Pointer problem!?!?!?!

Lally

I have a laptop and quite often now if I am just hovering over an icon or a link, it will open. It is very annoying, previously I would have to click on the item. But now, things are just opening simply by the pointer being on it. help???

Dude

It could be your track pad is set to click or you could have turned on an accessibility feature (hovering over an icon for several seconds acts as a click). In either case check your settings in the control panel.

Jay-Jay_4

Have you set your mouse/sensor pad thingie to the touch setting? With mine I can either click the left button or just tap my finger on the pad. You can turn it off on the settings menu.

intel

Right click the Synapatics pointing device icon near the PCs
clock and change the sensitivity setting, thats if the icon is there.....

Edit: I just got a download via Synaptics for my pointer if yours is
a synaptics pointing device go here http://www.synaptics.com/ and get
the driver is its gone AWOL.

Lally

Can't find the icon....

..... and in the control panel, would it be under Mouse or Keyboard? I can't find an option for the touchpad

intel

Lally wrote:

Can't find the icon....

..... and in the control panel, would it be under Mouse or Keyboard? I can't find an option for the touchpad

I just edited post #4 :beer:

Lally

Sorry for taking so long to reply.... I have downloaded it and installed it. I have a load of Synaptics icons in the Program Files , which one do I click on to adjust the settings?

intel

Dont click the one in program files I didnt say that... Try the icon by the PCs clock.

Right Click Icon Pointing Device Properties.

Lally

It aint there, I have 6 items including clock, power, anti-virus, volume.... but no pointing device.

Will try control panel next

intel

Look in Start as youv'e just installed a program. Or Try Control Panel.

Lally

It wasnt in 'start' so I searched for Synaptics and its only location was in the program files. Thats why I was looking through there trying to find the rigt thing!