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Old November 14th 17, 02:53 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Mayayana
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Default Win8 mouse

Sort of a followup to my earlier post, but with a
different issue. I got a new SSD for the Asus I
asked about earlier. Windows installed without
problem, although it refused to allow MBR partitions
on a UEFI machine. Not a big deal, but I would
have liked to have stayed with the old system for
better compatibility.

The install found the Product key, which I copied
using Produkey, just in case it's needed later. But
the BIOS-embedded key seems to work fine, as
Paul predicted.

Now there's just one issue. I'm not sure if it's
Windows or a hardware glitch, but I seem to be
getting a focus-follows-mouse behavior. Selections
change with hover. Lingering over an item for a few
seconds becomes an involuntary click. I don't see
any related options in the mouse settings applet.
Is there another place where that might be
controlled? Or is it maybe a funky mousepad?
(This is a laptop and my experience with those is
very limited, so I don't know whether such
malfunctions are common.)

Also, thanks to those who suggested Classic Shell.
That saved me so much trouble. An effortless
Metro-killer. I then removed the "Windows Store"
from the taskbar and seem to be functionally free
of Metro.


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