On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:44:50 -0500
Dale Erwin wrote:
> Well, it seems that the touchpad was not disabled after all. Maybe it
> has to be done each time I turn the thing on. I also have noticed now
> (didn't notice it before) that when the touchpad is tuned OFF, a small
> led lights up above
Well, it seems that the touchpad was not disabled after all. Maybe it
has to be done each time I turn the thing on. I also have noticed now
(didn't notice it before) that when the touchpad is tuned OFF, a small
led lights up above it, so that should be a good indicator for me. I
sure hope th
Rory and Dennis and Virgil, thanks but...
I had a laptop before but I did not use it much. It was (and still is)
my wife's machine) so I learned a long time ago that I can't tolerate
the touchpad. Since the first day I got this new laptop, I have been
using a USB mouse and have the touchpad
I feel confident that your touchpad is the culprit.
Sometimes, my touchpad will sense the slightest brush of my thumb.
Sometimes, if I even slightly move my thumb over the pad, it will actually
highlight text and as soon as I type another letter, it will replace all the
selected text with my n
My experience is that if the hand is resting on the laptop surface, the
touchpad can detect pressure on the case as movement. The symptoms are exactly
as described.
Try working with the hands not resting/pressing on the case. The USB mouse is
still a good idea, although it doesn't deactivate
On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:33:04 -0500
Dale Erwin wrote:
> I have recently (last October) acquired a new laptop and got rid of my
> desktop. It's a Dell with Intel quad-core processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
> running Win 7 Home Premium. I believe that when I installed OpenOffice
> on this machine it
I have recently (last October) acquired a new laptop and got rid of my
desktop. It's a Dell with Intel quad-core processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
running Win 7 Home Premium. I believe that when I installed OpenOffice
on this machine it was the first time I had used version 3.4.1. I think
my deskt
