Thanks Peter and all others who replied.

I'll look into the boot.ini file business.

As far as the concept of when to first send data to the usb port, I'm using
the FTDI power enable line to hold off power to my pic circuit until
*after* the op system recognizes the connection, in accordance with the usb
specs concerning how much power you can take before the connection is
established.

Thanks again!
Tom

At 03:03 PM 9/20/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Tom,
>
>You should be able to get rid of this problem by editing C:\BOOT.INI and
>add the /NOSERIALMICE parameter to the windows boot string. To edit
>BOOT.INI you must do ATTRIB -r -s -h BOOT.INI to reset the readonly,
>system and hidden flags.
>
>The problem is caused by your device sending an ASCII string (during
>boot) which looks like a serial mouse string. Windows then starts a PNP
>serial mouse installation. You get similar problems with serial GPS
>devices.
>
>Regards, Peter Moreton

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