Microsoft Mouse version 7.1 is causing about one kernel panic per week on my:
- 2008-era aluminum iMac
- running Snow Leopard 10.6.4
- Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000

There are only references to Microsoft Mouse Driver 7.1 and AppleIOUSB at the top of the crash report that appears after the kernel panic - presumably this confirms the cause of the kernel panic.

The kernel panics are unfortunate as the mouse is almost perfect in every way: size, button placement, wireless.

Hello,

I noticed that the Microsoft Mouse installer seems to contain - guess what - the drivers for Microsoft mouses, but the Microsoft Keyboard installer contains both the drivers for mouses and keyboards from Microsoft. You have an option to select one or the other on the last screen of the installer (look for the "option" or "custom install" something-like-that button)

So if you have a keyboard and mouse, no need to download the Microsoft Mouse package.

Cherrio !!

Huzzah -- well ahead of the October release date mentioned at the MS site, they released a great Snow Leopard compatible update that works like a charm. My MS Natural 4000 keyboard once again has full functionality (but many thanks for USB Overdrive for standing in the gap until then and giving me 90% compatibility). My MS cordless laser mouse is also fully functional, although USB Overdrive handled every feature of the mouse.

I love that the Pref Pane is 64-bit and so doesn't have to reload itself like a lot of my other Preference Panes do. Couldn't be happier, and as another reviewer has said, I give MS props when it does something right. As for their keyboards, I think they are the best on the market, and believe me, as someone who makes a living at a keyboard, I've tried dozens of different ones over the year and for me none have been as comfortable as MS's ergonomic series (4000, 6000, etc.) When I use a regular keyboard, without the MS's ergonomic's splayed layout, I feel like my arms and elbow are scrunched together (because they are), and my typing speed goes way, way down, not to mention getting aches and pains. Of course, there are other good ergonomic keyboards -- Logitec makes one-- but I much preferred the keyboard feel and functionality of the MS keyboard after trying both.

Anyway, this review is about the software update -- it's five star, and if you spend hours typing, you might want to look into Microsoft's ergonomic keyboards; they are superb.

Jesus, get your names straight, Microsoft. The Microsoft website calls this "Microsoft Intellipoint 7.0," the disk image is called "Microsoft-Desktop-X-d250," and the file in the disk image is called "Microsoft Desktop Installer" and has a version of "1.0".

How the hell are we supposed to keep all this straight?

Up to last week I had a black MB. It was working fine with my Wireless Mouse 5000 except for a couple of kernel panics a week. Monday I got a new 15" MBP i7 and the buttons configuration do not work. It's absolute useless.