It so happens that I am a happy owner of Logitech MX 3000 Keyboard-Mouse Duo. While on Windows XP I never had any problems, upgrading to Windows 2003 proved to be a challenge. Well, both devices are working fine, but to use advanced features (i.e. hordes of extra buttons) you do need the Logitech SetPoint software to be installed. The original installation package shipped on CD detects my Windows 2003 and refuses to install complaining about not supported OS. Well, it must be an ancient version I thought. To the website we go, just to discover that the latest version claims the compatibility with XP/2000 only. Come on, Logitech guys, 2003 is merely a tiny step away from XP/2000.

Nevermind, I downloaded the installer. To my surprise it ran without any complaints. “It should work after all” — I said to myself… Nope. That piece of crap wonderful software managed to install just a random set of files where most of executables are missing.

So it seemed like it might work if we can trick it into believing it runs on Windows XP. Compatibility mode to the rescue. Once I set Windows XP compatibility mode for the installer, the picture changed dramatically. I saw more files being copied, drivers got installed, etc. For some reason the installation froze at the very end the first time I tried it. But when I killed the process and tried one more time it worked like a charm (prompted for unsigned drivers though). Reboot and enjoy.