Code tot stop GPS from being detected as serial mouse.
Below is the code for a subroutine in C#.net. It checks if the registry key is set to 4 and if not it issues the configuration command to disable sermouse.Embed this subroutine in a program which runs at startup and it will correct the setting after a windows update.
Maybe useful if you get annoyed when this problem happens time and again
private void Stop_sermouse()
{ string k ="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\sermouse"; object v = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.GetValue(k, "Start", null); if (v==null) { MessageBox.Show("No Registry Key for sermouse"); } else { string sr = v.ToString(); if (sr == "4") {; } else { DialogResult mbox = MessageBox.Show("disable sermouse ? "+ v.ToString(), "Found sermouse enabled! ", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo); if (mbox == DialogResult.Yes) { // prepare a small job to issue confuguration command ProcessStartInfo s = new ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe", "/c sc config sermouse start=disabled"); Process p = new Process(); s.Verb = "runas"; // Must run as administrator s.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; p.StartInfo = s; // and run the command p.Start(); //check if the registry is modified indeed v = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.GetValue(k, "Start", null); sr = v.ToString(); if (sr == "4") { MessageBox.Show("finished ''sc config sermouse start=disabled'' but not succesfull in registry!"); } else { MessageBox.Show("sermouse is disabled"); } } } } }