Laptop Touch Pad

I have a recent HP Envy laptop, with a Synaptics SMBus Touchpad (Win
10). I have never encountered a more frustrating device.

I have no interest in three finger scrolling, Smart sense and a
plethora of other options. I want to use that Touch pad akin to a
simple mouse. I have disabled most of the set-up options, and I am
still far from "happy". The most annoying touch pad response is that
nearly every time I toch that *&^%?? pad, a pop up menu appears. I do
NOT want any pop up menus, ever.

Can someone suggest how I can change the propertes for that damn pad,
so that it will react akin to a standard mouse. I should add that
using an external USB mouse would not be convenient.

Sure would appreciate any suggestions -dave

On 10/6/2016 1:24 PM, Dave C wrote:
I have a recent HP Envy laptop, with a Synaptics SMBus Touchpad (Win
10). I have never encountered a more frustrating device.

I have no interest in three finger scrolling, Smart sense and a
plethora of other options. I want to use that Touch pad akin to a
simple mouse. I have disabled most of the set-up options, and I am
still far from "happy". The most annoying touch pad response is that
nearly every time I toch that *&^%?? pad, a pop up menu appears. I do
NOT want any pop up menus, ever.

Can someone suggest how I can change the propertes for that damn pad,
so that it will react akin to a standard mouse. I should add that
using an external USB mouse would not be convenient.

Sure would appreciate any suggestions -dave

I have a similar Synaptics touchpad on my Toshiba notebooks, and don't
see those particular behaviors, though on my Win8 notebook, I see others
that are at least as annoying, if not more so.

Have you tried changing any of the settings using the Pointing Device
Properties (either in the Control Panel or on the Taskbar)? You should
be able to disable the scrolling functions there.

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Best regards,

Neil

On 10/06/2016 2:17 PM, Neil wrote:
On 10/6/2016 1:24 PM, Dave C wrote:
I have a recent HP Envy laptop, with a Synaptics SMBus Touchpad (Win
10). I have never encountered a more frustrating device.

I have no interest in three finger scrolling, Smart sense and a
plethora of other options. I want to use that Touch pad akin to a
simple mouse. I have disabled most of the set-up options, and I am
still far from "happy". The most annoying touch pad response is that
nearly every time I toch that *&^%?? pad, a pop up menu appears. I do
NOT want any pop up menus, ever.

Can someone suggest how I can change the propertes for that damn pad,
so that it will react akin to a standard mouse. I should add that
using an external USB mouse would not be convenient.

Sure would appreciate any suggestions -dave

I have a similar Synaptics touchpad on my Toshiba notebooks, and don't
see those particular behaviors, though on my Win8 notebook, I see others
that are at least as annoying, if not more so.

Have you tried changing any of the settings using the Pointing Device
Properties (either in the Control Panel or on the Taskbar)? You should
be able to disable the scrolling functions there.

You may reset the touch pad to default settings. It is possible that in
trying to correct the problem you made it worse.

On 10/6/2016 2:29 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 10/06/2016 2:17 PM, Neil wrote:
On 10/6/2016 1:24 PM, Dave C wrote:
I have a recent HP Envy laptop, with a Synaptics SMBus Touchpad (Win
10). I have never encountered a more frustrating device.

I have no interest in three finger scrolling, Smart sense and a
plethora of other options. I want to use that Touch pad akin to a
simple mouse. I have disabled most of the set-up options, and I am
still far from "happy". The most annoying touch pad response is that
nearly every time I toch that *&^%?? pad, a pop up menu appears. I do
NOT want any pop up menus, ever.

Can someone suggest how I can change the propertes for that damn pad,
so that it will react akin to a standard mouse. I should add that
using an external USB mouse would not be convenient.

Sure would appreciate any suggestions -dave

I have a similar Synaptics touchpad on my Toshiba notebooks, and don't
see those particular behaviors, though on my Win8 notebook, I see others
that are at least as annoying, if not more so.

Have you tried changing any of the settings using the Pointing Device
Properties (either in the Control Panel or on the Taskbar)? You should
be able to disable the scrolling functions there.

You may reset the touch pad to default settings. It is possible that in
trying to correct the problem you made it worse.

