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    keyboard hijacks trackpad?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by junkanoo, Oct 30, 2010.

  1. junkanoo

    junkanoo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got an acer 5742, i3, win7home64. synaptics touchpad 7.2.

    The trackpad becomes unresponsive for 0.5 seconds after each keystroke. For example, if I'm moving the pointer continously around the desktop, and i press a key, the pointer stops moving for 0.5 seconds.

    I've looked in control panel Mouse and Keyboard. It seems like this is normal behavior but it's very annoying and I don't remember previous notebooks with this behavior.

    Can I haz solution plz?
     
    junkanoo, Oct 30, 2010
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  2. Mesmer88

    Mesmer88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well the idea behind this is that you don't want unwanted mouse movement or clicks while typing. On my Acer it seems it disappeared after upgrading to the latest Synaptics drivers
     
    Mesmer88, Oct 30, 2010
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  3. kisetsu17

    kisetsu17 Took me long enough

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    You sure it ain't PalmCheck?
     
    kisetsu17, Oct 30, 2010
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    aylafan TimelineX Elite

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    Question: My keyboard and touchpad doesn't work at the same time. How do I fix this?

    Answer: In the Synaptics software, lower the sensitivity for "PalmCheck".
     
    aylafan, Oct 30, 2010
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  5. junkanoo

    junkanoo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Awesome, thanks guys. I changed PalmCheck to Minimum. I would have returned this notebook if I couldn't change that lol.
     
    junkanoo, Oct 30, 2010
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  6. shakennstirred

    shakennstirred Notebook Evangelist

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    no problems with this on my 8930g
     
    shakennstirred, Oct 30, 2010
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