Odd problem: Laptop scroll right is interpreted as a back function

usregimechange

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Mon Feb-07-11 10:42 PM
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Odd problem: Laptop scroll right is interpreted as a back function

This is annoying. Love my new laptop except for this. When I scroll back to the up or down page bar on the right my laptop thinks I am wanting to go back a page when I just want to scroll down. Any ideas?

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canetoad

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Mon Feb-07-11 11:55 PM
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1. I think what you describe is a program setting

And/or mouse wheel setting.

For example in Photoshop an option lets you use mouse wheel to zoom. Irfanview has a setting for mousewheel to cycle through images in a folder.

What program are you using when you experience this? I think you need to look at the program's options to set mouse wheel function.

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usregimechange

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Tue Feb-08-11 11:30 PM
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3. Just surfing the web, firefox.

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usregimechange

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Tue Feb-08-11 11:35 PM
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4. Looks like something like that might be under "mouse properties" in the control panel but...

Can find anything sounding like a auto back when you scroll right setting. :shrug:

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usregimechange

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Tue Feb-08-11 11:36 PM
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5. btw, I don't use a mouse just a touch pad. thanks for your help

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struggle4progress

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Wed Feb-09-11 03:31 PM
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6. Read up about the touchpad. My netbook's tiny touchpad exhibited what I thought was bizarre

random behavior, until I realized that when my finger got close to the margin of the touchpad, the touchpad interpreted a finger roll as having a different meaning than it had in the center of the pad

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blogslut

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Tue Feb-08-11 08:46 PM
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2. Not a fix but an option

Use your keyboard's "up" and "down" arrows to scroll websites. As well, the "home" key will take you to the top of a page and the "end" key takes you to the bottom.

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