The touchpad is a touch device, used in portable computers, to replace the mouse, using touch-sensitive cells. Currently, the touchpad identify vectors x and y using the capacitance provided by the skin of the fingers (or an object conducting electricity) on its surface, then the microprocessor ...
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Fujitsu LifeBook A531 laptop touchpad scrolling
Is it possible to scroll using your touchpad on this laptop? All my older laptops let you scroll in some way but I must be missing something on my Fujitsu.
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Cleaning oil paint off touchpad?
An artist used this Gateway FX6860 and now there are streaks of oil paint on the touchpad. What soap or solvent will effectively clean the paint without any harm to the touchpad or surrounding ...
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Where did touch laptops go? [closed]
I'd like to purchase a touch laptop (like a legitimate laptop, not just a tablet), and the only ones that seem to be for sale are old dual core, 2-4G of RAM laptops. I fail to see any companies ...
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Is Track Stick™ On DELL's Laptop Supposed To Come Off That Easy?
I have this little button trademarked by DELL as Track Stick™ comes loose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RIb7HV1bKA&hd=1
Is it supposed to be like this and I should leave it or better to ...
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Dell Inspiron N5110 with Windows 7 Home Premium touchpad intermittently stops working
Sometimes the touchpad on my Dell Inspiron N5110 stops working and I need to restart the computer to get it to work again. What should I do?
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Use a touchscreen as a keyboard and mouse for a desktop
Is there a program or utility that allows me to connect a touchscreen to my desktop PC and use it as a keyboard input device? My plan is to upgrade the screen on my laptop, pair the old screen with a ...
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Elan smart pad in Asus laptop
I have an asus laptop with a elan smart pad, when the driver is not installed windows recognizes certain functions (right click, left click, middle click, scroll), when I install the elan driver, It ...
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Is it possible to invert the trackpad orientation for Mac OS X?
I'm running a MBP with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and recently got an external (Magic) Trackpad. I don't like the angle of the trackpad and want to flip it around so that the battery bar is on the side ...
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Application that detects input activity and displays it on the screen
I'm having some issues with the touchpad / mouse, not sure which is it (maybe both).
Weird things happen without me doing anything. It's not a virus because I have an antivirus, and besides, I just ...
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Map Synaptics Touchpad Gestures to Keyboard
Is there any way to map the Synaptics gestures to specific keyboard shortcuts? In particular, I'm trying to map Dexpot's forward/backward between desktops to touchpad gestures.
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Inspiron n5030 touchpad doesn't work until after windows login
I'm working on an Inspiron n5030 running Windows 7. The touchpad does not respond at the Windows login screen but the keyboard does. After I login, the touchpad functions normally.
How can I fix ...
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Touchpad does not respond when I am holding key on the keyboard
I am experiencing strange problem with using my touchpad and keyboard simultaneously under Windows 7.
I have HP tx2550ew (convertible tablet), and when I hold some key under Windows 7 (eg. ...
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Disable touchpad on Dell Latitude E4300, but don't disable the trackpoint
For the last 6 years I have been using a ThinkPad R50e which used a trackpoint instead of a touchpad.
Now though I am using a laptop given to me by my work and it's a Dell Latitude E4300 which ...
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MSI Wind U123 Touchpad only work if LAN connected and Active
I have a MSI Wind U123 Netbook ... all of a sudden lately, the touch-pad refuses to work correctly unless the LAN cable is connected and active. If i unplug the LAN cable, I can't control the mouse ...
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How turn off the Synaptic video tutorial after clicking on the touchpad?
I installed the new Synaptic driver. There is a video tutorial popping up every time I touch it with my finger.
I read that I could fix it by deleting this videos from Synaptic workspace, but I ...
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Using trackpad and mouse at the same time on OS X
I found such strange behavior when using the trackpad together with a mouse.
I would like both of them to work in this way at the same time:
I want to disable mouse feature "Move content in the ...
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Will all capacitive styluses (for iPad, etc.) work just as well on a MacBook Pro trackpad?
