I have just bought a new laptop/notebook and find that when my mouse pointer
is positioned over certain icons and web links these start without any
'click' on the mouse keys. I find this most annoying given MS's way of making
new windows or links the active window.

How can I turn this 'feature' off? I have not installed any other software
such as tweakui which seems to be mentioned.

thanks

Have the same issue here also and I've posted the same question with no
response.
I also just installed Windows Vista on my laptop and it still does the same
thing...


"Mitchell" <Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:916F59A8-00F0-425A-A296-00A303F23B8B@microsoft.com...
>I have just bought a new laptop/notebook and find that when my mouse
>pointer
> is positioned over certain icons and web links these start without any
> 'click' on the mouse keys. I find this most annoying given MS's way of
> making
> new windows or links the active window.
>
> How can I turn this 'feature' off? I have not installed any other software
> such as tweakui which seems to be mentioned.
>
> thanks

"keith" <lemmyinohio******.com> wrote
> Have the same issue here also and I've posted the same question with no
> response.
> I also just installed Windows Vista on my laptop and it still does the
> same thing...

FYI, there are separate newsgroups for Vista.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Mitchell <Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Sat, 3 Mar 2007:

>I have just bought a new laptop/notebook and find that when my mouse pointer
>is positioned over certain icons and web links these start without any
>'click' on the mouse keys. I find this most annoying given MS's way of making
>new windows or links the active window.
>
>How can I turn this 'feature' off? I have not installed any other software
>such as tweakui which seems to be mentioned.

As Keith said, a few people have posted with the same problem recently
but nobody seems to know the answer. If your Windows was pre-installed,
probably your best bet is to contact the PC manufacturer; perhaps it is
some "tweak" they have enabled.

If you do find out what's causing it, please do post back for the
benefit of future victims :-)

Good luck!

--
Nightowl

"Nightowl" wrote:

> Mitchell <Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Sat, 3 Mar 2007:
>
> >I have just bought a new laptop/notebook and find that when my mouse pointer
> >is positioned over certain icons and web links these start without any
> >'click' on the mouse keys. I find this most annoying given MS's way of making
> >new windows or links the active window.
> >
> >How can I turn this 'feature' off? I have not installed any other software
> >such as tweakui which seems to be mentioned.
>
> As Keith said, a few people have posted with the same problem recently
> but nobody seems to know the answer. If your Windows was pre-installed,
> probably your best bet is to contact the PC manufacturer; perhaps it is
> some "tweak" they have enabled.
>
> If you do find out what's causing it, please do post back for the
> benefit of future victims :-)
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Nightowl
>

I assume MS don't monitor these forums then. Anyway not being an MSCE I did
some research myself and have now solved the problem.

"Mitchell" <Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> "Nightowl" wrote:
>
>> Mitchell <Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Sat, 3 Mar 2007:
>>
>> >I have just bought a new laptop/notebook and find that when my mouse
>> >pointer
>> >is positioned over certain icons and web links these start without any
>> >'click' on the mouse keys. I find this most annoying given MS's way of
>> >making
>> >new windows or links the active window.
>> >
>> >How can I turn this 'feature' off? I have not installed any other
>> >software
>> >such as tweakui which seems to be mentioned.
>>
>> As Keith said, a few people have posted with the same problem recently
>> but nobody seems to know the answer. If your Windows was pre-installed,
>> probably your best bet is to contact the PC manufacturer; perhaps it is
>> some "tweak" they have enabled.
>>
>> If you do find out what's causing it, please do post back for the
>> benefit of future victims :-)

> I assume MS don't monitor these forums then. Anyway not being an MSCE I
> did
> some research myself and have now solved the problem.

And how did you resolve it? Care to share so others can benefit?

You are correct, this is not official MS support. Most everyone that posts
here is a volunteer. Occasionally an MS employee will post here but on
their own time.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Rock" wrote:


> And how did you resolve it? Care to share so others can benefit?
>
> You are correct, this is not official MS support. Most everyone that posts
> here is a volunteer. Occasionally an MS employee will post here but on
> their own time.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

Seems strange that MS do not allocate someone to monitor these forums,
especially as they are part of the MS website. You can tell I am not
impressed by MS's actions by providing defalts that apparently a nmber of
people do not want and they do not provide an easy get out. OK whinge over,
forthose that do not want to go where MS want us to go today here is the fix
that seems to work for me.

