Laptop MousePad too sensitive

Samsung P580

Went into mouse and set to most insensitive.
But did not seem to change it.

Where else do I get to set that sensitivity?

I lightly drag my finger over the pad and all sorts of things happen.
Sometimes I get a slider mouse icon.
Sometimes I get stuff being dragged.

Terrible!

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OldGuy wrote:
Samsung P580

Went into mouse and set to most insensitive.
But did not seem to change it.

Where else do I get to set that sensitivity?

I lightly drag my finger over the pad and all sorts of things happen.
Sometimes I get a slider mouse icon.
Sometimes I get stuff being dragged.

Terrible!

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Get a Logitech M325 Wireless mouse and set the touch-pad to be off
when a mouse is plugged in. That's what I did with my Samsung.

--
GW Ross

Death to all fanatics!

G. Ross wrote:
OldGuy wrote:
Samsung P580

Went into mouse and set to most insensitive.
But did not seem to change it.

Where else do I get to set that sensitivity?

I lightly drag my finger over the pad and all sorts of things happen.
Sometimes I get a slider mouse icon.
Sometimes I get stuff being dragged.

Terrible!

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Get a Logitech M325 Wireless mouse and set the touch-pad to be off
when a mouse is plugged in. That's what I did with my Samsung.

Ditto here (but an M187, not sure what the difference is). Touchpads are
ghastly, I don't know why so many people put up with them.

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

In message , Mike Barnes
writes:
G. Ross wrote:
[]
Get a Logitech M325 Wireless mouse and set the touch-pad to be off
when a mouse is plugged in. That's what I did with my Samsung.

Ditto here (but an M187, not sure what the difference is). Touchpads
are ghastly, I don't know why so many people put up with them.

Neither is a solution to the OP's problem though (-:!

I thought when I first got (a machine with) one that I'd never get on
with it either; however, I now find them quite intuitive (when they're
working properly! The OP's one sounds as if it definitely isn't),
including the double-tap for click and the tap-drag.

I usually turn off the extra features like the simulation of a wheel at
one edge, but that's probably something I should give a try to.
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asked to leave - all members in his class had begun to speak like him.
Stuart Hall, RT 7-13 August 2010

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Mike Barnes
writes:
G. Ross wrote:
[]
Get a Logitech M325 Wireless mouse and set the touch-pad to be off
when a mouse is plugged in. That's what I did with my Samsung.

Ditto here (but an M187, not sure what the difference is). Touchpads
are ghastly, I don't know why so many people put up with them.

Neither is a solution to the OP's problem though (-:!

I thought when I first got (a machine with) one that I'd never get on
with it either; however, I now find them quite intuitive (when they're
working properly! The OP's one sounds as if it definitely isn't),
including the double-tap for click and the tap-drag.

I usually turn off the extra features like the simulation of a wheel at
one edge, but that's probably something I should give a try to.

The touchpad has "two personalities".

With no filter driver in place, it should provide
"mouse coordinates". The entire surface should function
only as a mouse.

If it has actual physical clicky buttons around the
periphery, those probably work as mouse buttons.

When you install the filter driver, then the byte
stream is interpreted, some areas of the touchpad
become "active functions" or the thing accepts
"gestures". And that's all the magic performed
by the filter driver.

So if a virtual function was ****ing you off,
the filter driver would be responsible. If on the
other hand, you simply didn't want the touchpad
doing anything, you'd seek to disable the HID device
for it in Device Manager.

Some laptops have controls for turning the touchpad
on and off. I've never bothered to look in the
manual for my laptop, for that control. I just
keep my hands off the touchpad... I use a tiny
laptop mouse instead (two button, maybe 1" wide
or so). I doubt you can still buy these, because
the first link is from the year 2000.

Mitsumi ECM-S6003
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/mobil...08/mitsumi.gif

http://www.xappec.jp/mc/fp_s6004/fp1_01.jpg

Paul

On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:51:21 -0800, OldGuy
wrote:

Samsung P580

Went into mouse and set to most insensitive.
But did not seem to change it.

Where else do I get to set that sensitivity?

I lightly drag my finger over the pad and all sorts of things happen.
Sometimes I get a slider mouse icon.
Sometimes I get stuff being dragged.

I wish my mousepad worked as well as yours. I have very dry
hands. I have had my mousepad register a click when I was not
touching the mousepad.

Terrible!

I prefer a later poster's word choice: ghastly.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

In message , Paul
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
Neither is a solution to the OP's problem though (-:!
I thought when I first got (a machine with) one that I'd never get
on with it either; however, I now find them quite intuitive (when
they're working properly! The OP's one sounds as if it definitely
isn't), including the double-tap for click and the tap-drag.
I usually turn off the extra features like the simulation of a wheel
at one edge, but that's probably something I should give a try to.

The touchpad has "two personalities".

With no filter driver in place, it should provide
"mouse coordinates". The entire surface should function
only as a mouse.

If it has actual physical clicky buttons around the
periphery, those probably work as mouse buttons.

Though I think double-tap-to-click is built into the firmware.

When you install the filter driver, then the byte
stream is interpreted, some areas of the touchpad
become "active functions" or the thing accepts
"gestures". And that's all the magic performed
by the filter driver.

So if a virtual function was ****ing you off,
the filter driver would be responsible. If on the
other hand, you simply didn't want the touchpad
doing anything, you'd seek to disable the HID device
for it in Device Manager.

Sometimes individual "features" can be turned off, independently of the
others.

Some laptops have controls for turning the touchpad
on and off. I've never bothered to look in the
manual for my laptop, for that control. I just
keep my hands off the touchpad... I use a tiny

It's nearly always Fn plus one of the F keys; if you really are finding
you need to keep your hands off it, look at the arcane symbols on the F
keys to work out which one. I don't know if it remembers between
sessions.

laptop mouse instead (two button, maybe 1" wide
or so). I doubt you can still buy these, because
the first link is from the year 2000.

I've seen them for sale (tiny mice that is, not necessarily the one you
mention).
[]
I once had a tiny trackball (looped over one finger, or at least could).
I think you can still get them.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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