A touchpad or trackpad is a device, normally on laptops, which does the same thing as a mouse by tracking the movement of the user's fingers.
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my touchpad scroll doesnt work
I've installed the drivers for the touchpad but still it doesn't work, I just shifted from Windows 7 to Windows 8, and now my touchpad scroll wont work. can anyone tell me how to fix my touchpad ...
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I have Elan Touch Drivers presently installed on my laptop touchpad. Can I install Synaptics?
I have Elan Touch Drivers. I was wondering if I could install Synaptics Touch Drivers, because Elan has announced no plans on those extremely intuitive Windows 8 touchpad drivers that Synaptics will ...
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Arch Linux: Any keyboard press opens right click context menu
Maybe due to recent upgrade, or some screwed up configuration, my Arch install has become unusable. Some time after booting up, mouse stops working, any keyboard key opens the right click context ...
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Stop Touchpad from disabling itself when I press any keys?
I have an acer E1-571 laptop, with an ELAN Smart Pad. Unfortunately the "Smart" pad is a bit too smart. It automatically disables itself while I am pressing any keys. This is useful when typing. ...
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Control Windows 8 with a tablet
It seems much of Windows 8 is based on the idea that it will be running on tablets, and touch screen PCs. I like this, but I don't have a W89 tablet, or a touch PC yet.
I'm running W8 on a laptop, ...
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I don't have a touchscreen. How can I do gestures on my Windows 8 laptop's touchpad?
I just got a new Windows 8 laptop, but it doesn't have a touchscreen, and it seems like a lot of the gestures are designed for touchscreens, and not current mice & touchpads. Is there a way to use ...
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Boot mac from dvd, touchpad not clicking
How come I can't click when I boot my mac from installer DVD? I can move the cursor on the screen but I can't click. How to solve it?
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My Synaptics touchpad v7.5 becomes unresponsive after I type. Is there a way to fix this? [duplicate]
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I have a Samsung laptop with Synaptics Touchpad V7.5 running the v16.1.1.0 driver. and whenever I type my touchpad becomes unresponsive. How do I fix?
I am using a ...
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Built-in gesture double touch scrolling on Windows 7 stopped working
My laptop has a touchpad, and I always scroll by pressing two fingers on it and sliding both down. For some reason, this stopped working.
I've tried installing a Synaptics driver that claimed to ...
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I have a Samsung laptop with Synaptics Touchpad V7.5 running the v16.1.1.0 driver. and whenever I type my touchpad becomes unresponsive. How do I fix?
Whenever I type my touchpad becomes unresponsive. Note, I can't find palmsense or an option that allows me to enable my touchpad while typing. Is there a way to fix it or does my computer just not ...
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Have different setting for trackpad and mouse in Windows 7
I like to plug in my mouse into my laptop from time to time. However, the mouse then takes on all the settings of the trackpad (cursor speed, scroll speed, ...)
Is there a way to make the settings ...
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How can I get the MacBook Pro trackpad to work on Windows 8?
I can't seem to get the trackpad to work on my MacBook Pro. I have tried the Boot Camp drivers with no luck.
Does anybody know what drivers are needed for Windows 8 and a MacBook Pro trackpad?
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In OS X Messages, can I disable double-click opening a conversation in its own window?
I keep Messages over on the left side of the screen so I can see when someoene's sent me a new message. But if I click to make the window active, and then click again to make a conversation active, it ...
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Windows 8 Drivers for Synaptics Touchpad? [duplicate]
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I don’t have a touchscreen. How can I do gestures on my Windows 8 laptop’s touchpad?
Have there been any beta drivers released from Synaptics for Windows 8? I'd love to ...
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Is there a way to use the trackpad as an entire screen pointer jumper?
Instead of using the trackpad to move the pointer from the location it is currently in, is there a way to use it more like an entire-screen pointer? That is, I touch the middle of the trackpad and it ...
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Settings lost on reboot
I have a Dell XPS 15z which uses a Cypress TrackPad. It's running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Every time the laptop turns on, I have to go into the settings to turn off 'tap to click'. The setting ...
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OSX Remapping Physical Trackpad Click for Mac
The MacBook trackpad is a marvellous thing. Assuming that one uses the 'tap to click' functionality exclusively (including the double tap to click-hold within Usability settings) as I do, the physical ...
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Touchpad click instead of movement
I've connected a USB touchpad to my Windows 7 desktop machine to get something that can generate a mouse click without requiring mechanical force. It works, somewhat, the only problem being that it's ...
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Trackpad and battery on stop working at same time
Gateway E-475M G
Windows 7 Professional SP1
Synaptics TouchPad 15.2.20.0
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery 6.1.7600.16385
It seems that when my battery stops working correctly, my ...
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Track pad double clicking every time I single click
I just bought a samsung series 7 laptop and every time I left click the trackpad a double click is registered. Is there a setting to turn this off ? I've checked mouse settings within control panel ...
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Disabling default gestures in Scrybe
Just upgraded my touchpad drivers and it came with a Scrybe program which allows you to basically do some gesture and automatically load up a website or an application etc.
Sounds like it could ...
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Acer Aspire 5720 Windows XP how do I find what touchpad I have? [duplicate]
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Acer Aspire 5720 - how do I find which touchpad driver I need?
I had to reinstall Windows XP on my Aspire 5720 and now I'm reinstalling the drivers. There are two ...
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How do I find which touchpad driver I need for my Acer Aspire 5720?
I had to reinstall Windows XP on my Acer Aspire 5720 and now I'm reinstalling all the drivers. There are two touchpad drivers -- Alps and Synaptics.
I ran the program Acer provides to detect your ...
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Mouse/Touchpad stuck in Ubuntu 12.04 after resuming from Suspend
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I am a first time Ubuntu user. I put my computer in Suspend mode and then when I resumed the touchpad was not working. It was locked and the cursor was not ...
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Adjust MBP trackpad scrolling speed in Windows
Does anyone know how the scrolling speed for the trackpad can be changed in Windows? I installed the bootcamp drivers but I can't find this option anywhere. THe scrolling is way to fast on Windows ...
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linux can send fn key and disable touchpad?
I am using a laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 and I want to send a Fn+F8 from a script in order to disable my touchpad.
When i type the command xdotool key fn, it prints
(symbol) No such key name 'fn'. ...
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Asus EeePC X101CH Touchpad issue
I have an Asus EeePC X101CH that the touchpad was uninstalled from (I saw the uninstall dialog boxes open). After a restart there was a PS/2 mouse under View Hidden Devices in Device Manager that ...
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What interface do modern laptop touchpads use internally?
I want to wire up an old laptop touchpad for use with a desktop machine. I believe older laptop touchpads used a PS/2 based interface - but what about newer ones? Something standard?
Also, anyone ...
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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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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 [duplicate]
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OSX Lion: Can I use “classic” mousewheel scrolling but keep “natural” trackpad scrolling?
I found such strange behavior when using the trackpad ...
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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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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 ...
