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Acer Aspire 7520-5185, touchpad too sensitive

post #1 of 20
7/10/08 at 2:36am
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Does anyone know how to change to sensitivity of the touchpad. It is so sensitive that one minute I am typing and the next I am somewhere else on the page. It is totally driving me nuts. There has to be a way to change it, or is there a way to simply turn it off and I will use a USB mouse.
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post #2 of 20
7/10/08 at 5:09pm
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Can't anyone help me?? I could really use the help. There has to be a way to change it. Isn't there????
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post #3 of 20
7/10/08 at 7:11pm
go into the alps touchpad settings. disable tapping while typing. will help a bit.
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post #4 of 20
7/10/08 at 8:15pm
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thanks MichelleG. Thats all I can do isn't it.
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post #5 of 20
7/10/08 at 9:17pm
pretty much. no sensitivity option in the alps settings. you can also try slowing the cursor speed down a notch or two. usually helps. also bump tapping delay up just a bit.
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post #6 of 20
6/4/09 at 11:00am

Utility to help fix acer touchpad sensitivity

I had this problem with my Acer 7520-5185 laptop I bought last year.

I found a reference to TouchFreeze in another forum somewhere:

Touchfreeze

The software freezes movement of the touchpad when you are typing. I was suspect at first, but it works.

Hope this helps someone.

Chris
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post #7 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:04pm
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Originally Posted by traceyc View Post
Does anyone know how to change to sensitivity of the touchpad. It is so sensitive that one minute I am typing and the next I am somewhere else on the page. It is totally driving me nuts. There has to be a way to change it, or is there a way to simply turn it off and I will use a USB mouse.
On my Acer 8930 you can turn off touchpad using -Fn + F7.
I find using a mouse is easier. My touchpad is so sensitive that I don't even have to tap it, just moving it around is enough to open up something I don't want
Terry
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post #8 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by traceyc View Post
Does anyone know how to change to sensitivity of the touchpad. It is so sensitive that one minute I am typing and the next I am somewhere else on the page. It is totally driving me nuts. There has to be a way to change it, or is there a way to simply turn it off and I will use a USB mouse.
I just realized that this post dates from July 2008, what's it doing in todays posts ????
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post #9 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:23pm
Nothing wrong with it. You were responding to the input from today.

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post #10 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:27pm
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Nothing wrong with it. You were responding to the input from today.

cheers ...
ok qhn , still don't understand why it's dated july 2008 ???
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post #11 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:32pm
Because that was when the thread started. We have threads and posts dated back many years that are still active and applicable to today's issues.

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post #12 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:35pm
OK, I think i understand, so that question was posted today ?

feel like a bit of an idiot when u think you're replying to an old post !!
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post #13 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:38pm
Not at all. You were adding another possibility to solve an issue. This is always welcome.

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post #14 of 20
6/4/09 at 4:49pm
OK fine, just wondering how some people must type to scrape up against the touchpad, never happens to me, but then i've been typing all my life.
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post #15 of 20
3/24/11 at 6:35am

Just bought a couple new Acer laptops ... and that touchpad was driving me crazy..... and I needed to deploy the other laptop to a remote employee who would have been so frustrated... thanks for the link to TouchFreeze.... it works perfectly!!

 

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post #16 of 20
6/16/11 at 3:28am

I know that this is an older post, but I just had to make a comment about the link you posted.  I am very skeptical about downloading software that I am not familiar with, but I seen this forum and felt a little bit more comfortable in downloading it.  I must say that I have an Acer 7520-5185 17.0" laptop and I have had it for a couple of years or so and this keyboard problem from the onset.  I tried researching a couple of times, but no success - so I just tolerated it.  Well this morning, I had enough and just asked God if this could be solved and searched again.  It was a matter of minutes and I found this forum (Thank You God) and it WORKS!!!

 

Also, I am a pretty good typist and I am on my laptop every day for many hours so this was very frustrating.  This fix is Fantastic and I am extremely Grateful!! 

 

Here is the link

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post #17 of 20
6/16/11 at 8:14am
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I know that this is an older post, but I just had to make a comment about the link you posted.  I am very skeptical about downloading software that I am not familiar with, but I seen this forum and felt a little bit more comfortable in downloading it.  I must say that I have an Acer 7520-5185 17.0" laptop and I have had it for a couple of years or so and this keyboard problem from the onset.  I tried researching a couple of times, but no success - so I just tolerated it.  Well this morning, I had enough and just asked God if this could be solved and searched again.  It was a matter of minutes and I found this forum (Thank You God) and it WORKS!!!

 

Also, I am a pretty good typist and I am on my laptop every day for many hours so this was very frustrating.  This fix is Fantastic and I am extremely Grateful!! 

 

Here is the link


No Windows 7 support sad.gif Nice sharing though

cheers ...
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post #18 of 20
3/27/12 at 10:02am

Thanks to all who posted with helpful advice. Yes, this thread may have been started a while ago, but the problem still exists with new Acer laptops. I consider myself a pretty patient person (and a decent typist) but trying to type on my newish Aspire 5733 etc. was driving me CRAZY. Thanks again!!

 

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post #19 of 20
5/4/12 at 11:18am

I have found some reviews about this problem.. Other users recommend changing touchpad settings. Just make it less sensitive

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post #20 of 20
5/7/12 at 3:46pm

Ah, yes. I've looked and looked for the touchpad sensitivity settings, but never could find them.
 

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