>> Because for the last 4 years it's worked perfectly fine with the
>> existing drivers, and now suddenly it won't. It's not like drivers
>> suddenly stop working after X years...
> 
> Ah. I got the impression that you had bought a new motherboard.

Nope. Only new thing is the CPU. (Was 1-core, now 2-core.) Since I did 
that, the existing drivers don't work reliably any more...

>> The point being, if you have keys to move the mouse and click the
>> button, *every* program can be completely operated using only the
>> keyboard. That includes e.g. games [where the developers don't think
>> about mouseless operation].
> 
> *imagines trying to navigate mouse with keyboard* *shudder*
> Give me short cut keys any day

Much faster if specific keyboard shortcuts exist - but if they don't, 
it's better than having to reboot the entire PC to get control back 
[quitting POV-Ray in the process].

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