MY MOUSE

[Guest]

MY MOUSE ON LAPTOP WON'T DOUBLE CLICK ON PAD ONLY ON LEFT MOUSE BUTTON, I
WANT TO DO BOTH! I DON'T WHY IT SWITCHED, HELP!

 

[Gordon]

MY MOUSE ON LAPTOP WON'T DOUBLE CLICK ON PAD ONLY ON LEFT MOUSE BUTTON, I
WANT TO DO BOTH! I DON'T WHY IT SWITCHED, HELP!

Firstly, please do NOT post in all caps - it's the Usenet equivalent of
SHOUTING!
Go to Control Panel - Mouse and check the settings there.
HTH

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

I don't know what double click on pad means.

 

[Guest]

I believe the OP is saying that the touchpad doesn't work, only the mose is
working.

MD

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Sounds normal to me.

 

[Guest]

i meant i can't tap my pad on my l.t. to double click items, i have to use
the left button

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

I've never been able to tap the pad to simulate a double click.

 

[Malke]

i meant i can't tap my pad on my l.t. to double click items, i have to
use the left button

This function is usually provided by the touchpad drivers. If this
worked before and suddenly stopped working:

1. Check the touchpad settings from the Mouse applet in Control Panel or
if your laptop mftr. provided a standalone touchpad configuration
program use that.

2. If changing settings works, you're done.

3. If the settings are the way you want them but the function doesn't
work, reinstall your touchpad drivers/configuration utility. Get them
from the laptop mftr.'s tech support website for your specific model
computer.

4. Make sure you don't have any other "hot key" type of software that is
interfering with the touchpad function. Ask yourself the First Question
Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the
time they didn't?

5. If this was a sudden change and you don't know what you did, do a
System Restore to when things worked.
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

6. If you are unable to fix this with software, perhaps it is a hardware
problem with the laptop keyboard/touchpad. Contact the laptop mftr.'s
tech report for repair/replacement.

Malke

 

[Gordon]

i meant i can't tap my pad on my l.t. to double click items, i have to use
the left button

I thought the pad was there to move the pointer, not to double-click?

 

[Malke]

I thought the pad was there to move the pointer, not to double-click?

Some of them have a tap function which does [something]. You have to set
it to do that, maybe just by enabling it in the Control Panel applet.

Malke

 

[cschiller1]

Normally there are buttons to the side of the pad that act like mouse
buttons. You don't tap the pad itself.

Craig

 

[Phil Weldon]

'ADRIENNE' wrote:
|i meant i can't tap my pad on my l.t. to double click items, i have to use
| the left button
_____

Look in 'Control Panel' for 'Mouse'. Open 'Mouse'. There should be a tab
for 'Tapping'. Check the box to enable tapping. There also should be
settings.

Phil Weldon

|i meant i can't tap my pad on my l.t. to double click items, i have to use
| the left button
|
|
| "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
|
| > I don't know what double click on pad means.
| >
| > --
| > Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
| > http://www.fjsmjs.com
| >
| >
| > | > > MY MOUSE ON LAPTOP WON'T DOUBLE CLICK ON PAD ONLY ON LEFT MOUSE
BUTTON, I
| > > WANT TO DO BOTH! I DON'T WHY IT SWITCHED, HELP!
| >
| >
| >

 

[Andrew Murray]

MY MOUSE ON LAPTOP WON'T DOUBLE CLICK ON PAD ONLY ON LEFT MOUSE BUTTON, I
WANT TO DO BOTH! I DON'T WHY IT SWITCHED, HELP!

It looks like your Caps Lock key is broken too.