i've taken it as a patience exercise.. my hp laptop flashes 'touchpad off' in nice big green letters when an external pointer is attached, to remind me.
it likes to remind me when i switch windows or apps, or when it's feeling friendly.
so ~ every 45 seconds my mouse stops responding for a second, usually when i'm attempting to drag the cursor to the other side of the window, requiring me to 'realign my mouse on the mousepad'
not good for eg. modular applications.
hp says 'nothing we know.' i'm guessing there's a registry entry i can create, like externalpointerremind=0 or something.
anyone know?
*TOUCHPAD OFF*
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okay, whichever one of you fuckheads edited my user acct so my mouse doesn't work at all..
GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!
GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!
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- 5782 posts since 10 Mar, 2003 from Music Shed #8
sorry about that. I've just phoned out for one actually - they said it'll be here in about 20 minutes.
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what about uninstalling or disabling the touchpad drivers?
the drivers on the touchpad with my dell cause me all kinds of annoyances, I simply uninstalled them and can forget it
alternatively, could you use windows device manager to completely disable the touchpad? It probably shows up as a ps/2 pointing device
(unless you need to use the pad sometimes)
hope it helps
the drivers on the touchpad with my dell cause me all kinds of annoyances, I simply uninstalled them and can forget it
alternatively, could you use windows device manager to completely disable the touchpad? It probably shows up as a ps/2 pointing device
(unless you need to use the pad sometimes)
hope it helps
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20 minutes? fast metabolism! i prefer at least half a dozen at once thoclueless wrote::hihi:
sorry about that. I've just phoned out for one actually - they said it'll be here in about 20 minutes.
mw - i drag it around, so use it, but that's probaly the best course.. keep the drivers on the desktop :p
reminds me of the synth in that michael hutchence film. paperclip anyone?
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.