DELL inspiron touch pad click mystery GREMLIN

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Hi Rik,

Go to mouse properties and turn off 'tapping'.

What is happening is the palm of your hand is brushing against the
touchpad and is being read as a click.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
He esteems too lightly


Rik wrote:
> I have noticed, that when i am using My Win XP SP2 corp, occasionaly
> the computer assumes for some reason that the mouse has been click,
> when it has not!
>
> I can be typing and then, because the mouse is some where within the
> text box, the cursor jumps to where the mouse is. i have noticed this
> on previous installations, and seems to creep in gradually.
>
> Does anyone know the cause of this, and even a possible solution, other
> than re-installing windows - which i have done far too many times
> before.
>
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