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    How do I adjust the touchpad's pointer sensitivity?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Relyks, May 2, 2011.

  1. Relyks

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    How do I adjust the touchpad's pointer sensitivity? In the alien touch menu all of the sensitivity options seem to just change how hard the touchpad has to be pressed.
     
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    Under mouse settings in the Windows control panel.
     
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    Oh, I was hoping i'd be able to change the touch-pad sensitivity independently from the mouse sensitivity.
     
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    There should be a tab for the Synaptics driver (if you have it installed) under the mouse settings where you can change the sensitivity of the touchpad. I'm assuming the R3 touchpad uses similar drivers to the R2.
     
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    Wearing gloves reduces the sensitivity greatly.
     
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    I found the Synaptics program. The glide option is grayed out...this is the option i'm looking for I believe. How do i enable this option?
     
    Relyks, May 3, 2011
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