random minimizing

Well, that makes 3 of us! And I too have a new Toshiba laptop. I hope someone
comes up with an answer. Besides being terribly heavy, I love my laptop.

"Saigon''s Mom" wrote:

> I've got essentially the same problem, only worse, because it drives my
> husband crazy that using the touchpad to scroll makes the window shrink or
> disappear. He wants me to return the Toshiba laptop. I'd prefer a practical
> solution.
>
> "pdemets" wrote:
>
> > My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links. This
> > seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than using
> > the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
> >
> > Any solutions out there?
> >
> > (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)

There is a Icon in the lower right that is for the touch pad. Go thru the
options and turn off "Tapping".


"Chey's Mom" wrote in message

> Well, that makes 3 of us! And I too have a new Toshiba laptop. I hope
> someone
> comes up with an answer. Besides being terribly heavy, I love my laptop.
>
> "Saigon''s Mom" wrote:
>
>> I've got essentially the same problem, only worse, because it drives my
>> husband crazy that using the touchpad to scroll makes the window shrink
>> or
>> disappear. He wants me to return the Toshiba laptop. I'd prefer a
>> practical
>> solution.
>>
>> "pdemets" wrote:
>>
>> > My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links.
>> > This
>> > seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than
>> > using
>> > the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
>> >
>> > Any solutions out there?
>> >
>> > (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)

I hate to appear stupid, but I cannot find any icon that refers to the touch
pad. Can you tell me what it looks like? I surely do appreciate your help on
this!

"Vista User" wrote:

> There is a Icon in the lower right that is for the touch pad. Go thru the
> options and turn off "Tapping".
>
>
> "Chey's Mom" wrote in message
>
> > Well, that makes 3 of us! And I too have a new Toshiba laptop. I hope
> > someone
> > comes up with an answer. Besides being terribly heavy, I love my laptop.
> >
> > "Saigon''s Mom" wrote:
> >
> >> I've got essentially the same problem, only worse, because it drives my
> >> husband crazy that using the touchpad to scroll makes the window shrink
> >> or
> >> disappear. He wants me to return the Toshiba laptop. I'd prefer a
> >> practical
> >> solution.
> >>
> >> "pdemets" wrote:
> >>
> >> > My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links.
> >> > This
> >> > seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than
> >> > using
> >> > the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
> >> >
> >> > Any solutions out there?
> >> >
> >> > (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)
>
>
>

Check the User's Guide (and also update your drivers
and other utilities) from Toshiba's Website.

http://tinyurl.com/ypq33c
Toshiba's Website - select model.

"Chey's Mom" wrote in message

> Well, that makes 3 of us! And I too have a new Toshiba laptop. I hope
> someone
> comes up with an answer. Besides being terribly heavy, I love my laptop.
>
> "Saigon''s Mom" wrote:
>
>> I've got essentially the same problem, only worse, because it drives my
>> husband crazy that using the touchpad to scroll makes the window shrink
>> or
>> disappear. He wants me to return the Toshiba laptop. I'd prefer a
>> practical
>> solution.
>>
>> "pdemets" wrote:
>>
>> > My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links.
>> > This
>> > seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than
>> > using
>> > the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
>> >
>> > Any solutions out there?
>> >
>> > (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)

The icon is called "Synaptic Pointing Device." Click on it and "uncheck" the
option that turns off the tapping or whatever. I did it and it works. Thank
you everyone for your help.

"Chey''s Mom" wrote:

> I hate to appear stupid, but I cannot find any icon that refers to the touch
> pad. Can you tell me what it looks like? I surely do appreciate your help on
> this!
>
> "Vista User" wrote:
>
> > There is a Icon in the lower right that is for the touch pad. Go thru the
> > options and turn off "Tapping".
> >
> >
> > "Chey's Mom" wrote in message
> >
> > > Well, that makes 3 of us! And I too have a new Toshiba laptop. I hope
> > > someone
> > > comes up with an answer. Besides being terribly heavy, I love my laptop.
> > >
> > > "Saigon''s Mom" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've got essentially the same problem, only worse, because it drives my
> > >> husband crazy that using the touchpad to scroll makes the window shrink
> > >> or
> > >> disappear. He wants me to return the Toshiba laptop. I'd prefer a
> > >> practical
> > >> solution.
> > >>
> > >> "pdemets" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links.
> > >> > This
> > >> > seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than
> > >> > using
> > >> > the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
> > >> >
> > >> > Any solutions out there?
> > >> >
> > >> > (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)
> >
> >
> >

Someone suggested un-checking the tapping, but that's NOT the solution. I
like to be able to tap with my mouse pad-- I just don't want it to be so
sensitive. SO, you have to go into settings (which is under the Device
Settings tab) and double-click on Sensitivity (make sure you double-click,
otherwise it won't show up) and change how sensitive the touch pad is.

So far this seems to work like a charm.

"pdemets" wrote:

> My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links. This
> seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than using
> the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
>
> Any solutions out there?
>
> (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)

"pdemets" wrote:

> My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links. This
> seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than using
> the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
>
> Any solutions out there?
>
> (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)

Thanks to all of the responses I was able to figure this out! I went to the
"mouse" controls where I was able to determine what a tap in the touchpad
would do (i.e. go the start menu, minimize, maximize, etc.) One of the
presets is to minimize, another is to maximize. I reset those to do nothing.
Hopefully it's fixed for good!

"pdemets" wrote:

> My windows seem to randomly minimize when I try to click on links. This
> seems to happen when I touch the 'touchpad' of my laptop rather than using
> the buttons... not a major problem, but certainly a pain.
>
> Any solutions out there?
>
> (Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Pro)