Editing Computer mouse (section)

== Operating system support ==
MS-DOS and Windows 1.0 support connecting a mouse such as a [[Microsoft Mouse]] via multiple interfaces: BallPoint, [[Bus mouse|Bus (InPort)]], [[Serial port]] or PS/2.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_KB_Archive/71663| title = Features and Benefits of Version 8.0-Series Mouse Drivers}}</ref>

Windows 98 added built-in support for [[USB Human Interface Device class]] (USB HID),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/w2kbd.mspx |title=Human Interface Devices Design Guide |publisher=Microsoft |work=microsoft.com |access-date=December 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222201727/http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/w2kbd.mspx |archive-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref> with native vertical scrolling support.<ref name="MSWheel">{{cite web| url = http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/1/bd1f7ef4-7d72-419e-bc5c-9f79ad7bb66e/wheel.docx| title = Enhanced Wheel Support in Windows}}</ref> Windows 2000 and Windows Me expanded this built-in support to 5-button mice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg454511.aspx |title=Windows and the 5-Button Wheel Mouse |date=December 4, 2001 |website=[[Microsoft Developer Network]] |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314033300/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg454511.aspx |archive-date=March 14, 2013}}</ref>

Windows XP Service Pack 2 introduced a Bluetooth stack, allowing Bluetooth mice to be used without any USB receivers.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/952818/connect-a-bluetooth-device-that-does-not-have-or-require-a-transceiver| title = Connect a Bluetooth device that does not have or require a transceiver}}</ref> Windows Vista added native support for horizontal scrolling and standardized wheel movement granularity for finer scrolling.<ref name="MSWheel" />

[[Windows 8]] introduced BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) mouse/[[list of Bluetooth profiles#Human Interface Device Profile (HID)|HID]] support.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/bluetooth/bluetooth-low-energy-overview| title = Bluetooth Low Energy Overview| date = 29 September 2023}}</ref>