I first did a search in Regedit first and it did lead me to the
advancedoptions in IE there seems to be an option UNDERLINE Links. I have
checked the box NEVER.

There may be more options that need to be changed but for my setup this has
at least got me to a point were my PC is now acting the way I wat it to.

good luck

Mitchell <Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Sat, 3 Mar 2007:

>I first did a search in Regedit first and it did lead me to the
>advancedoptions in IE there seems to be an option UNDERLINE Links. I have
>checked the box NEVER.
>
>There may be more options that need to be changed but for my setup this has
>at least got me to a point were my PC is now acting the way I wat it to.

I'm very glad you solved the problem, Mitchell, and thanks for telling
us what worked.

Is this in IE7? I have the underline option checked in IE6 but that only
affects URLs in web pages, not my icons on the desktop, and the links
still have to be clicked. There *is* an option to underline desktop
icons and/or use single-click to launch them in Explorer's Tools>Folder
Options General tab but that doesn't make my PC do what yours was doing
either.

I'm wondering if it could be something to do with IE7?

--
Nightowl

"Nightowl" wrote:


> I'm very glad you solved the problem, Mitchell, and thanks for telling
> us what worked.
>
> Is this in IE7? I have the underline option checked in IE6 but that only
> affects URLs in web pages, not my icons on the desktop, and the links
> still have to be clicked. There *is* an option to underline desktop
> icons and/or use single-click to launch them in Explorer's Tools>Folder
> Options General tab but that doesn't make my PC do what yours was doing
> either.
>
> I'm wondering if it could be something to do with IE7?
>
> --
> Nightowl
>

You're all very welcome. I have noticed that sometimes I do get a link or
folder opened but could possibly be more touchpad related, Certainly the
immediate opening of URLs and desktop icons has been reduced to an extent
that I can live with the occasional other 'features'. It is a new laptop so
some issues may be related to just learning the new feel of the keyboard and
touchpad.

"Mitchell" <Mitchell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> "Rock" wrote:
>
>
>> And how did you resolve it? Care to share so others can benefit?
>>
>> You are correct, this is not official MS support. Most everyone that
>> posts
>> here is a volunteer. Occasionally an MS employee will post here but on
>> their own time.

> Seems strange that MS do not allocate someone to monitor these forums,
> especially as they are part of the MS website. You can tell I am not
> impressed by MS's actions by providing defalts that apparently a nmber of
> people do not want and they do not provide an easy get out. OK whinge
> over,
> forthose that do not want to go where MS want us to go today here is the
> fix
> that seems to work for me.
>
> I first did a search in Regedit first and it did lead me to the
> advancedoptions in IE there seems to be an option UNDERLINE Links. I have
> checked the box NEVER.
>
> There may be more options that need to be changed but for my setup this
> has
> at least got me to a point were my PC is now acting the way I wat it to.
>
> good luck

Thanks for posting back what worked for you. These are volunteer
newsgroups. They have never been moderated (that I know of). Is it
strange? I don't know the answer to that, but I don't see it as strange.
Many vendors provide user groups that are not moderated. It's just the way
it is. If you want MS help you call MS tech support. What I do dislike is
if the vendor doesn't provide user groups. That is frustrating.

There are separate newsgroups for Vista, and for Internet Explorer.
Questions about IE7 should definitely go to the internet explorer newsgroup,
independent of the OS.

Newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general

On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Rock" wrote:


>
> Thanks for posting back what worked for you. These are volunteer
> newsgroups. They have never been moderated (that I know of). Is it
> strange? I don't know the answer to that, but I don't see it as strange.
> Many vendors provide user groups that are not moderated. It's just the way
> it is. If you want MS help you call MS tech support. What I do dislike is
> if the vendor doesn't provide user groups. That is frustrating.
>
> There are separate newsgroups for Vista, and for Internet Explorer.
> Questions about IE7 should definitely go to the internet explorer newsgroup,
> independent of the OS.
>
> Newsreader:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general
>
> On the Web:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

Ther e is obviously a demand that this option not be enabled. If only a few
people have gotten this far then there much be a large percentage of users
who do not want this option. Unfortunately it seems my fix was only
temporary, and now I am suffering again.

