I have unchecked the box that activates this feature and it STILL does it!
I have a Dell, I use both the touchpad and a regular mouse and it does it
with both even though I have supposedly disabled this feature. What else can
I do? This is creating problems for me because I am typing a thesis for my
Master's and it keeps inserting the cursor (and unwanted text) in the wrong
places AS I TYPE. And just now, it closed a window! Please help!!
"mungo" wrote:

>
> Dick;186139 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
>
> SOLUTION:
> Nothing to do with mouse settings! Go to:
> Control Panel> Folder Options >Click items as follows
> and select double click instead of single click.
>
> /This hover thing drove me nuts too. Seems to be particularly common on
> OEM installs where some l33t guy must have tweaked the settings..
>
>
> --
> mungo
>

May have more to do with touchpad oversensitivity.

And to the OP, that's not a Vista feature. It was available on earlier
versions of Windows.



"wifie29" <wifie29@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D4609CBC-8F87-4246-B17B-BD5065AE2E2B@microsoft.com...
>
> I have unchecked the box that activates this feature and it STILL does it!
> I have a Dell, I use both the touchpad and a regular mouse and it does it
> with both even though I have supposedly disabled this feature. What else
> can
> I do? This is creating problems for me because I am typing a thesis for
> my
> Master's and it keeps inserting the cursor (and unwanted text) in the
> wrong
> places AS I TYPE. And just now, it closed a window! Please help!!
> "mungo" wrote:
>
>>
>> Dick;186139 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
>>
>> SOLUTION:
>> Nothing to do with mouse settings! Go to:
>> Control Panel> Folder Options >Click items as follows
>> and select double click instead of single click.
>>
>> /This hover thing drove me nuts too. Seems to be particularly common on
>> OEM installs where some l33t guy must have tweaked the settings..
>>
>>
>> --
>> mungo
>>

I have not had the issue of things on my desktop opening, (although it seems
my mouse double clicks when it wants to, thinking thats my cheap 2yr old
mouse) but in my browsers, what a PITA it is to have all the lil definitions
that are underlined popping up while trying to read an article.. anyone know
how can i turn that off?
--
What if our now.. never went away?


"wifie29" wrote:

>
> I have unchecked the box that activates this feature and it STILL does it!
> I have a Dell, I use both the touchpad and a regular mouse and it does it
> with both even though I have supposedly disabled this feature. What else can
> I do? This is creating problems for me because I am typing a thesis for my
> Master's and it keeps inserting the cursor (and unwanted text) in the wrong
> places AS I TYPE. And just now, it closed a window! Please help!!
> "mungo" wrote:
>
> >
> > Dick;186139 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
> >
> > SOLUTION:
> > Nothing to do with mouse settings! Go to:
> > Control Panel> Folder Options >Click items as follows
> > and select double click instead of single click.
> >
> > /This hover thing drove me nuts too. Seems to be particularly common on
> > OEM installs where some l33t guy must have tweaked the settings..
> >
> >
> > --
> > mungo
> >

"Kixnggls" <Kixnggls@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4E239F6B-5AA1-492A-8C55-872152BC34E5@microsoft.com...
>I have not had the issue of things on my desktop opening, (although it
>seems
> my mouse double clicks when it wants to, thinking thats my cheap 2yr old
> mouse) but in my browsers, what a PITA it is to have all the lil
> definitions
> that are underlined popping up while trying to read an article.. anyone
> know
> how can i turn that off?
> --
> What if our now.. never went away?
>
>
> "wifie29" wrote:
>
>>
>> I have unchecked the box that activates this feature and it STILL does
>> it!
>> I have a Dell, I use both the touchpad and a regular mouse and it does it
>> with both even though I have supposedly disabled this feature. What else
>> can
>> I do? This is creating problems for me because I am typing a thesis for
>> my
>> Master's and it keeps inserting the cursor (and unwanted text) in the
>> wrong
>> places AS I TYPE. And just now, it closed a window! Please help!!
>> "mungo" wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Dick;186139 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
>> >
>> > SOLUTION:
>> > Nothing to do with mouse settings! Go to:
>> > Control Panel> Folder Options >Click items as follows
>> > and select double click instead of single click.
>> >
>> > /This hover thing drove me nuts too. Seems to be particularly common on
>> > OEM installs where some l33t guy must have tweaked the settings..
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > mungo
>> >
Hello everyone,
There is nothing to do with double click/single click. Please follow this
: -
Control Panel > click Classic View > ckick Ease of Access Center > scroll
down, click Make the mouse easier to use > look for the box that says "
Activate a window by hovering over it with a mouse", UN-check that > click
Apply/OK. That's it. The mouse won't do anything unless you actually click
it. Please reply if it's ok now.