Wake-up mouse sensitivity - can it be reduced? My kid keeps jumping!

[dean]

My XP PC keeps waking up when people (especially my 3-year-old) walk
around and vibrate the floor, presumably moving the mouse a pixel or
two. Can this be adjusted? I mean, can you make it need a real 'swipe'
over the mouse mat to wake up?

Thanks

Dean

 

[Guest]

Hi Dean:

Try this little puppy from MS:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Mark

 

[dean]

Hi Mark - do you mean the Tweak UI program in there?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My XP PC keeps waking up when people (especially my 3-year-old) walk
around and vibrate the floor, presumably moving the mouse a pixel or
two. Can this be adjusted? I mean, can you make it need a real 'swipe'
over the mouse mat to wake up?

When you're not using the computer, turn the mouse over and let it rest on
its back.

 

[Guest]

Dean: yes. Lots of little annoyance solvers and handy "work fasters" in
there.

 

[Guest]

And if you scratch it's tummy it will go right to sleep. : )

 

[dean]

Ken - LOL why didn't think of that!?

But if I shine a flashlight at it, it comes back on! I will try it
tonight with the lights. Maybe I will need to put a box over it

 

[Plato]

My XP PC keeps waking up when people (especially my 3-year-old) walk
around and vibrate the floor, presumably moving the mouse a pixel or
two. Can this be adjusted? I mean, can you make it need a real 'swipe'
over the mouse mat to wake up?

A non-issue.

 

[dean]

Ok, my issue is not important to Plato!

lol

A non-issue.

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Dean,
The only thing I can think of is to adjust the mouse pointer speed slower,
and see if that helps.

Start>Control Panel>Mouse, then select the "Pointer Options" tab, and the
topmost slider adjusts how far the mouse pointer moves with a given move of
the mouse itself. Don't know if this will work, but it's worth a shot.
--
Curt BD-MVBT

http://dundats.mvps.org/
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[Guest]

LOL He didn't say it was not important, only that it did not even rank as an
issue!! Does that mean it is neither trivial nor important? Technically, is
that the same thing? And all this from someone who walks among the olive
trees (or was that Socrates?).

 

[dean]

Socrate would never listen to this Plato. Share some hemlock with him
perhaps

 

[Bob I]

Disable the mouse from waking up the PC, only allow the keyboard to do it.

 

[dean]

Bob - I can't see anything in the control panel for the power options
to disable this. Where is that setting?

And thanks - it looks like the perfect solution.

Dean

 

[Bob I]

Device Manager, Mice, Properties, Power Management tab.