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I have tried a mouse but it doesn't work well on my sofa cushion when I have the laptop on my lap (where else would it be) lol.

But I am getting fed up with the pad clicking on the wrong thing all the time.

EG I move near to where I want to click, but run out of padspace, so lift my finger off to move it over to the other side of the pad. When I put my finger back on, it then clicks on where the cursor was, before I have a chance to move it to where I want.

Is this normal on all laptops ie when you just touch the pad it clicks it? I would much prefer to click the button to select things, I wonder if I can turn off the touch-clicking?
 
I've gone through all the control panel menus, can't find anything to adjust the touchpad, all I've found is how to alter the size and colour of the cursor.

Does anyone know how on Win 7?

PS compared with Win XP, EVERYTHING seems SO much harder in Win 7, I wonder how it will compare with the new Win 8?
 
hmmmm, i think the sensitivity thing is adjusted on your lappie rather than in win 7? i used xp for ages and really liked it but didn't take long to adjust to win 7.

anyway on my dell with win 7 its's control panel - hardware and sound - devices and printers - mouse.

ehy they call it mouse and not touchpad, gawd knows.
 
The touchpad is driving me NUTS.

Just leaving the cursor over something automatically clicks on it, 99% of the time I don't want it. I'm sure I don't even have to actually touch it for things to be selected.

After research on the net, I found out how to disable "touch pad to click" then found I could not scroll either so had to turn it back on again.

The screen size keeps changing, pages go back to previous ones as if I've pressed the back button, even when I'm nowhare near it.

I'm trying to persevere without a mouse but am tearing my hair out.
 
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stratobuddy said:
The touchpad is driving me NUTS.

Just leaving the cursor over something automatically clicks on it, 99% of the time I don't want it. I'm sure I don't even have to actually touch it for things to be selected.

After research on the net, I found out how to disable "touch pad to click" then found I could not scroll either so had to turn it back on again.

The screen size keeps changing, pages go back to previous ones as if I've pressed the back button, even when I'm nowhare near it.

I'm trying to persevere without a mouse but am tearing my hair out.
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This would never happen with a Mac!!
 
stratobuddy said:
The touchpad is driving me NUTS.

Just leaving the cursor over something automatically clicks on it, 99% of the time I don't want it. I'm sure I don't even have to actually touch it for things to be selected.

After research on the net, I found out how to disable "touch pad to click" then found I could not scroll either so had to turn it back on again.

The screen size keeps changing, pages go back to previous ones as if I've pressed the back button, even when I'm nowhare near it.

I'm trying to persevere without a mouse but am tearing my hair out.
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I've used loads of laptops at work and at home, most touchpads have been temperamental at best - don't suffer any longer, use a mousepad on your settee, and leave the touchpad disabled.

If you really must persevere, you can use the down arrow for scrolling can't you?
 
I'm still really struggling.

It seems I only have to go anywhere near the touchpad and it clicks and takes me to a different page than the one I want.

But on the other hand, when I TRY to do this deliberately to try and diagnose what's happening, I just CAN'T get it to happen.

My partner has had a go as well, as she has used laptops before, but he has just given up in frustration.
 
Why not bite the bullet and ring Talk me through it. Yes it"ll probably cost money, but you"ve wasted
a lot of time and effort trying to get it to work, so in the long run it would best, and they could maybe
advise you as they are the experts.
 
pyjama princess said:
Hubby and I both have Acer laptops. I get on ok with the touchpad but hubby has given up. He's bought a Logitech M515 couch mouse. He uses it on the sofa next to him or if he wants it to be higher puts a scatter cushion next to him. I don't know where he bought it from but this is a link to the mouse he happily uses now!
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/mice/couch-mouse-m515
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Thanks for this, I am shopping around online and looking at reviews, mainly good but a few negative.
 
I simply can't use the touchpad.

Correction - - - I CAN use the touchpad but the touchpad just does its own thing, constantly changing windows, clicking on the wrong things, even when I am nowhere near it.

My partner has witnessed all these problems to make sure I am not doing anything wrong - - - I wasn't.

So it was a case of returning the laptop or ordering a couch mouse. BTW today I've been using it with a plug-in mouse, no problems at all.

The cheapest couch mouse was from an Amazon supplier, with free delivery, also £5 off as I signed up for an Amazon credit card, which I don't even have to use.
 
Bit late to the party I know but I use a mouse mat on my sofa with a mouse. Works great.

PJ


Sent from my Nokia 3210 using Snake.
 
In answer to an earlier post from Janie, I've found various mouse-setting menus, they are scattered all over the place, not all in control panel.

I've tried everything, but nothing gets over the problems.

1/2 the time it works ok, then it starts going mad, clicking on everything.

BTW My HP TSV PC has just refused to start, it has been "trying to repair the problem" for about an hour, no success yet.
 
gawd, you're not having much luck are you strato? sounds like the lappie is dodgy then. i'd be sending it back or getting them to repair it if it was me.
 
Received my Logitech M515 couch-mouse today, 2 working days free delivery. It worked straight out of the box. The dongle is so small it hardly protrudes from the lappie so can be left in permanently and will still fit in the case.

SO MUCH EASIER THAN THAT TOUCHPAD!!!!!

PS it has features I've never seen before. At a click of the scroll wheel, it changes from the usual clicky type to a free-spinning wheel for rapid scrolling. It also has left and right "clicking" of the scroll-wheel itself plus a central button, as well as the usual R & L buttons.
 
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stratobuddy said:
Received my Logitech M515 couch-mouse today, 2 working days free delivery. It worked straight out of the box. The dongle is so small it hardly protrudes from the lappie so can be left in permanently and will still fit in the case.

SO MUCH EASIER THAN THAT TOUCHPAD!!!!!

PS it has features I've never seen before. At a click of the scroll wheel, it changes from the usual clicky type to a free-spinning wheel for rapid scrolling. It also has left and right "clicking" of the scroll-wheel itself plus a central button, as well as the usual R & L buttons.
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It'll scroll quicker or slower depending on the speed you pull your mouse pointer down the page you're scrolling through, have you discovered that yet? :happy:
 
A left click of the scroll wheel takes you back to the previous page, very useful.

Probably a right click takes you forward a page, but haven't tested this yet, or the extra button.

Not on the laptop at the moment, I tend to use it while watching TV.

I've transferred all my photos, videos and music onto it using the clickfree backup disk, relatively straightforward.
 

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