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    Sensitive Mousepad

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by scourge18a, Jul 2, 2009.

  1. scourge18a

    scourge18a Notebook Consultant

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    Alright I know this is a bit of a stupid question but ever since I installed Win 7 I have noticed my mousepad being supersensitive. I will be typing away and sometimes I am sure that my hand does not touch the pad but my cursor will move and get clicked and messes everything up while I am typing. I know this sounds medial however it's driving me freakin nuts.
    Does anyone know if the sensitivity can be reduced in Win 7 or if there is anything else I can do here?
     
    scourge18a, Jul 2, 2009
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  2. Eivind

    Eivind Notebook Evangelist

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    Use an USB-mouse and disable the touchpad. Or just disable the touchpad while typing.
     
    Eivind, Jul 2, 2009
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    tsy0716 Newbie

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    u may use the latest driver from Synaptics for Vista, and there are options for u 2 adjust the sensitivity of your mouse pad, however, the best choice is using a usb external mouse.
     
    tsy0716, Jul 3, 2009
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  4. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Yup try adjusting the settings in the driver.

    Also if you have hotkeys installed try Fn + F1 when you type and undo every time your done .. bit inconvenient though
     
    X2P, Jul 4, 2009
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    sujinge9 Notebook Evangelist

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    Er... actaully I find that in both vista and 7, the mousepad is too insensitive. And changing the settings inthe drivers get reset after every restart.
     
    sujinge9, Jul 4, 2009
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  6. scourge18a

    scourge18a Notebook Consultant

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    thanks everyone, I use an external mouse on occasion but I will search once again for newer drivers. It would just be a pain in the arse to disable the pad all the time. But thanks for the input.
     
    scourge18a, Jul 4, 2009
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  7. Tarentum

    Tarentum Notebook Deity

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    I run a program called Touch Freeze (2megs of memory) to disable my touchpad while I type. It's fixed any (relatively minor) issues I had with the touchpad being too sensitive (and my typing skipping around). And yeah, I don't touch the touchpad while I type either and noticed my typing skipping around. Possible circuit flaw? :/
     
    Tarentum, Jul 5, 2009
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