scroll bar/slide bar disappears after a few seconds very anoying

Unfortunately, Windows 7 won't solve the problem.  I've been using Windows 7 all along and I'm having the same problem with the disappearing scroll bar.  I don't remember exactly when this problem first appeared but it seems to be associated with IE 11.  At about the same time I noticed that I can no longer double click on some web pages to select a single word.  I'm not sure what's going on at Microsoft, but the quality and functionality of their software has really been in the toilet the last couple years.

Really, Mark, it isn't necessary to quote the entire post to which you are responding.

It is definitely an IE 11 thing (I am running Windows 7), and it is definitely intentional.

And it is incredibly aggravating.

Interesting that MS stopped participating in this thread a year ago.

I think I can help you with some of your frustrating Toshiba mouse issues. I was annoyed about the same things so I hunted through the settings until I found out how to stop those features from constantly happening. Go to your Control Panel - then Ease of Access Center- then Make the Mouse Easier to Use- at the bottom under "See Also" click Mouse Settings- there you will find a tab called ELAN- under devices there should be a highlighted ElanSmart-Pad..?.?.just click that. That's where the settings are to change those settings.  I actually found some other features that I did like. You can hover over each of the features & their settings and there is a video of how each one works.  I can say I am so glad I found it because I have several computers that my employees use and it annoys all of us! Hope that it helps you too!

But now learned I still cant fix the stupid scroll bar issue!! ****! It makes It more than a lil difficult to focus & follow along if I am always having to look away then try to find my place again. As if ADD is difficult enough! Thanks so much for taking the time to fix one simple thing Microsoft. You have made millions of people lose their train of thought! Which equals time! Which equals.......? Thanks again for your time!!

It is definitely an IE 11 thing (I am running Windows 7), and it is definitely intentional.

And it is incredibly aggravating.

Interesting that MS stopped participating in this thread a year ago.  

It's not just related to the browser though. It's mostly apparent to me on apps. Every app i've used has a disappearing scrollbar and considering that it's an app based OS, it seems we're well and truly stuck with the disappearing scrollbars.

What's astonishing is that they must have known now for, certainly over a year, about this issue and how frustrating it is for their users but they're silent on the issue. They really don't give a stuff!

It's obvious that theyre just sitting on their hands hoping their p l e b customers will just get used to it.

Seems to me the bigger a company gets, the more remote from it's customers it gets.

If they lost a cent for every curse uttered by someone using disappearing scrollbars, even they would be bankrupt by now!