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    Having a scrolling issue from the touchpad, please help!!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by zippy77777, Aug 16, 2008.

  1. zippy77777

    zippy77777 Notebook Geek

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    Its really bugging me coz whatever it is it keeps coming on when i am using the touchpad the page either scrolls up or down really quickly and i dont want it too. I dont know how its doing it and I want to stop it.

    Can somebody tell me how I am activating it and is there a way of turning it off?

    Thanking you in advance...
     
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Which OS?
    Go into control panel > Mouse > Synaptics Device Settings > Select the touchpad, and click on Settings. The properties windows will appear and you can configure the settings for Virtual Scrolling.

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    (Or you can disable the touchpad through Fn+F7)
     
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    zippy77777 Notebook Geek

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    Thank you...
     
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