don't pucker up yet there laughing boy...i said might :P seriously... so far so good, but it's early yet. I thought I was being careful to not hit the touchpad as i typed... but couldn't find an option to disable it to be sure. turns out i had to download the drivers from Dell.
appreciate it :) On 7/20/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uhmmm....I'm flattered? > > > On 7/21/07, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dude... i might just have to kiss you on the mouth. > > > > On 7/20/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > it's because your palm is triggering the touchpad. The only way I can > > > keep my ibm from doing it is to disable the hardware through the > > > driver software. Thank god for that option. > > > > > > > > > On 7/20/07, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey all... > > > > > > > > i've got a dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. couple o' years old (purchased > > > > in April of 2005). Windows XP Pro (if that matters). > > > > > > > > It's got the touchpad, and i despise the touchpad. I have a USB mouse > > > > plugged in. > > > > > > > > On occasion (not all the time but often enough to piss me off good), > > > > i'll be typing and suddenly the cursor jumps WAY OVER THERE and i end > > > > up typing in the wrong place (didn't mean to be WAY OVER THERE). > > > > backspace backspace backspace backspace grab mouse move cursor back > > > > where it belongs. > > > > > > > > I did a quick search in the Dell support forums, but didn't find > > > > anything conclusive. I'm going to roll up the sleeves and dig deeper, > > > > but seeing as how y'all are collectively the smartest group of people > > > > at this specific e-mail address, I'd throw the question out here (to > > > > anyone who's not standing on line for the new Harry Potter book). > > > > > > > > I'd be pulling my hair out, but I have none. Issue is my wife uses > > > > the laptop too, and she's prettier to look at with her hair intact. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Charlie Griefer > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, > > > > and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must > > > > catch > > > > you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. > > > > Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
