my sony vaio VGX-xl 100 has a wireless keyboard with touchpad. Does anybody know how to alter the properties?
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There should be some options in Control Panel, an icon in the bottom right next to the time, or there should be an application on the start menu.
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The keyboard normally comes with a disk to help you with that. Failing that, download it from their site.
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dear friend u must install driver for it\nu can find it in cds \nu must install driver for pointing stick and your touch pad\nif can nor find it have a look in www.dell.com and serach for your Dell model and downloadable softwares\n\n&#92;befor that go too contrl panel>mouse and see if is there any touch pad or device select tab\nif u have "device select" tab beshure that your touch pad in enable\nmaybe it's disable
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It's more than just touching, because it has to be something that is conductive.  Hence, a touchpad won't work with a fingernail or a pencil, etc, but will work with cheese or a piece of meat.
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get a usb mouse that will fix it temp.  you might have to call the tech in to get that fixed.  Sounds like that pad has died for the click feature
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I got a brand new VAIO Notebook =D
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Depends on your computer, and it depends on the software installed.  Typically, you can look in your network connections and disable the "network connection" that corresponds to the your Bluetooth controller card.\n\nFor non techies:\n\n1) Go to Start > Settings > Network Connections\n2) Scroll to the right until you can read the "Device Name" column\n3) Right click on the item with "...bluetooth..." somewhere in it and select "disable"...\n\nIf your item does not support network control... look for an icon in the lower right corner of your screen, next to the time that looks like a blue on white, or white on blue "squiggly."  Right click on it and find the option for "disable" or "power down".
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The keyboard on a laptop is not usually 101 keys. (They usually have about 88). You might want to check what the correct driver is for your keyboad and install it. If you boot it in Safe Mode it might work enough for you to fix it.
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One of the keys on the keyboard is a monitor switcher.  It will have a little square with rounded corners on the bottom.  You have to hold down the Function key (Fn) and press that key to change where the laptop sends the video signal.
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Your laptop does have a numeric keypad.\n\n789\nUIO\nJKL\nM\n\nHold down the FN key, then press the number/letter.
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Paint? Decals? haha, I would suggest a new keyboard... but laptop keyboards (While not impossible) are rather difficult to replace.  And doing so on your own most certainly voids the warranty.  How bout permanant marker?  The silver ones, or gold ones.  There's an idea.\n-Duo
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>_> That was a real question?!\n\nOK, almost all laptops have a Fn or Function key, and the IOP,JKL,and BNM< keys work as a keypad when the Fn key is pressed.
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look at your manual for the key combo to change screen\nhook up the other screen.\n\non my toshiba it is fn+ f5 but it changes between manufacture and model\n\nuse the key combo and you are set.
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You might look for a patch on the manufacturers website first. If this doesnt help, simply uninstall the keyboard software and driver and use the standard microsoft keyboard driver. You may loose some special functions such as battery level warning and specialized keys but your keyboard should still run fine. I use the ms standard driver in all my systems simply because I dont want all that crap eating ram. Keep spare batteries for your mouse and keyboard and if either stops working replace the batteries.
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I've replaced a keyboard on a Dell Latitude laptop before.  I got the replacement part of ebay for about $15.\n\nIt was actually VERY easy to replace.\n\n1.  Remove screws from the base of the laptop\n2.  Pop up the top (the part surrounding the keyboard)\n3.  The keyboard usually sits above the motherboard (the main big board that is your 'computer') and is attached by some screws and one data ribbon that connects to the mother board. \n4.  Remove the keyboard screws\n5.  CAREFULLY pull the ribbon out of the socket it is attached too (if you aren't sure at this point, put it back together and pay someone to do this.  If you break the attachment, you will cost yourself a lot more in repair costs).  It is pretty sturdy though, and you should be okay.\n\n6. Take the new keyboard and attach the ribbon first. \n7. Screw down the new keyboard\n8. Place the top casing back on\n\nYou should be careful of being in a fairly static free environment (don't rub a ballon on your head, for example).  However, the replacement is really not too difficult.  It's meant to be pretty simple because keyboards receive a lot of abuse and eventually need replacing anyway.\n\nNOTE:  The work may be considered a violation of your warranty (if you still have one).  If you do have a warranty, contact the manufacturer.  Likely you don't still.  If you don't, you can do it yourself, or you can contact Best Buy (I think they have the "Geek Squad") or any Engineer that you know.\n\nGood luck!