It is a rea shame that Microsoft are so arrogant that they do not feel the
need to firstly offer assistance to the ordinary folk who are mere users and
do not need to be experts. Secondly Microsoft are missing a great opportunity
to improve their product based on the feedback of the real user base.

Time to switch to Linux I think.

Mitchell wrote:

>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>
>
>>Thanks for posting back what worked for you. These are volunteer
>>newsgroups. They have never been moderated (that I know of). Is it
>>strange? I don't know the answer to that, but I don't see it as strange.
>>Many vendors provide user groups that are not moderated. It's just the way
>>it is. If you want MS help you call MS tech support. What I do dislike is
>>if the vendor doesn't provide user groups. That is frustrating.
>>
>>There are separate newsgroups for Vista, and for Internet Explorer.
>>Questions about IE7 should definitely go to the internet explorer newsgroup,
>>independent of the OS.
>>
>>Newsreader:
>>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general
>>
>>On the Web:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general
>>
>>--
>>Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>>
>>
>
>
> Ther e is obviously a demand that this option not be enabled. If only a few
> people have gotten this far then there much be a large percentage of users
> who do not want this option. Unfortunately it seems my fix was only
> temporary, and now I am suffering again.
>
> It is a rea shame that Microsoft are so arrogant that they do not feel the
> need to firstly offer assistance to the ordinary folk who are mere users and
> do not need to be experts. Secondly Microsoft are missing a great opportunity
> to improve their product based on the feedback of the real user base.
>
> Time to switch to Linux I think.

There is official support provided, if you have a retail copy of the OS
you can call Microsoft for support, if you have an OEM copy, call your
PC vendor. Plain and simple. Seems that you have decided to blame your
ignorance on someone else. If this minor issue leaves you so befuddled,
I can only imagine the problems/adventure you will have with Linux. Have
a wonderful trip.

> There is official support provided, if you have a retail copy of the OS
> you can call Microsoft for support, if you have an OEM copy, call your
> PC vendor. Plain and simple. Seems that you have decided to blame your
> ignorance on someone else. If this minor issue leaves you so befuddled,
> I can only imagine the problems/adventure you will have with Linux. Have
> a wonderful trip.
>
>

N o I am not 'blaming' someone else for my ignorance. What I said was it is
a shame that Microsoft do not appear to monitor these sort of questions for
feedback and update their software accordingly. I have searched through the
registry and whatever MS have decided to call this instant start option it is
not a word in the English dictionary, I have searched for hover, instant,
start, noclick, and many others and nothing is obvious. It seems that if you,
with obviously more knowledge than I, cannot answer this apparently simple
question that affects many of us ignorant users then please let us into the
secrect.

I hae installedLinux before, and the user forums are a lot more helpful than
this.

Mitchell wrote:

>
>>There is official support provided, if you have a retail copy of the OS
>>you can call Microsoft for support, if you have an OEM copy, call your
>>PC vendor. Plain and simple. Seems that you have decided to blame your
>>ignorance on someone else. If this minor issue leaves you so befuddled,
>>I can only imagine the problems/adventure you will have with Linux. Have
>> a wonderful trip.
>>
>>
>
>
> N o I am not 'blaming' someone else for my ignorance. What I said was it is
> a shame that Microsoft do not appear to monitor these sort of questions for
> feedback and update their software accordingly. I have searched through the
> registry and whatever MS have decided to call this instant start option it is
> not a word in the English dictionary, I have searched for hover, instant,
> start, noclick, and many others and nothing is obvious. It seems that if you,
> with obviously more knowledge than I, cannot answer this apparently simple
> question that affects many of us ignorant users then please let us into the
> secrect.
>
> I hae installedLinux before, and the user forums are a lot more helpful than
> this.

In reviewing the entire thread, it would appear that your initial
difficulty is with the setup provided by the computer vendor. Why
haven't you contacted them? The advice was given, and would provide the
answer. The saying about leading a horse to water certainly holds true
here.

"Bob I" wrote:


> In reviewing the entire thread, it would appear that your initial
> difficulty is with the setup provided by the computer vendor. Why
> haven't you contacted them? The advice was given, and would provide the
> answer. The saying about leading a horse to water certainly holds true
> here.
>
>

Already done that, why are you so negative about my responses? It does seem
that this is one of the most unfriendly group of nerds out there. Perhaps if
you had a life outside the virtual world you would understand a little more.