In Windows 7, whenever I hover over things, the mouse automatically selects items or follows links without me clicking.

Anonymous
2009-11-13T02:10:03+00:00

I installed Windows 7 Premium Home Edition on my laptop. I am having problems with the mouse constantly selecting items that I don't want it to select. I would like to get it back to the way it has worked in every other version of WIndows where I have to click on something to select.

Do you know how annoying it is to be typing something on a webpage & suddenly your redirected to another page because your mouse hovered over a link???? Or in WIndows Explorer when I'm looking at pictures & the mouse hovers over a folder & moves it to another folder all WITHOUT me clicking & selecting it!!

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Anonymous
2010-03-06T08:36:50+00:00

Jenna I checked the box to activate the hover under make mouse settigns easier and the reverse seems to be true.

No more links automatically opening.

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Anonymous
2009-12-03T05:59:26+00:00

Found the solution.  I guess this was introduced in Vista, so people moving over to Win 7 from XP didn't know about it.  To FIX, go to:

Mouse Properties > Device Settings (Tab) > Settings (button) > Tapping (menu item) > then uncheck "Enable Tapping"

Done.  Fixed.  Annoyance gone.

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Anonymous
2009-12-03T06:35:19+00:00

my husband found the drivers from vista(which are utterly amazing) i had to go to the laptop manufacturer web site for the drivers that are specifically for the laptop mine is an acer .  so check your computer site for drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-11-14T19:17:07+00:00

    Ok, so I checked & the "Activate  window by hovering over it with the mouse" is unchecked.

    I also reinstalled the driver for my snaptics mousepad on my Gateway laptop - model MT3708.

    I'm still having the same problem. Any more advice??

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-11-13T20:10:29+00:00

    Hi Klutzi,

    Welcome to Microsoft Answers.

    I would suggest you to follow the link mentioned below and uncheck the option Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse -

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Make-the-mouse-easier-to-use

    If the issue persists check for the drivers installed for the mouse on your computer. Check in device manager for the mouse driver installed –

    Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

    1. Click System and Maintenance, click System, and then click Device Manager.

    Note If Control Panel is in Classic View, double-click System, and then click Device Manager.

    If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.

    1. In Device Manager, expand mice and other pointing devices. Check if any exclamation marks are shown with the device. The exclamation mark shows an issue with the driver installed.

    **Check with the manufacturer if the device is compatible with windows 7.**Check the below mentioned link to use the Compatibility Center to check the compatibility:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/default.aspx

    Thanks,

    Hope this helps. Let us know the results.

    Meghmala – Microsoft Support

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