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As well as the other answers...\n It sounds like one or more keys on the laptop are being\nshorted out, and the problem is getting worse. I have had this\nhappen on a few keyboards, for various reasons. \n If you can go to the Compaq website and find how to remove the keyboard, often just releasing two or more slid buttons \nat top or botom, or sliding keyboard up or down, and gently lifting, to expose a ribbon cable, which you usually snap out a wedge release and pull out cable, etc.\n THEN, you can examine the keyboard, or plug in an external\nkeyboard, without interference from the "suspect" keyboard.\nSince the touchpad, and the self-suspend mode are also\nmalfunctioning ( these may be keyboard controlled ! ), there\nmay be a larger problem with the I/O connctor from the laptop top, to the motherboard. I suspect mechanical problems. Could the keyboard have been squished, and had buttons pressed too hard, which had caused contacts to \ntouch at random? There is a number of keyboard -design peculiarities I have run across with DRY contamination- whereby the traces on the circuitboard itself, particularly\nsilver painted ( probably multi process electroplating )\nor black carbon paint traces, will produce a fine powder,\nwhich drifts across the circuitboard, gradually shorting the\ntraces, causing random inputs. This dry silver, or black powder can be virtually invisible to the naked eye, and must\nbe cleaned off with a damp cloth, gently... It is the exact same powder that shorts out many remote controls for TV etc. and shorts out many game pads...\n Based on the behaviour of the keyboard, and the fact that nothing is wet, this would be my first bet.\n Laptop keyboards are "one-of a-kind " and there are no rules, as manufacturers boldly try every new idea to make them thinner and lighter... \n I dont think that the keys themselves are at fault, and that you have to look at the actual traces UNDER the keys...\nIt is a bit difficult, and you must proceed slowly and carefully...\n With ordinary Desktop keyboards, my advice on this ANSWER \nforum, is as follows... and some of the same advice still applies...\n\nMost of the answers already have some merit.\nI have a couple of older keyboards that I really like\nthe key action, the placement, and the key sizes.\n(the backspace is two keys wide, The ENTER is two buttons wide and two buttons tall, such as an IBM Selectric, etc.) \n There are about 5 different kinds of keyboard construction.\nThere are also dozens of rare models, and depending on what\nkind it is, you either can take it apart fairly easily,\nor you should not even open the case! One type of IBM board\nhas a coil spring under each key with a rocker arm. The spring is like the one in a ball point pen, and all are loaded, so that if you take the top and bottom halves apart, you end up with hundreds of springs and parts flying all over the room.\n However. 99% of keyboards are not as complicated. Many keyboards have screws on the back. If so you can use a phillips screwdriver (star) and remove them. The top and bottom of the keyboard usually have snaps that generally open from the front first, and hinge on the back. Gently pop the two halves.  If there are no screws then the halves just pop.\nUse a flat screwdriver to pop along the seams. Every couple of inches there will be a snap.\n You will generally see one of 2 basic types today.\nThere will be a green cirucuit board with copper traces on it, covered by a rubber sheet with buttons in it, or you will find each key has a tiny rubber button -- open the keyboard upside down, so the keys and buttons are held\nin place...\nNote that the SPACE bar, the ENTER and other wide keys may have two buttons, and a wire or plastic bar underneath that has an arm on each end to keep the wide key from wobbling from side to side. These vary quite a bit in how they snap in place. You have to figure out how to unsnap them - usually by springing in the two ends which ar
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You require a KVM switch (keyboard video mouse).\nYou will also require cables to go with it.\nYou may get away with just the video cable in your case, but better have keyboard & mouse aswell, or you run the risk of a live keyboard with the Xbox display - who knows wahat might be accidentally pressed!