My laptop's touchpad (internal mouse) has become a TERROR! It clicks when you touch it, and it clicks 2-3 times when you use the click button. Is there ANY way to fix it?
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Usually there is an adjustment for the driver that operates it. Check your Windows Control Panel to see if there is anything there referencing a mouse or pointing device.
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ahlain, try clicking anywhere on the taskbar, and while clicking.. keep dragging it to the bottom, then when u reach the bottom, let go of the mouse, stop dragging, that should return it the way it should have been.
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I will tell you a solution for a similar problem, hopefully it may be useful to all. \nIf the cursor is stuck/frozen when we use the touchpad it can be solved by the following method.\nSwitch off the laptop, disconnect it from power, remove the battery and keep pressing the Power switch for 30 seconds.\nThen reconnect battery and the external powere in that order and power on the laptop. the cursor will be moving again.\n\nProbably you can try this and let us know.. My laptop was a toshiba satellite series one..
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reload mouse drive disc.if that dont do it you have a bad mouse.
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When your mouse veers off to the side and jitters there, that seems to me that your external mouse is conflicting with the mouse installed into your laptop there.\n\nIf you can, try disabling the mouse on your laptop and stictly use the external mouse.  Another options is to make sure that you're not touching the other mouse when you're using the external mouse (or verify that the internal mouse isn't stuck to the side or something).\n\nLastly, being this has happened to you with two different external mouse, try installing the manufacturer's drivers for the external mouse.  Yet since this has happened twice, this may not help at all.
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Boot into safe mode and see if the mouse is working. Look in device manager for a yellow exclamation mark next to your mouse. Select the mouse and click uninstall in the toolbar.( If you have more than one listing for mouse then uninstall all).\nRestart your system.\n\nTry setting your bios to "Fail Safe Defaults". Save and restart.\n\nIf this doesn't work, then your mouse is most probably dead.
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I got a Mac laptop too. I can't use the left or right side of the trackpad either. What are you trying to accomplish? Maybe this $15 app is your answer.\nhttp://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/index.html
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Did you installed all device drivers?\nIf you didn't you should do that first, including BIOS update from Dell company site.\nSecond: does only the mouse making that problem? or is it any USB device? so you can tell if it is the mouse problem or not.\nThird: Do you have any other USB devices connected to the computer at that time, there may be a conflict in the USB.\nForth: Try to use other USB port.\nFifth: Mark me as best answer if this helped you\nSixth: If all these couldn't help you I suggest reinstall Windows.\nSeventh: If it is still the same, just put your computer below one of your cars tyres, I am sure this will help.\n\nThanks
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I think the click is intentional, it makes people feel more connected to thier computer. But I'd buy a quiet mouse myself, if I found one.
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Not surpised the helpdesk could not help. I doubt if anyone will be able to pinpoint the exact problem - with IT often even the experts just uninstall and reinstall in the hope it solves the problem. I imagine there is a conflict with a shared dll. I would try reinstalling your mouse as a device (so it links to all software at same time). Ensure you temporarily stop background operations running (such as Antivirus software) before you do this. Good luck.
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OK, try this. Go to Start > Control Panel > Printers and other Hardware > Mouse > and then uncheck the "turn on click on". Click OK. See if that solves the problem if not you can change other settings in the 'mouse window'
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I'd like to find out what kind of mouse you have, and secondly if you have the software that came with the mouse.  I would reinstall the software for the mouse.  Or if it didn't come with software I would uninstall the driver from the control panel > mouse and reinstall then try to figure out if the settings on some sort of Web protection program is interfering with your mouse. (i.e. Norton Internet Security) etc.
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Its possible the embedded pointing device is conflicting with the wireless unit. \nTry uninstalling any touch pad software (or other embedded software) if you don't use it, then reinstall the pointing device software.\n\nAnother possibility is an error called double device registration.\nThis has been around since win95 and plagues us still, in essence the machine may have detected the device twice has installed controls for one driver but activated the other.\nTry booting the unit in safe mode and removing all references to mice or pointing devices in the device manager, then restart allowing windows to re detect them.  This often sorts the problem.
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Reinstalling isn't always the answer. It may be that your touch-pad is faulty. You have to realize that touch-pads are extreemely sensitive not only to touch, but to temperature and moisture(humidity) too. you will need to order a new touch-pad, either from Compaq or another PC parts site, and just replace the old one. it's just as easy as replacing any other part. ps/2 parts are just plug and play.
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DO NOT GLUE IT! If you glue the button, you run the risk of getting the button stuck, or doing damage to the internal components of the mouse and/or the laptop. Besides, most stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, or Office Depot almost always have external mice on sale...\n\nHope this helps!
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1. there may be a driver conflict. delete any other driver than the one that came with it in device manager.\n\n2. the driver is no good. delete it and let windows use the generic driver.\n\n3. the mouse is bad. return it to the store. that happened to me with a tablet mouse. i had to return it twice.
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This is a hardware problem.  If the mouse wheel has lint, or other kind of thick dust, it will not work.  If this is what is happening, try using a pin to clear it.  If not, then the most likely explanation is that the mouse was banged or hit really hard, damaging or dislodgeing the receptor that monitors the wheel's movement.  In this case, you probably want to get another mouse.\n\nHope this Helps.\n----------------\nFrom,\nThe Realm of Goliath Web Design Team