My touch pad clicks itself

Adamhumbug · 07-23-2008, 11:47 AM

every now and then my touch pad will click itself a number of times. i can leave the mouse still and it will begin to click itself. this happen intermitantly and not all the time. i know it is the touchpad as when i disable it (FN+F7) it stops. I have a 1 month old Acer Aspire 5520 with home premium.

Samus · 08-15-2008, 08:34 AM

I'm also having this problem, often in the middle of typing something my mouse will click somewhere and either move the cursor to somewhere else in a text field or make the page scroll down. My specs are the same as above.

**TriggerFinger** · 08-15-2008, 09:32 AM

First try to update the drivers (esp. for touchpad/mouse) from ACER website. If that dont work, then try uninstalling all touchpad drivers in Device Manager and any touchpad related programs in ADD/REMOVE. Reboot and let Windows recognize it and use default drivers.

Samus · 08-15-2008, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TriggerFinger

First try to update the drivers (esp. for touchpad/mouse) from ACER website. If that dont work, then try uninstalling all touchpad drivers in Device Manager and any touchpad related programs in ADD/REMOVE. Reboot and let Windows recognize it and use default drivers.

Thanks very much Trigger! :)

For anyone else with this problem, a USB mouse does not fix the problem; the difficulty lies in the drivers. Also, be very cautious when getting drivers from the ACER website, as it can be hard to navigate the first few times and mistakes can easily be made.

kinbard · 08-15-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Adamhumbug

every now and then my touch pad will click itself.

Lol! Makes me think of that song that goes "I touch myself"

**TriggerFinger** · 08-15-2008, 02:57 PM

in as much as I want to add something to that... I think it is best for me to shut up (or I will be going against the rules)

07-23-2008, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Adamhumbug Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 36 OS: Vista x32 My System	My touch pad clicks itself every now and then my touch pad will click itself a number of times. i can leave the mouse still and it will begin to click itself. this happen intermitantly and not all the time. i know it is the touchpad as when i disable it (FN+F7) it stops. I have a 1 month old Acer Aspire 5520 with home premium. Last edited by Adamhumbug : 07-23-2008 at 11:48 AM.

08-15-2008, 08:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Samus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Vista SP1	Re: My touch pad clicks itself I'm also having this problem, often in the middle of typing something my mouse will click somewhere and either move the cursor to somewhere else in a text field or make the page scroll down. My specs are the same as above.

08-15-2008, 09:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LV, NV, USA Posts: 4,777 OS: DOS 6.0	Re: My touch pad clicks itself First try to update the drivers (esp. for touchpad/mouse) from ACER website. If that dont work, then try uninstalling all touchpad drivers in Device Manager and any touchpad related programs in ADD/REMOVE. Reboot and let Windows recognize it and use default drivers. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD list - ImgBurn - HDD Diagnostic Tools - Everest Mark the THREAD as SOLVED

08-15-2008, 02:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: LV, NV, USA Posts: 4,777 OS: DOS 6.0	Re: My touch pad clicks itself in as much as I want to add something to that... I think it is best for me to shut up (or I will be going against the rules) __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD list - ImgBurn - HDD Diagnostic Tools - Everest Mark the THREAD as SOLVED