I'm looking to get a capacitive stylus to use on my MacBook Pro's trackpad for quick sketches. This article by MacWorld and other reviews seem to indicate that the Griffin stylus and the Wacom Bamboo ...
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Magic Trackpad is not scrolling or rotating
I've recently bought Apple's Magic Trackpad and was informed about its requirements for Snow Leopard.
I have currently installed Snow Leopard on my Mac but my Magic Trackpad still isn't doing all of ...
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Touchpad not working after login in Ubuntu
At some point my touchpad stopped working on Lenovo x220 under Ubuntu 11.10, after login.
I have found two possible solutions for that online, but neither of them work.
First,
gconftool-2 --set ...
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How to assign a touch pad to control a specific monitor
This is a problem regarding using dual monitor and a touch pad(tablet pen) input.
I've just bought an ASUS Eee Note EA800( http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Note/Eee_Note_EA800/ ). When connecting it to ...
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Mouse pointer on my MacBook moves by itself
Starting today, my mouse cursor is moving by itself. Here's a video of it:
http://screencast.com/t/FxpuuEk2ehf
I use a MacBook Pro with an external display and a magic mouse. The laptop is ...
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Disabling trackpad on Lenovo laptop
How do I disable my mouse trackpad on a Lenovo notebook running Windows 7?
Usually Lenovo installs with tools which allows you to do so (Ultranav). However, this laptop has a modified image installed ...
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Exposing all apps/windows while dragging an item (using five fingers)
is there a way to use five fingers on the lion os the way we did on leopard one?
i mean, is it possible to drag an item (and while holding that item with your thumb for example) to expose all ...
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Just got my 1st laptop and the touch pad is being uncooperative
I purchased a new Acer laptop about a week ago. Everything on it works just fine with the exception that the touch pad acts strange at times. Sometimes, it clicks a check box when I scroll over it ...
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Disabling Tap to Click on Dell Latitude D830 is broken
I have disabled Tap to Click in Touchpad Settings. I click "Apply." However, whenever I tap the touchpad, it registers as a click.
Can anyone help me? I have to use the Touchpad for scrolling and ...
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Getting Synaptics trackpad to send actual scroll-wheel events
I have a laptop (a Samsung Series 9) with a Synaptics trackpad, and I have Windows XP on it.
One of the nice features of this trackpad is that it allows you to scroll by placing two fingers on the ...
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Reinstall OS X on MacBook Pro with broken trackpad
I have to reinstall OS X on my MacBook Pro. I'm using the installation disk, but the only problem is that my trackpad is broken (I cannot click).
Is there any way to open and select the Utilities ...
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Double clicking on icons doesn't respond well on a Mac
I am a new MacBook Pro user and I am having a hard time opening programs on my desktop when I double click on the icon. I found out that if you go to System Preferences -> Trackpad and lower the ...
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Configuring touchpad on Linux
I want to make the following personalizations to my touchpad configs:
Using two-finger tap to do middle click (already did with "synclient TapButton2=2 && synclient TapButton3=3"
Enabling ...
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How can I set the trackpad preferences in OS X Snow Leopard using a script?
I'm using 10.6 Snow Leopard and the Better Touch Tool (redefine trackpad functions, etc). I have a that when I restart several options in the trackpad system preference pane revert to OS X defaults. ...
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Laptop touchpad response badly when on power supply?
I have HP pavilion 2200 series laptop with AMD processor, 1GB RAM, on board nvidia display card. It suddenly cause following problem:
When the adapter is unplugged, the touchpad works correctly and ...
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Right click on touchpad isn't working in Ubuntu
I have a problem with my HP Pavilion DV6 touchpad. Right-click is not working. It is registered as a left click.
Ubuntu version 10.10, kernel release 2.6.35-31-generic.
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How to effectively reduce the track-pad sensitivity more than system preferences will let you (OS X Lion)
I am using a Magic Trackpad, and I have turned the sensitivity all the way down in System Preferences, but it's not slow/insensitive enough. I have a gaming mouse that has custom DPI settings, and I ...
