This is the answer --- I installed Synaptics for Vista even though I have Windows 7 --- they work beautifully together. You can then disable your touchpad and us a bluetooth mouse and the problem is solved!!! It's great.
Windows 7, touchpad sensitivity, Sony VAIO
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I had Windows Vista Home Premium installed on my Sony VAIO PCG-5KSP laptop computer.
It never happened before, but after I installed Windows 7 the touchpad sensitivity went through the roof. The cursor constantly will be "clicked" by my finger or wrist and move to where the mouse is located while I am typing.
It's already happened twice while typing this! I have already tried searching for TouchPad and looked under Control Panel > Mouse >
There is no tab for Properties/Settings with Sensitivity. Under Properties is only shows General, Driver, and Details, and if I click on Change Settings it again only has General, Driver, and Detail tabs.
Where can I change the stupid touchpad sensitivity??
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2013-10-14T04:45:07+00:00 All great ideas for someone who doesn't have a real mouse for their laptop. If you do, then none of the touchpad options are under the "mouse" menu in the Control Panel.
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2013-10-14T05:05:47+00:00 This problem has been plaguing all sorts of laptops where the sensitivity is too high. Sometimes the manufacturer utilities dont even help. if you still having problems. You can install a free program called touchfreeze. This disables the touchpad when typing and re-enables when you stop all automatically. Solved issues like this for me .. You can find more info here and its download.
This worked perfectly.
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2013-12-14T14:44:25+00:00 This is the answer --- I installed Synaptics for Vista even though I have Windows 7 --- they work beautifully together. You can then disable your touchpad and us a bluetooth mouse and the problem is solved!!! It's great.
Yes, this might work.
I have a more immediate and drastic approach that works great as well !
Tape a plastic or cardboard something over your oversensitive touch pad and it will never bother you again ! Me using a USB mouse and cruising along fine !!!!
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Anonymous
2014-07-23T20:08:00+00:00 I went to http://www.synaptics.com/support/drivers and it says "not found". Now what? I have been having the same problem and it is driving me crazy.