On Wed, 8 May 2013 10:18:56 -0700 "Dennis E. Hamilton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some touchpads are sensitive to side pressure. > > So if you rest the heal of your hand on the laptop surface near the touchpad, > it might determine there is some touchpad contact that you don't intend. > > Also, some touchpad software can have special functions on the edges of the > touchpad area. Those can usually be disabled going into the touchpad > configuration/properties on the operating system. > > I have also seen problems of inability to maintain pointer position, and > these tend to be sporadic. One thing to do with OpenOffice installed is > disable the quick-start functionality and see if that helps. I don't think > OO is the problem but it might be a case of too many applications hooked into > the input stream. Also, on Windows laptops, you might check to see what > applications are in your startup list and see what ones you can disable > without any consequence. These will usually be identified as from > non-Microsoft sources. Custom screen savers and such, also screen capture > utilities might be disturbing things. > > - Dennis I have recently seen a review of a laptop which commented on the fact that if the laptop was not standing evenly on its four feet, the chassis flexed and gave spurious signals from the touchpad. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
