It worked for me also, thank heavens!! I was also having problems with
e-mail "replies" going out that I had had no intention of sending,
disappearing folders, junk e-mail opening that I had no intention of opening,
etc., etc., etc.!!!

"mars373" wrote:

> RE: synaptic Touchpad in pavillions (I have dv6253cl running vista).
>
> Try this, it worked for me! Your settings may be slightly different. Go
> into control panel / mouse/ device settings/settings/ and UNCHECK "Enable
> Tapping" (this is found by highlighting tapping on left).
>
> This disables some enhancements but it is worth it to me to be done with the
> problem. Good luck! Note that with tapping enabled under Tap Zones / [various
> button settings] "No Zone" does not disable button, but rather Button/
> Zone/"Gesture completely disabled" does it.
> I may see if I can salvage some tapping usability with a small top zone
> areas for back or forward surfing, but No zone actually turns taps into mouse
> buttons everywhere on the touchpad!
>
> Still the more i play with it the more i am inclined to disable any tapping
> anyway including the click lock under: mouse properties/ buttons. hope this
> helps.
>
>
> "Dick" wrote:
>
> > Vista comes with a feature that I find simply annoying. If the mouse pointer
> > is allowed to hover over something for a few seconds it will activate it
> > without a click. I have searched all provided documentation and can NOT find
> > how to turn this feature off. Please tell me. You should put enable/disable
> > right on the mouse menu in control panel! Dick Foster