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Intellipoint conflicts with Alps?
Have an ALPS touchpad on a laptop. Default install of Win7 x64 it worked fine. Installed Intellipoint for a Microsoft USB mouse and suddenly the touchpad is all skittish (only responds to certain ...
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Cleaning the sticky keys of a touchpad on a laptop [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Unpacking a laptop touchpad to clean it
How do I access and clean the area around my laptop's touchpad?
I accidentally got some apple juice under my laptop keys. It was ...
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Trackpad on Acer Aspire laptop isn't working anymore
I have an Acer Aspire 5670 laptop with Windows XP.
After four years, suddenly the trackpad is not working anymore.
I connected an external mouse and tried to reinstall it, but, by mistake, it ...
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Software for disabling touchpad when external mouse is connected
In How to disable my netbook's touchpad when a usb mouse is connected I could not find an answer for my question.
Some laptops have drivers that automatically disable touchpad when external mouse ...
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Macbook Pro forgets Trackpad settings when booting up
Is there any way to make your MBP remember the trackpad settings?
Every reboot makes the computer forget the trackpad settings, which have to be reconfigured.
This means I have to check the "tap to ...
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Is it possible to control a Mac Mini with VNC and a Magic Trackpad simultaneously?
Is it possible to remote control a Mac Mini from another computer through VNC (screen and keyboard sharing), but using the Magic Trackpad connected to the Mac Mini to control the mouse pointer and ...
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How to get my trackpad “driver” to always run when starting Windows 7
I have a HP netbook which came with Windows 7 Starter and a Synaptics track pad.
A few months ago while fighting a virus I removed everything that autostarted that I couldn't easily identify. I was ...
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Left bottom button of touchpad of Lenovo T400 became not working gradually
I bought my T400 brand new from Lenovo at the end of 2009, but I didn't use it often until one year ago. A month ago, the left bottom button of touchpad of Lenovo T400 started to respond slowly (need ...
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Improve FN Keys and Touchpads on Windows Laptops
Is there software that improves the fn keys and touchpads on Windows laptops?
I'm sick of the inconstancy and the bugginess. it'd be nice to have some open source software to make it a better ...
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Touchpad on MacBook is shiny?
I noticed that the touchpad was getting a little shiny on the middle-most part. I just want to know if there's a way to clean this and restore the laptop to its previous texture? If there's no way to ...
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Define right-click area for macbook pro trackpad
I'm looking for a way to define the right click area on the trackpad of the macbook pro - the one without a seperate mousebutton.
I'm using the option 'secondary click' where the bottom left (or ...
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Touchpad, weird issue
I have an HP Elitebook 8730w laptop. After a reinstall, my touchpad has stopped working lately. In Windows, when I use the touchpad, the pointer doesn't move at all and Windows starts producing ...
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Why does zooming in with trackpad sometimes not work on Safari?
I have OS X Lion and like to use Safari, however, sometimes I can zoom in and out with trackpad and then it just stops working. Why? Can I fix this?
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How can I configure my Sentelic touchpad to scroll more slowly?
I just bought an MSI CR640-035US laptop computer with a Sentelic touchpad. The touchpad's "page slider" option works in a frustrating way: sliding my finger up and down on the right side of the ...
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Where can I find drivers for my Sony Vaio touchpad?
The other day while I was clearing some space on my Sony Vaio PCG-71312L, I accidentally deleted the touchpad's driver. The mouse itself is fine, it's just that the scrolling is not working.
I looked ...
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Can I send multitouch gestures over VNC to OS X Lion?
I see that my trackpad (Acer Aspire notebook) is able to detect double touches with Synaptic drivers installed. Is it possible that to recognize multitouch gestures so I can remote control a Mac with ...
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How to Find 3rd Party Applications that Use the Mouse in my OS X Installation?
I'm having a problem with Spotify that causes my mouse to not work properly. Based on my reading online, this problem is caused when third party applications like BetterTouchTool interact with ...
