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Old November 14th 17, 08:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul[_32_]
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Mayayana wrote:
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.


It says here the "focus follows mouse" is an Ease Of Access
tick box.

https://winaero.com/blog/turn-on-xmo...and-windows-7/

https://winaero.com/blog/wp-content/.../01/Xmouse.png

Paul

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