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HP touchpad auto-selects Robert Barr 02-07-2008
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Posted by Robert Barr on February 7, 2008, 1:25 am
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I had to replace the HD on a friend's HP ze5600. I reinstalled XP Pro,
and now, sometimes the mouse selects a hotlink just by moving the cursor
over the link. No presses of either button, no pressure on the touchpad
-- if I move the cursor over something, it gets selected. It's really
maddening.



I installed all the drivers I could find including the Synaptics
touchpad drivers on HP's page for this laptop. I tried adjusting the
pressure in the mouse control section; this did change the amount of
pressure I need to move the cursor, but it didn't change the
'auto-select' behavior.

Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate it!

Posted by tc on February 7, 2008, 1:36 am
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>I had to replace the HD on a friend's HP ze5600. I reinstalled XP Pro, and
>now, sometimes the mouse selects a hotlink just by moving the cursor over
>the link. No presses of either button, no pressure on the touchpad -- if I
>move the cursor over something, it gets selected. It's really maddening.
>
>
>
> I installed all the drivers I could find including the Synaptics touchpad
> drivers on HP's page for this laptop. I tried adjusting the pressure in
> the mouse control section; this did change the amount of pressure I need
> to move the cursor, but it didn't change the 'auto-select' behavior.
>
> Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate it!

From any folder:
Tools-Folder Options
Change option on General Tab "Click Items as follows" from Single-click to
Double-click

Terry



Posted by Robert Barr on February 11, 2008, 6:05 pm
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>>
>> Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate it!
>
> From any folder:
> Tools-Folder Options
> Change option on General Tab "Click Items as follows" from Single-click to
> Double-click
>
> Terry
>
>

Thanks for the suggestion.

It turned out to be a setting dealing with 'tap zones'. Once I disabled
the whole concept, the problem was solved. Never heard of 'tap zones'...

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