yeah the software is installed... you gotta have it to change the DPI and polling settings.... aint tried it without.... even so if thats the case then the mouse is useless... thing is you can select different settings for the wheel... theres universal scroll 4th button 5th button double click etc.... but nothing that matches 3rd mouse button.. got a reply from razor support asking if the scroll wheel works in windows.... what does a third wheel do in windows anyways ?? I mean when you click it - not the wheel... that works fine ok... (and in Maya it zooms in / out ok ) thanks for the reply.