Are you replying to the OP? There are no settings associated with the
misbehavior that I'm dealing with. I also haven't seen any popup menus
that are unrelated to things like right-clicks and such.

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Best regards,

Neil

On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 14:45:19 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 10/6/2016 2:29 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 10/06/2016 2:17 PM, Neil wrote:
On 10/6/2016 1:24 PM, Dave C wrote:
I have a recent HP Envy laptop, with a Synaptics SMBus Touchpad (Win
10). I have never encountered a more frustrating device.

I have no interest in three finger scrolling, Smart sense and a
plethora of other options. I want to use that Touch pad akin to a
simple mouse. I have disabled most of the set-up options, and I am
still far from "happy". The most annoying touch pad response is that
nearly every time I toch that *&^%?? pad, a pop up menu appears. I do
NOT want any pop up menus, ever.

Can someone suggest how I can change the propertes for that damn pad,
so that it will react akin to a standard mouse. I should add that
using an external USB mouse would not be convenient.

Sure would appreciate any suggestions -dave

I have a similar Synaptics touchpad on my Toshiba notebooks, and don't
see those particular behaviors, though on my Win8 notebook, I see others
that are at least as annoying, if not more so.

Have you tried changing any of the settings using the Pointing Device
Properties (either in the Control Panel or on the Taskbar)? You should
be able to disable the scrolling functions there.

You may reset the touch pad to default settings. It is possible that in
trying to correct the problem you made it worse.

Are you replying to the OP? There are no settings associated with the
misbehavior that I'm dealing with. I also haven't seen any popup menus
that are unrelated to things like right-clicks and such.

I have tried, maybe three times, to restart from a "factory reset". I
have since disabled all pad options, less the seemingly Needed
Clicking option.

Neil, might i impose on you ? Could you post your relevant pad
settngs, that you are successfully using.? I sorta doubt that my
performance issue is related to my using Win 10 v your 8 OS?

I have never been more frustrated, than with that da*&* Touchpad!!!

On 10/7/2016 1:39 PM, Dave C wrote:
On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 14:45:19 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 10/6/2016 2:29 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 10/06/2016 2:17 PM, Neil wrote:
On 10/6/2016 1:24 PM, Dave C wrote:
I have a recent HP Envy laptop, with a Synaptics SMBus Touchpad (Win
10). I have never encountered a more frustrating device.

I have no interest in three finger scrolling, Smart sense and a
plethora of other options. I want to use that Touch pad akin to a
simple mouse. I have disabled most of the set-up options, and I am
still far from "happy". The most annoying touch pad response is that
nearly every time I toch that *&^%?? pad, a pop up menu appears. I do
NOT want any pop up menus, ever.

Can someone suggest how I can change the propertes for that damn pad,
so that it will react akin to a standard mouse. I should add that
using an external USB mouse would not be convenient.

Sure would appreciate any suggestions -dave

I have a similar Synaptics touchpad on my Toshiba notebooks, and don't
see those particular behaviors, though on my Win8 notebook, I see others
that are at least as annoying, if not more so.

Have you tried changing any of the settings using the Pointing Device
Properties (either in the Control Panel or on the Taskbar)? You should
be able to disable the scrolling functions there.

You may reset the touch pad to default settings. It is possible that in
trying to correct the problem you made it worse.

Are you replying to the OP? There are no settings associated with the
misbehavior that I'm dealing with. I also haven't seen any popup menus
that are unrelated to things like right-clicks and such.

I have tried, maybe three times, to restart from a "factory reset". I
have since disabled all pad options, less the seemingly Needed
Clicking option.

Neil, might i impose on you ? Could you post your relevant pad
settngs, that you are successfully using.? I sorta doubt that my
performance issue is related to my using Win 10 v your 8 OS?

I have never been more frustrated, than with that da*&* Touchpad!!!

Sure... from the "Mouse Properties" control (Synaptics Pointing Device
icon - Properties), go to the Device Settings tab, then click the
"Settings" button. This brings up a list of options, such as your "two
finger scroll", "pinch zoom" etc.

De-Select what you don't want.

HTH.

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Best regards,

Neil