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- Help. Windows XP - Cursor has mind of its own
- Hello,Hoping someone who has had a similiar problem and can direct me to fixing issue. I am running Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop.Problems I am having:- cursor has mind of its own. In open browsers, Microsoft Office programs and IM it automaticly goes to the first spot...
- Tags: Mice, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Swamy.Bathina@..., Microsoft Windows, touchpad, mouse
- Discussion threads 2007-10-28
- applications at startup
- I ran a prog called Magicspeed which offered an option to remove some applications from startup, to increase startup and running speeds. I randomly selected some and removed, but found to my horror that the prog gave no option for reselecting the removed items. They were gone from the list....
- Tags: prog, shyamalsinha
- Discussion threads 2007-03-03
- An Experience Installing, Objectively, Ubuntu
- Ok, admittedly thatÂ’s a bit of a silly title. The other day,I wondered here ifI should give Ubuntu a try, and decided I might as well. So I installedUbuntu on my test machine, hoping to get an interesting article out of it. The problemwas, there wasnÂ’t anything interesting or exciting...
- Tags: installer, SuSE, touchpad, Ubuntu
- Blog posts 2006-08-21
- ThinkPad T30 mouse settings
- I'm looking for a way to make the touchpad never act like a left mouse button. I want to turn that "feature" off. The best workaround I've found is to adjust the timing, but I still accidentally select items occasionally when I lift my finger and put it...
- Tags: Absolutely, hardware, IBM ThinkPad, mouse, touchpad
- Q&A 2005-08-09
- Geek Gifts 2008: Get the power to game with the Alienware 51 m15x notebook
- The Area 51 m15x notebook is latest in a long line of quality portable computers from boutique manufacturer Alienware. The m15x is also one of the most powerful notebook computers we have ever had the pleasure to review. by Mark Kaelin
- Tags: Game, Alienware, M15x, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Mark Kaelin, Smart Bay, Alienware Area 51 M15x, Touchpad, Games, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Geek Gifts 2008: The Acer Aspire One netbook
- Ultraportable netbooks are very popular in 2008, but do they measure up to the hype? Mark Kaelin thinks one actually does. Check out his review of the Acer Aspire One netbook. by Mark Kaelin
- Tags: Acer Inc., Mark Kaelin, Computer, Touchpad, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
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- Laptop touchpad taking over
- Howdy all My touch pad has decided it has a mind and will of its own. Nothing I do or have asked other computer savy friends in my life can figure this one out. Have disabled the touchpad every spot you can think of and it...
- Tags: Mice, Notebooks, esharper@..., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- Ubuntu Hacks: Configure a Touchpad
- Most laptops today include a touchpad as a method of controlling the mouse pointer. These touchpads have various configuration options that most people aren't even aware of. Here's how to get all these advanced features working under Linux. Ubuntu includes the synaptics mouse driver by default, and if the laptop's...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mouse, O'Reilly Media Inc., Mice, Hardware, Peripherals
- Book chapters 2006-06-01
- Touchpad Mouse Problem
- I just installed SuSE 10 on my Inspiron 8500 laptop. This laptop has both a ALPS Touchpad and a joystick mouse inside the keyboard. The joystick mouse is currently broken to where if I try to type, the mouse starts to move and I lose control over the...
- Tags: Mice, mouse, joystick, joystick mouse
- Q&A 2005-10-26
- Unwanted Final Signals on Touchpad
- Apparently the touchpad on my Dell XPS M1210 (as well as on the previous model, Dell 710M) responds to finger signals in Outlook and Word and probably other programs. If I accidently touch my thumbs in Outlook, the message is sent. If this happens in Word 2003, the page is...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Mice, Word processors, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Groupware, howard.schwartz@...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-08
- Mouse on laptop and mouse connected to USB freezes up
- I just bought a new Toshiba laptop. The mouse pad on the computer froze up twice last week as well as the mouse connected into the USB port. what would be the reson for this to happen? i have good virus/spyware/firewall protectionjust a guess, look for BIOS...
- Tags: Mice, USB, dghanooni@..., mouse, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- Mouse Manager (zip)
- Mouse manger is designed for these people who use several mice. For example, a person uses notebook PC and installed USB mouse as well. Mouse manger can set the different work state for each mouse.When using an external Mouse with your laptop and touching the TouchPad by mistake, the Mouse...
- Tags: Mouse, USB, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-01-29
- Replacing the touchpad/mouse on a Panasonic Toughbook CF29
- Has anyone changed out the Touchpad on a Panasonic Toughbook CD-29 before? I have done it manytimes on a CD-27 but the 29s are very different. I can't find nothing on the web on it either.Not sure, but them toughbooks are made to be tamper resist
- Tags: hardware, Panasonic, Panasonic Toughbook, nhoek@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Sony vaio model pcg 7g2l
- I have a sony vaio laptop with Windows xp.Off late as i start typing the cursors movesinto the earlier line or paragraph. can anyone help me with this problem. Is it the software or hardware problem.Thanks,AndyMaybe a stupid suggestion, but...Are you inadvertently brushing against your touchpad while you type?Maybe you...
- Tags: andy.iyengar@..., Sony Vaio, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- help ...stop cursor from jumping back to a different line while typing
- I have Windows XP on my laptop. While typing in any word processing program or email program, the cursor will "jump" back to an earlier line while I am typing and begin to enter the letters in the middle of something I had previously typed. Since I do not always...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, djlink@..., mouse, keyboard, TRY IT
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- HP 510 laptop - Dead keyboard and touchpad
- I'm sitting looking at an HP 510 laptop with an odd looking touchpad ( looks like it's made of lots of little holes ) and a sunken keyboard, neither of which are doing much at all.So, keyboard AND touchpad are dead. I don't have access to a usb keyboard...
- Tags: Keyboards, BIOS, Old Mycroft, keyboard, HP 510, USB, PS/2, BIOS password, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Evaluating Swiftpoint as a Mobile Device for Direct Manipulation Input
- This paper presents a promising new computer pointing device, called Swiftpoint, that is designed primarily for mobile computer (for example, laptop) users in constrained space. Swiftpoint has many advantages over current pointing devices: it is small, ergonomic, has a digital ink mode, and can be used over a flat keyboard....
- Tags: Mobile Computer, Device, Mobile, Australian Computer Society, Mobile Device, Computer, Swiftpoint, Mice, Productivity, Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing
- White papers 2006-11-13
- Mouse-keyboard problems
- Hi, I'm having a problem with my laptop's devices. I gave my pc to a friend and when she gave it back tthe keyboard and the touchpad didn't work.I reinstalled win xp but nothing changed. The USB mouse's working, and on plus when i go to Start button everything blocks...
- Tags: keyboard, laptop computer, spicee@...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Keybord / Touchpad / USB ports - Nothing working
- Hi, I have a acer notebook aspire. I have a big problem also, because the keyboard, touchpad e all USB ports don´t working. I try to use any suggestion disclaimed here. If anyone have a same problem contact me.Sorry my english.Tank´sI've got an Aspire - which model do you have...
- Tags: erico.simas@..., USB port
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Acer Aspire 5100 - Locked Keyboard/TouchPad
- Hi, hope someone here can help me. I've got an Acer Aspire 5100 and 2 nights ago i was using it and all was well. Fell asleep while watching a movie on it and it blocked 2 hours after i fell asleep more or less. Thought nothing of it, turned...
- Tags: Keyboards, BIOS, Memory, homertrix.ray@..., keyboard, CMOS, Acer Inc., Acer Aspire 5100
- Discussion threads 2007-10-31
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