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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / May 2008How to disable automatic ('pre-emptive'?) mouse clicking?
Hi, I am trying to teach an elderly neighbour how to use her very first computer, and it came with Vista pre-loaded -so it is something of a voyage of discovery for both of us. (I use XP myself.) One 'feature' I've noticed in Vista is that if one places one's cursor over an icon, the system seems to pre-empt what you want to do, acts as if you have already clicked the icon and launches whatever the icon relates to. I'm not sure what this feature is really called. My neighbour's mouse skills are currently extremely poor, (she's never used one before, and actually finds the touch-pad easier to use), and consequently her cursor often lands in the wrong place and doesn't get moved quickly enough to stop this 'feature' activating. This is making the task of teaching her how to use her new machine an absolute nightmare, because it is doing things she has not asked it to and she is getting very confused and frustrated. Can someone advise on exactly how this feature in Vista can be switched off please? Thanks in advance, Robin Cheshire, UK Hi Robin, It's difficult to be precise in this case, but if you go to the START > Help and Support (on the left) and you'll get Windows Help and Support. Then write in the box provided - Mouse Control - and you'll get there all links you need Change mouse settings or Make the mouse easier to use and so on... I hope this hepls. Jdr > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Robin > Cheshire, UK > Hi Robin, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jdr Thanks. I'll give that a go. Regards, Robin > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Robin > Cheshire, UK after looking at the help the other poster said, have in mind that there so auto-click only auto-select in the options > after looking at the help the other poster said, have in mind that > there so auto-click only auto-select in the options Erm... I can't seem to make out what you're saying here. Can you explain more clearly please? Thanks. >> Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > after looking at the help the other poster said, have in mind that > there so auto-click only auto-select in the options If she's using the touch pad and the "auto-select" feature highlights the program and it launches she may be hitting the touch pad to hard. Tapping the touch pad acts as a mouse click. I think there is a way to change the sensitivity of the touch pad. gls858 It could be that the touchpad is overly sensitive, as well. That happens a lot with laptop and oftes is responsible for the kind of problem you describe. Maybe there's a way to notch down the sensitivity of the touchpad. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Robin > Cheshire, UK I don't believe Vista has the "feature" you describe, at least I'm not aware of it. It seems more logical, especially given the comment about using the touch pad, that most touchpads are set to recognize taps directly to the pad itself (i.e tapping the pad does the same as a left click) this can be confusing at first, especially if your elderly neighbor is somewhat shaky or timid in using the pad. her finger could simply be "bouncing" along the pad and the laptop is interpreting it as clicks. The laptop will have some sort of utility to control the touchpad, find it (probably running in your taskbar) and disable the setting to "click via the touchpad" > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Robin > Cheshire, UK > I don't believe Vista has the "feature" you describe, at least I'm not aware > of it. It seems more logical, especially given the comment about using the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > (probably running in your taskbar) and disable the setting to "click via the > touchpad" Yes, thanks to you all for the advice regarding 'tap to click' on the touch pad. I hadn't thought of that; I will make sure tap to click is disabled, and then see if it still does what it was doing last night. Although, as I recall from last night, things weren't selected immediately we touched (or tapped) the touch pad. It seemed to happen after the cursor had been hovering over something for a couple of seconds. This time delay in itself added to the confusion... Regards, Robin i had a similar problem that really really pissed me off. this is how i fixed it, i hope this helps. what you wanna do is first go to the control panel. then access your "Ease of access center" there should be a link in there that says "change how your mouse works" click that. uncheck the box that says "activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse"  Signaturedannydtach dannydtach;716700 Wrote: > i had a similar problem that really really pissed me off. this is how i > fixed it, i hope this helps. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > uncheck the box that says "activate a window by hovering over it with > the mouse" Danny, You are probably 10 months too late. Have a look at the date of Robin's original post. Signaturet-4-2 |
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