Touchpads on laptops........

[cougarfreak]

Is there such a thing as a touchpad that is sensitive to where you press it? It seems as though, sometimes when I am using mine, it'll minimize something when I am not intending to, or making a window smaller when I am clicking to do something else. I'm running Vista, so maybe that's what is making mine go nuts too.

[Cringer]

I was just wondering about mine actually. I just got this Friday and so far when I type a lot of the time I seem to graze the touchpad with my hand I guess and it will jump my typing further up the page.

[cougarfreak]

I was just wondering about mine actually. I just got this Friday and so far when I type a lot of the time I seem to graze the touchpad with my hand I guess and it will jump my typing further up the page.

So maybe I'm not going freaking nuts.

[ThunderingHERD]

You might have some gesture or hot spot feature turned on. Check your touchpad settings.

[Izulde]

Funny, most people complain about not being able to find the hot spot.

[cougarfreak]

You might have some gesture or hot spot feature turned on. Check your touchpad settings.

Thank you! I just disabled "tap zones". :)

[RendeR]

I disable tapping entirely. Far too many times have I been scolling along and my finger hit the damn thing more than once and threw what I was doing into a heap.

[Cringer]

I disable tapping entirely. Far too many times have I been scolling along and my finger hit the damn thing more than once and threw what I was doing into a heap.


I have to have tap as left click, can't stand doing it with the actual left button for some reason. This pad seems sensative though. Usually I have to turn it up a little when I get a new laptop, this one is going to need to be turned down.

[MizzouRah]

Most laptops have a program in the sys tray that allows you to set the sensitivity and such.

[CU Tiger]

I CANT stand a touch pad. I use the blue stick exclusively. In fact if touchpad were my only option, Id probably never use a laptop again.

[MizzouRah]

I CANT stand a touch pad. I use the blue stick exclusively. In fact if touchpad were my only option, Id probably never use a laptop again.

:D

I'm the complete opposite, I hate that blue stick.

[INDalltheway]

My HP has a nice feature that "locks" the touchpad if you are typing. Very nice not having to worry about that sort of thing.

[Marc Vaughan]

Is there such a thing as a touchpad that is sensitive to where you press it? It seems as though, sometimes when I am using mine, it'll minimize something when I am not intending to, or making a window smaller when I am clicking to do something else. I'm running Vista, so maybe that's what is making mine go nuts too.

A lot allow mouse clicks through tapping - it'll be controllable somewhere in the depths of Vista (I don't use vista so can't say where I'm afraid).

On XP its on the 'mouse' section of the control panel.

[Cringer]

My HP has a nice feature that "locks" the touchpad if you are typing. Very nice not having to worry about that sort of thing.

I have an HP, guess I will check it out and see what there is in the 'ole touchpad section of vista here.