Hi, Path Rider.

A couple of weeks ago, I had practically the same problem, except that the
Magnifier stayed on all the time; touching the side of the screen did not
toggle it own. After a frustrating day, I posted a plea for help in the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility newsgroup and quickly got a
response from a poster named Byte:[color=blue]
> You do not get a small window with an Exit button? Once activated
> check the Taskbar for the Magnifier and rightclick and click Close.[/color]

To which I replied:[color=blue]
> NOW I see that on the Taskbar! Where was it this morning? I looked all[/color]
over for something and never found it. :>( I'm using Vista, so it might be
different from WinXP.
[color=blue]
> But I found the answer,,, finally, with help from another MVP. Back on
> the[/color]
Ease of Access page, under Make the computer easier to see, I found the
checkbox, unchecked it and Applied it.

It seems you've already tried that, though, so I'm not sure what else to
suggest. This was my first visit to the accessibility newsgroup, but they
quickly solved my problem. Perhaps a visit there would be your best hope.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
[email]rc@grandecom.net[/email]
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Path Rider" <PathRider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2459DF5D-2C1E-44F2-A45F-C9FE6376A3E9@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> I have had the same problem. It seems when my cursor touches the left
> side
> of the screen the magnfier comes on and you can't turn it off until you
> restart the computer. I followed the suggestion to go to the control
> panel
> for Ease of Access and clicked on Optimize the Display. However, the
> magnifier is unchecked. This is a continuing nuisance and happens a lot.
> Is
> there a way to turn of the Ease of Access capability? I looked in the
> Windows options list but saw no listing for turning off individual
> capabilites such as this.
> --
> Path Rider
>
>
> "GGeek" wrote:
>[color=green]
>>
>> Go to *Control Panel* and look *below* the *Ease Of Access icon* Select
>> *Optimize Visiual Display* a screen called Make Compter Easier to see
>> will come up.
>> *Scroll down to the magnifier* and *uncheck* the magnifier selection
>> Then *click on the Apply* button
>>
>>
>> --
>> GGeek[/color][/color]