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Computer screen
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:23 pm
by bmcecosse
When I move my mouse around the laptop screen - the screen size shoots down to 75% or even less - and I have to set it back to default, and it is extremely annoying... Is there any way to lock this crazy feature off ???? Any help much appreciated, as ever. Roy
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:06 pm
by simmitc
Is your Ctrl key stuck down on the keyboard? Have you tried power off and on?
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 12:03 am
by GBond
One of the mouse buttons could also be acting up, if you have one try a different mouse that might cure the problem.
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 4:10 am
by The vast minority
I was expecting a price for that
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 6:32 am
by tysonn
Thats the jumping mouse syndrome.It happens when you get to 46600 postings on forums.Will probably never happen to the average forum user.
Mick
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:23 am
by Trickydicky
I can only assume you are running Windows 8 Roy? If you are then you need to turn off Mouse Gestures.
To do this go to,
Control Panel-Hardware and Sound-Mouse-Device Settings-Settings.
From there you can adjust a lot of the Mouse settings.
Hope this helps.
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:08 am
by bmcecosse
No - not windows 8 (thankfully). And no - Ctrl keys seem to be fine. It's the mouse pad on the laptop - not a separate mouse. Keep the ideas coming folks - it's driving me MAD !!
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:40 am
by irmscher
I had the same problem Roy last year and thought I might have a virus
I was lucky and just changed to a wireless mouse and had the settings adjusted and was ok.
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 7:27 pm
by Trickydicky
Has it started doing it recently? If it has then windows update could have updated the device driver and that could be the problem.
Go into Device Manager then right click the device and select Roll back driver. It will reinstall the previous driver that worked.
If that is not the case then you need to prove that the Trackpad is faulty, try an external mouse, does it still do it?
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:50 pm
by bmcecosse
I'll try that Richard - thanks. It only seems to do it after a while - I wonder if it;s a static electricity thing?
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:36 am
by MarkyB
Try plugging a normal mouse in and see how that behaves.
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:04 pm
by bmcecosse
Threw them all out years ago.....
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:55 am
by GBond
If its the mouse pad on the laptop what's happening is that it "thinks" you're using two fingers at once to zoom in-out. Check that in fact no other part of your hand or arm is making contact with the pad and if not, it could be a hardware issue.
This page here explains different ways to turn that feature off, it's called pinch zoom.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-disab ... s-laptops/
Re: Computer screen
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:23 am
by bmcecosse
Thanks Gabriel - I'll try that later. Roy