my slidey thing has stopped working :o(

sara3 | 15:43 Sat 22nd Oct 2011 | Computers

27 Answers

the scroll thingie on my touchpad thingie has stopped working, and now I have to drag pages up and down from the scroll thingie on the rhs of the page.

it was working earlier this morning. I've done my usual piece of technical wizardry (re-booted.. 3 times, no less) and it's still not playing.

any ideas, please?

Laptop v Netbook v Tablet [technical question]

Best all round wireless printer

Answers

1 to 20 of 27

1 2 Next Last

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by sara3. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.

AlBags

Is there a setting for it running in the System tray?
If so, open that and check the settings :)

sara3

Question Author

hey AlBags and thanks, but there's not :o/

I've looked in the Control Panel but can't see anything there, either..

sara3

Question Author

oh wait.. I've found "mouse settings" (I have no mouse!). it's set to "one-finger scrolling", so I assume that's right?

boxtops

Sara, I do love your descriptions - I went into Homebase yesterday and told the guy that I wanted a flappy square outlet holey cover - he took me to the very thing.

AlBags

Does anything there say the name and properties of the pad?
Laptop (brand?) with 7?

sara3

Question Author

lol Boxy.. some people just understand you, eh? ;o)

AlBags.. confused!

Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port

is that a "no", then?? it's an HP laptop..

Vicasso

I have an infrequent similar problem with mine. I can normally fix it by unchecking the 'scrolling' option box and pressing 'apply' then rechecking the option and pressing 'apply'.
Haven't a clue why this works though :-)

sara3

Question Author

Vicasso, I can't see a "scrolling" option :o(

Vicasso

I thought you said it was set to 'one finger scrolling'.

Is that a check box?

sara3

Question Author

lol.. fair point!!!

the only options are 1 or 2 (horizontal as well as vertical) finger scrolling.

sorry.. doh ;o)

AlBags

All you need is the settings for Synaptic Touch Pad ..

Here ..
http://www.thewindows...ettings-windows-7.htm

AlBags

When you find it .. Try selecting tray icon to static.

AlBags

If the settingstab is not there .. the driver may not be loading ..
You may have to re-install them ..
What you got then?

sara3

Question Author

it's already on "static"...

sara3

Question Author

it's the same as in your link (and thank you again).. do you think I need to tick the ClickLock in the "buttons" tab? it's unticked..

Maydup

Is there a light on your touchpad thingie sara? If so double tap it to turn it off and your scroll will be back.

AlBags

I wouldn't .. I hate that type of control.

AlBags

So you have all the tabs and settings you should have ..
(I don't know about the switching on/off as above)

sara3

Question Author

Maidup, the light by the button disables the actual touchpad, so I can't do anything with it then :o/

sara3

Question Author

hmmmmm... maybe it's just one of those weird things that will recover overnight, or from a few more re-boots :o/

1 to 20 of 27

1 2 Next Last

Do you know the answer?