-=PCTechTalk=- Re: friend's new laptop - acting weird
- From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:35:30 -0600
Hi Chris
No, you can have a mouse with a long tail.
Forgot about the mice's that have cradles. They weren't out yet when I got
mine.
How long does a charge last on them there mice's with a cradle?
Did you call Dell yet?
Life is what happens in between plans.
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From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:59 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: friend's new laptop - acting weird
> ahh! - she is using the touch pad - BUT - you can just be
> sitting there not touching anything and these things open.
> That would be the leprechaun! Some things happened when she
> was using the touch pad, but I was just sitting there when
> one of them opened. (sry, I don't recall what it was) I
> told her the first time I was there to get a mouse for it.
> It wouldn't even have to be wireless, would it? And - I
> wouldn't be surprised if you are right about things not
> being updated.
> Thanks! I'll mention these things to them and see if it
> helps.
>
> I had a microsoft blue wireless mouse that ate batteries
> like crazy. I know have a logitech that sits in a cradle to
> charge and I love it! Optical's are the way to go, for sure.
> Cris
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> From: BashfulBob
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:35 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: friend's new laptop - acting
> weird
>
>
> Hi Chris
>
> First you didn't say if she was using a mouse or the touch
> pad to maneuver
> around.
>
> If she was using the touch pad to maneuver around, the touch
> pad can be very
> sensitive and without realizing it, you can be pressing down
> on it thereby
> activating what ever the arrow is over or comes across. I
> know I had this
> problem on my Sony Vaio laptop (first one) and took me a
> while to figure it
> out. I got a USB wireless wheel mouse and it stopped. I
> suggest you consider
> advising her to get a wireless mouse. Love mine EXCEPT that
> I have an
> optical one and it could go through batteries pretty
> quickly. Mine uses two
> AA, there are wireless mouse's that use AAA, but don't do
> all that mine
> does. I use OLD (15 years old) rechargeables (can't get
> these kind any more,
> they are NOT the NiCad type) and they have saved me a bundle
> in battery
> costs. I like the wireless one cause I don't want more wires
> all over the
> work area. Another thought here, I have three USB ports on
> my laptop, so you
> want to take into account how many USB ports her dell has, a
> lot of laptops
> come with only two USB ports. Remember, one will always be
> in use for the
> mouse. Then again, she could get a multiple USB port add on
> device that
> plugs into the other USB port and that will give her plenty
> of extra USB
> ports. Depends on how many she will need now or in the
> future.
>
> If hubby does not work with a laptop, I suggest you have him
> piddle with it
> and sooner or later he will press to hard on the touch pad
> and something
> will pop up on him, providing that is what is happening.
> Personally, I think
> it is the resident leprechaun in the laptop that is causing
> the problem. :-)
>
> As far as popups that say to update is concerned, new puters
> (laptops too)
> come with bundle programs that may be a tad bit old and they
> may be set up
> to prompt to be updated when the equipment is first used.
>
> Those are my guesses, hope it helps some.
>
> Life is what happens in between plans.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:38 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- friend's new laptop - acting weird
>
>
> > My friend has a beautiful new Dell laptop.
> > It is driving her nuts - as it did me when I was just up
> > there explaining
> > how to burn a cd to her.
> >
> > In the middle of working on something - say like today
> > when
> > we had windows explorer open, something else will pop up -
> > like - her outlook express address book just opened itself
> > and popped up on the screen. Another time, a wizard for an
> > office type program just opened itself. It didn't happen
> > while I was there, but she said sometimes programs just
> > close by themselves too.
> > It also seems that sometimes, hovering over something will
> > make it react - like an 'ok' button.
> >
> > Does anyone have any thoughts on this? anything I can do
> > for
> > her or tell her husband to do?
> > I worked on it for about 20 minutes and was about ready to
> > toss it out the window!
> > She also gets some sort of a java prompt that pops up that
> > I
> > didn't see. She said it is something about updating it.
> >
> > They are really particular about what is on their
> > computer's
> > etc. I doubt very much that I could talk them into putting
> > anti-spyware on it. And - her husband doesn't believe that
> > it is doing this.... she wants me to tell him that it did
> > it
> > for me too. <grin>
> >
> > This is my first experience with a laptop - and I wasn't
> > impressed .... it is very difficult to maneuver around her
> > desktop and files because of this.
> > could it be a setting? is there a hover setting?
> > HELP !! LOL
> > thanks!
> > cris
> >
> >
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