Vista - Middle of my screen not responding. Please help!

Hi there,
Quite often I find that my laptop doesnt seem to respond to anything in the
centre of my screen. It doesnt recognise any folders in the middle and doesnt
let me move ones nearer the outside to the middle, it doesnt let me click on
any links in the middle of the screen, etc etc. This is getting pretty
irriating as I keep having to minimize and move everthing to one side so i
can click one one thing or clean up typing errors.

Does anyone know why this happens and what to do about it? Its been
happening ever since I had the laptop, and although it has been looked at
before this keeps happening still.

Thanks for your time

Hi, Katie.

Sure sounds like a hardware problem to me!

I've never had a laptop of any kind, but if I had one like that, I would
insist that whoever I bought it from replace it. Not just "look at it"!

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Katie_4" <Katie_4@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Do you have trouble with both the right and left keys working?
Can you left click on a folder using just the pad itself by tapping on it?
Have you tried using an external USB mouse instead? I have used external
mice except sometimes when traveling as I find them more reliable and easier
to use.
"Katie_4" <Katie_4@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Katie,

This does indeed sound like a hardware problem like RCW mentions. However,
there are a few things that you can try. You can try attaching an external
monitor to see if you have the same symptoms on that. You could also see if
downloading and installing the latest graphics driver for your laptop solves
your problem (corrupt drivers can manifest their symptoms in a multitude of
ways). Please note that you should obtain drivers for hardware devices from
the relevant manufacturer and not from Microsoft unless it is a device
manufactured by them. As well as the latest graphics driver, you could also
try to see if the latest keyboard and mouse drivers help. Also, follow JW's
advice and try an alternative mouse. If none of this works, then, depnding
upon how long you have had your laptop, you may need to exercise your
warranty.
Dwarf

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