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« on: February 04, 2007, 12:39:37 AM » |
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I want to adjust the sensitivity of the mousepad on my laptop. I did this a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty straightforward - right clicked on the appropriate icon on the bottom right of the screen and Bob's your uncle. For some reason, the icon isn't showing up anymore, and I can't find any other way to get to the doodah (technical term) that will let me change the settings. Anyone?
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2007, 12:42:04 AM » |
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not on the laptop at the moment, but is there not an option in the control panel?
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2007, 12:43:05 AM » |
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not on the laptop at the moment, but is there not an option in the control panel?
nothing obvious...I've tried in 'mouse' |
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2007, 12:46:48 AM » |
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OK - when I click on the mouse icon in the control panel I'm getting a message saying 'unable to connect to the synaptics pointing device driver'....could that be part of the problem?
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2007, 12:48:03 AM » |
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Control panel>mouse>device settings highlight your device and click settings, all options are there
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2007, 12:51:05 AM » |
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OK - when I click on the mouse icon in the control panel I'm getting a message saying 'unable to connect to the synaptics pointing device driver'....could that be part of the problem?
Make sure it is working properly. control panel>system>hardware>device manager Look at "mice and other pointing devices" check it's installed correctly or just update driver with windows generic. |
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2007, 12:51:42 AM » |
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Control panel>mouse>device settings highlight your device and click settings, all options are there
I can't see a 'device settings' option  Nothing in there is brining up the doodah I used before... |
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2007, 12:52:07 AM » |
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OK - when I click on the mouse icon in the control panel I'm getting a message saying 'unable to connect to the synaptics pointing device driver'....could that be part of the problem?
Make sure it is working properly. control panel>system>hardware>device manager Look at "mice and other pointing devices" check it's installed correctly or just update driver with windows generic. thanks - I'll try that |
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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2007, 12:59:44 AM » |
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all fixed now - just restarted the machine and the icon was back there at the bottom.
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2007, 01:23:53 AM » |
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all fixed now - just restarted the machine and the icon was back there at the bottom.
Turning it off and on again - always worth a go with any computer problem. |
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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2007, 01:25:12 AM » |
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Yeah silly me assumed it was gone after a reboot.
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« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2007, 03:08:37 PM » |
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