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" <Chey's Mom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:09ADDB79-4213-4498-979F-D1C49C0ED677@microsoft.com...
> > > 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)
> >
> >
> >