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my laptop randomly clicks! HELP ME!

post #1 of 9
2/2/05 at 4:44am
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I dont touch my mouse and it often randomly clicks. it is the mouse built on. this has happend to me with every laptop i have owned in the past. it gets sooo annoying. do u know what is wrong with it? how can i fix it?
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post #2 of 9
2/2/05 at 6:06am
I would like to know too - I get this sometimes on my old compaq presario. Sometimes my cursor also goes spaz and moves randomly when I take my finger off the pad.
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post #3 of 9
2/2/05 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by ace_t
I would like to know too - I get this sometimes on my old compaq presario. Sometimes my cursor also goes spaz and moves randomly when I take my finger off the pad.
yes its very strange and i can figure it out. this is on my dell d600 and my sager 5690
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post #4 of 9
2/2/05 at 12:33pm
Have you tried messing around with the sensitivity settings? Personally I hate using the stupid touchpad, I use a mouse with my laptop all the time.
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post #5 of 9
2/2/05 at 2:40pm
This happened with my 8790 (the spazziness, not the clicking) when I had the Bluetooth driver for my Logitech MX900 installed. I uninstalled it and now it doesn't happen anymore... HTH
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post #6 of 9
2/2/05 at 5:49pm
Does it happen while you're doing something like typing with the builtin keyboard? or when you're using the mouse? You might have the double tap feature enabled, where when you double tap the pad, it clicks for you.
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post #7 of 9
2/3/05 at 6:10am
Yes that is a possibility about the double click feature, but it still doesn't explain why the cursor sometimes has a life of its own and moves in a arc every time I take my finger off the pad.
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post #8 of 9
2/3/05 at 11:39am
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Originally Posted by Verrin
Does it happen while you're doing something like typing with the builtin keyboard? or when you're using the mouse? You might have the double tap feature enabled, where when you double tap the pad, it clicks for you.
both
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post #9 of 9
2/4/05 at 3:43am
Well, check if you have double clicked enabled. I don't know if you have the same touchpad manufacturer as I do, but my options are in:

My Computer > Control Panel > Mouse > Device Settings (Tab) > Settings (Button)

And I get a window like this:



I've underlined and circled what the important settings are. You can enable or disable double tap here (for the synaptics anyway), along with other neat things that can be exploited using the touchpad.

Here's a snip of what the explanation of this feature gives:

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Tapping on the surface of the TouchPad is the same as clicking the left TouchPad "mouse" button. However, tapping is usually quicker and more convenient than using the mouse button.
And, for Ace, I'd check your sensitivity settings. I find I get a similar effect to what you describe when I set mine very high.

And, if you don't happen to have a synaptics touchpad, it should still have the device settings under 'mouse' in the control panel. Or, if they don't have the settings under mouse, find out who makes your touchpad and look for their home site or some tutorials on your specific touchpad.

Synaptics came with some handydandy tutorials, so it's not a problem here. ^^
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