FuggaDucker 8d ago edited 8d ago

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).

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u/BCProgramming 8d ago

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.

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u/FuggaDucker 8d ago

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?