"NEILPH" <NEILPH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05AE7AD6-A409-417F-87E3-D8B27AC5578B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I have Vista Home Premium on a new laptop that has a Synaptic Pointing
>Device
> pad.
>
> Amongst other annoying features [like menu items being automatically
> selected when I hover the pointer over them] I find that the pointer often
> suddenly turns into what looks like a mini-scroll bar. This drives me
> nuts.
> Can I turn it off? I can't find on it Help.
>
> My previous computer was Windows 2000, so this pointer quirk is new too
> me.[/color]


As Richard replied, it's your touchpad driver that throws that "mini-scroll
bar" pointer. Your touchpad has a function to replicate the wheel on a
mouse. There's either a hotkey to enable it or an area of the touchpad
dedicated to acting like a mouse wheel. Open your touchpad utility and look
for a way to disable that feature. Good luck.

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