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What Does IntelliPoint Mean?

IntelliPoint is a Microsoft IntelliMouse series driver that is required for IntelliMouse compatibility on Windows and Macintosh operating systems (OS). An IntelliPoint driver must be installed for full IntelliMouse functionality.

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Techopedia Explains IntelliPoint

IntelliPoint supports all Microsoft mouse devices, as well as generic 3/5-button versions. A key IntelliPoint feature is that mouse buttons may be defined to run all executable files, programs and program functions.

Windows XP’s IntelliPoint version has a scrolling feature for user-defined mouse behavior, which is beneficial when working with windows of alternate sizes.

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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.