ok i broke out the ol' processmonitor and have found the settings are stored in a XML file located at
C:\Users\
username\AppData\Roaming\Logitech\SetPoint\user.xml
(close Setpoint.exe before making changes, changes seem to take effect when setpoint.exe is relaunched)
the section for my MX1000 is:
CODE
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<Devices>
<Device Class="Receiver" Model="50331670">
<Param AppSpecific="1" LowBatPercentLevel="5" UserBatteryMode="0" VScrollAcceleration="0" VScrollSpeed="0" VoIPClient=""/>
<Buttons/>
</Device>
<Device DisplayName="MX 1000 Laser Mouse" Class="PointingDevice" Model="16777280" NumberOfButtons="10" ConnectionID="">
<Param ACCELERATION="2" AIRACCELERATION="4" AirSpeedX="50" AirSpeedY="50" AppSpecific="1" ButtonSwapped="0" DefaultGameModeResolutionPresets="" DefaultGameModeResolutionPresetsY="" DistinctAirCursor="1" EnableCentering="1" GameDeviceSuggestGameMode="0" GameDeviceSuggestOS="0" GameModeButtonAddGame="0" GameModeButtonResDown="0" GameModeButtonResUp="0" GameModeButtonResUpWrap="0" GameModeKeepAcceleration="1" GameModeKeepKeypress="1" GameModeKeepOther="0" GameModeKeepRightLeft="1" GameModeKeepSpeed="1" GameModeNotification="0" GameModeResolutionNbPreset="0" GameModeResolutionPresets="" GameModeResolutionPresetsY="" GameParticipate="0" GameParticipateDefault="0" GamePowerMode="0" GameReportEnabled="1" GameReportRate="2" GameResIndex="2" GameUseAdvanced="0" GamingType="0" LowBatPercentLevel="5" MenuLocBottom="-1" MenuLocLeft="-1" MenuLocRight="-1" MenuLocTop="-1" MenuSize="0" OfficePowerMode="0" ShowButtonsPage="1" SmartMove="0" SpeedX="100" SpeedY="100" StromboliMice="0" TouchPadMice="0" TrackballMice="0" Trails="0" TrailsLength="0" UserBatteryMode="0" VScrollAcceleration="0" VScrollSpeed="0" VoIPClient="" smartshiftmode="0" DPIActive="1" DPIDecreaseButtonNo="0" DPIIncreaseButtonNo="0" DPIResIndex="0" DPIResolutionPresets="" MaxGameModeResolutionXY="0"/>
<Buttons>
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all the speed settings are stored in the
Param tag under
DeviceCODE
<Param ACCELERATION="2"
thats pointer acceleration set to medium (0=None, 1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High)
CODE
SmartMove="0"
some are easy (SmartMove='Snap to OK Button feature') 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled
the 2 variables you are looking for are
SpeedX and
SpeedYthe slider with the pointer speed at maximum make the values in the file read
CODE
SpeedX="168" SpeedY="168"
the rest of the values are as follows:
- 141 (one notch below maximum)
- 119
- 100
- 71
- 50(middle of slider)
- 35
- 25(default)
- 18
- 13(excruciatingly slow)
- 9(barely functional)
other numbers could probably be substituted but setpoint will just replace them with the closest number on the list or reset them to default. also i noticed if you make the 2 numbers different, it just picks the lower number and changes the higher value to match.
i upped the entire file
Click to view attachment that includes settings for my MX1000 and MX revolution from Vista x86 incase the copy your setpoint generated is messed up if you dont have either of those mice, you might have to edit the DisplayName= or the Model= parts but i think you should be able to get it working.
if changing the settings doesnt work, i would setup vista on another computer, install setpoint, install your mouse, set the prefs, copy the user.xml to your 2008 x64 machine, restart setpoint and see if the tab is visible.