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We don’t know about you but we don’t have time swipe the tiny trackpad on our ultrabook four times just to get across the screen. Under the “Pointer Options” tab, it helps cut down on the number of times you drag, drag, and drag your finger across the trackpad to crank up the pointer speed to the fastest setting. ClickLock allows you to press and hold on a file or folder and it will lock it to the cursor as if you’re performing a traditional click-to-hold maneuver with a regular mouse so that you can more comfortably and successfully drag it with your trackpad. We don’t know about your laptop (or your trackpad-fu skills) but drag and dropping items on a trackpad is totally hit or miss for us (and usually ends up in a juddering mess that doesn’t end with the file or folder dropping where we want it). Under the “Buttons” tab check off “ClickLock”. Within the Mouse Properties there are a handful of little tweaks that really improve both trackpad and mouse functionality on laptops.
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That will pop up the Mouse Properties menu (which has a distinctly old school Windows look compared to the updated UI we were just using). At the bottom of the settings menu seen in the previous section, click on the “Additional mouse options” in the “Related settings” section at the bottom of the window.
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The following tweaks aren’t new to Windows 10 but they’re often overlooked by mobile users. While we’re in the mouse settings, there are a few extra tweaks worth looking at. Because we’ve been traumatized by years of bad touchpad integration and cursors skipping all over the place, we have our laptops set to “Long delay”. Inside the settings menu you’ll find entries to tweak mouse buttons, scroll speed, scrolling when hovering over inactive windows (a really great feature we used to, back in the day, use a third-party utility for), and the entry we’re really looking for: the touchpad delay.īy default it is set to “Medium delay” but you can turn it off, shorten the delay, or lengthen the delay. You can locate the mouse settings by clicking on the taskbar search box and plugging in, simply enough, “mouse” to pull up the “Mouse & touchpad settings” entry.
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That doesn’t mean it couldn’t use a little tweaking (one of the first things we do on every laptop we install Windows on is adjust the sensitivity and make a few other tweaks).
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Not only did Microsoft introduce the feature in Windows 8 but they also, wisely, turned it on by default. Adjusting Trackpad Sensitivity in Windows 10 Let’s take a look at adjusting the trackpad features and, while we’re already mucking around in the mouse options, some other very handy trackpad/mouse tweaks to make for improved productivity on your laptop. Since Windows 8, however, Windows finally has native touchpad management that aligns with user needs and you no longer have to rely on manufacturer utilities (which may or may not exist) or third-party apps. Some manufacturers addressed the issue with utilities that allowed you to tweak the sensitivity or outright disable the trackpad while typing, and there has been a host of third-party applications over the years, like TouchFreeze and TouchPad, that temporarily lock the touchpad when you’re typing. As a result the next keystrokes you make won’t be where the end of the line you were finishing is but wherever in the body of text the cursor moved as a result of the keystroke. It’s natural for your hands to either rest on or brush the palmrest of your laptop while you’re typing but errant brushes will often register as a tap. Restart your computer, and there should no longer be a flickering in your mouse pointer and your mouse pointer should be entirely usable.Trackpads might be a very clever way to pack a mouse into a laptop palm rest but for years and years they’ve been a huge pain to use on account of their proximity to your palms and how sensitive they are. Press Windows Logo key + X to open the WinX Menu. How do I fix the blinking cursor in Windows 10?
However, cursor blinking in Windows 10 may indicate some problems with a mouse, mouse driver, video problem, or antivirus software. In Windows 10, the cursor or mouse pointer is usually a solid arrow or similar shape that doesn’t flicker. Why does my cursor keep blinking Windows 10?
Press and hold down the “FN” key, which is located between the Ctrl and Alt keys on your laptop keyboard.How do I unfreeze the mouse on my HP laptop? Uncheck “Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touch Pad”. In the Touch Pad tab, click “Click to change the Touch Pad settings”.In the control panel, select Hardware and Sound.