If you must have it on, set its settings to as close as Slow as possible.Īt the bottom, click Apply, and click OK.

It's a GREAT feature for zooming in mouse-action programs such as Internet Explorer, BUT it can also misdirect your mouse pointer in keyboard-action programs such as Notepad and Works Word On the left side, Click Pinch Zoom, and turn that feature OFF. In the middle between Light Touch and Heavy Touch (or, preferably leaning just a tad bit more towards the 3rd Bar from the left, IF your surrounding room temperature is cold). If this is the case, it can result in reduced functionality of the mouse. Next, Click Touch Sensitivity on the left and move the slider directly If the mouse cursor only acts erratically or jumps around while playing a video game, the computer may not have enough RAM or video memory. Click PalmCheck, and move the slider to the 2nd from left Bar below the slider. On the left side of the pop-up window, Click the + sign next to Pointing, then + sign next to Sensitivity. (Click Control Panel, Mouse, Device Settings, (Make sure Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointing device is attached Box is CHECKED), then click Settings. Go to your Synaptic's properties settings. The best solution that I found for my laptop, is as follows: That I'm typing in, is touching the rightmost edge of the screen. Especially if the right border of the window It's usually jumps all the way or mostly to the right of the screen.

I found out that, for some reason, when you're typing, simple movements on the mouse pad can make the cursor jump to the edge of the screen.

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