Arianna! That is exactly what happens on my computer. That ghastly device is
activated by my
finger only being in its vacinity. I do not have to touch it!
Thank you to those who have offered advice as to how to disable, or make it
less sensitive, but
there is no reference to mouse or scroll wheel in hardware device manager, but
I will forward your
suggestions to a pal of mine who is much more computer literate than I and see
what we can come up
with.
Jewel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arianna" <acale...@frontiernet.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse
Using a Sony Vaio laptop with one of those darned mousepads, I'v been
through the device manager mouse settings, but I don't seek disable
anywhere.
The thing drives me crazy. It moves the cursor even if I just pass over the
area. I've run into this problem with other brands of computer also. And
there's nothing in the system tray for the mouse.
Arianna
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ferrin" <ow...@jaws-users.com>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse
> On my lap top it is in the hardware section of device manager. I can give
> further directions later on when I get to it probably this afternoon at
> the
> earliest.
> David Ferrin
> ow...@jaws-users.com
> I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one
> up
> too.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" <braill...@hawaii.rr.com>
> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 1:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse
>
>
> Ah, now it makes some sense to me. On my laptop, I have one of those
> built-in mice. All laptops are different, but on mine I press
> function key with the number 2 to turn off the mouse. I've also seen
> laptops that you turn off the mouse by pressing function key with #9.
> You could be wreckless like me and try different key combinations
> until you get it or check your user manual. Perhaps if you tell the
> list what kind of keyboard you have, someone will be able to give you
> the right combination.
> Good luck, Betsy
>
> At 07:50 PM 11/24/2010, you wrote:
>>Betsy! It is a desktop keyboard that I have. Sometime ago, some
>>other jaws-users subscriber was,
>>like me, being driven around the bend by this dratted wheel, and I
>>think, got an answer as to how it
>>can be killed, or, at the very least, be made less sensitive.
>>The little finger of my left hand, I swear doesn't touch the rotten
>>thing, but it, the finger, only
>>has to approach it which it does quite often when I am pressing keys
>>on the number line, and then
>>the cursor will, all of a sudden, have moved up a couple of
>>lines. Just about drives me into
>>insanity: not a very long journey I must admit, but a journey I am
>>trying, with no thanks to the
>>pseudo mouse, to defer for as long as is possible.
>>
>> Jewel
>>
>>Original Message -----
>>From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" <braill...@hawaii.rr.com>
>>To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 5:09 PM
>>Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] The pseudo mouse
>>
>>
>>Hi Jewel,
>>Are you talking about a laptop or some other equipment? I've never
>>seen such a little wheel in that place on a keyboard.
>>Betsy
>>At 04:03 PM 11/24/2010, you wrote:
>> >I believe it is also called the scroll wheel, but I have much more
>> >colourful names for the dratted thing.
>> >Can anyone tell me how to disable it, or, at the very least, make it
>> >a great deal less sensitive than it is.
>> >It is the little wheel just a centimetre to the left of the grave
>> >key on the number line.
>> >
>> > Jewel
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