Mouse hover - turn off - not working
I'm using Windows Professional 7 SP1, running on a Lenovo W510 laptop.
Some months ago it started to react on just mouse movement (no explicit click).
If I hovered over a window it came in the foreground. Same thing happened if I moved the mouse pointer over a button. It actually clicked the button automatically. This happened more ore less frequently. Often making the whole screen cluttered with newly opened windows. Just like it lived its own life.
I accessed the Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Center\Make the mouse easier to use and ticked the "Activate a window by hovering..:", clicked Apply, then un-ticked the same Select box and clicked Apply again. Sometimes this works for some hours, but it repeatedly comes back with the same problem.
Is it possible to disable this hovering "deep down" in the system ??
I'm soon to throw the whole f... ing machine out the dooor !
Some months ago it started to react on just mouse movement (no explicit click).
If I hovered over a window it came in the foreground. Same thing happened if I moved the mouse pointer over a button. It actually clicked the button automatically. This happened more ore less frequently. Often making the whole screen cluttered with newly opened windows. Just like it lived its own life.
I accessed the Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Center\Make the mouse easier to use and ticked the "Activate a window by hovering..:", clicked Apply, then un-ticked the same Select box and clicked Apply again. Sometimes this works for some hours, but it repeatedly comes back with the same problem.
Is it possible to disable this hovering "deep down" in the system ??
I'm soon to throw the whole f... ing machine out the dooor !
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well - weall would have a clean desktop then...
but your problem can also stem from malware, so it is good to run these :
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php MBAM
http://majorgeeks.com/RogueKiller_d6983.html Roguekiller
but your problem can also stem from malware, so it is good to run these :
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php MBAM
http://majorgeeks.com/RogueKiller_d6983.html Roguekiller
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Disabling TrackPoint seems to work stable. This means it actually was a mouse problem.
Michael, I would like to give you points for directing my mind. Not sure how to do it though in this system... (i'll try)
Michael, I would like to give you points for directing my mind. Not sure how to do it though in this system... (i'll try)
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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:
Accepted answer: 0 points for nbtnt1's comment #a39053449
for the following reason:
Testing showed that this was the solution. It remains to be tested why TrackPoint is not consistently failing (only now & then)
Accepted answer: 0 points for nbtnt1's comment #a39053449
for the following reason:
Testing showed that this was the solution. It remains to be tested why TrackPoint is not consistently failing (only now & then)
My comment appears to be correct.
ID: 39035333: "Your mouse is faulty."
The Author confirmed that my comment was the solution.
ID: 39035603* "The trouble started after i had cleaned the keyboard with a moist tissue (it was made for purpose). However maybe I did this too thoroughly."
And
ID: 39053449: "Disabling TrackPoint seems to work stable.
This means it actually was a mouse problem.
Michael, I would like to give you points for directing my mind.
Not sure how to do it though in this system... (i'll try)"
ID: 39035333: "Your mouse is faulty."
The Author confirmed that my comment was the solution.
ID: 39035603* "The trouble started after i had cleaned the keyboard with a moist tissue (it was made for purpose). However maybe I did this too thoroughly."
And
ID: 39053449: "Disabling TrackPoint seems to work stable.
This means it actually was a mouse problem.
Michael, I would like to give you points for directing my mind.
Not sure how to do it though in this system... (i'll try)"
ASKER
Disabling Mouse / TrackPoint made it work stable
ASKER
(the strange thing is that the erratic behavior is so infrequent.... well, let's see)
Btw: thanks Alan for insisting on correcting my horrible english :)
(It is however a good picture (mouse hoovering))