Mouse Problem

[tylergard702]

Hello, I have an incredibly annoying problem with my mouse/touch pad, when my display turns off (power save) and I move my mouse to turn it on, I have no control over what the cursor does, the screen comes on, and if I leave the mouse alone nothing will happen but if I try to move the mouse, the cursor keeps flickering across the screen and clicking on random items on the screen. After a minute I can control the mouse normally again, I presume it is a driver problem but I am not sure. I have an inspiron 1501 dell laptop (see my system specs) I am not sure what the mouse is but it is the touch pad that is built into the dell inspiron 1501.


Also the scroll function on the touch pad doesn't work, when I try to use the scroll bars at the side and bottom of the touch pad it just acts like I'm touching the middle bit of the touch pad, this is probably a driver problem but no matter where i search i cannot find suitable drivers.

Any help on either of these problems will be appreciated. Thanks in advanced

 

[Petey7]

Here you go. The driver comes from Dell and worked for me despite my computer not being listed as compatible.

Drivers and Downloads

 

[tylergard702]

Thanks just downloading it (slow internet lol)

 

[Petey7]

Please report back to tell us if it works. You may have to play with the settings a bit to get the scrolling turned on.

 

[tylergard702]

OK I have installed and restarted and the scroll isn't working (yet) and I'm waiting for my screen saver to test the other problem

 

[tylergard702]

doesn't seem to be playing up, hopefully it has fixed it thanks I won't put this thread as solved until it definitely works

 

[Petey7]

I had the same problems, and that driver I linked to solved it for me. Glad to here it works for others as well.

 

[tylergard702]

what settings are there to enable the scroll bars? I can't find them anywhere

 

[Petey7]

You can find them by going to Control Panel and double clicking Mouse. Click the picture of a touchpad. That will take you to the touchpad settings. It should be easy to figure out from there.

 

[tylergard702]

Click the picture of a touchpad.

there is no picture of a touchpad

 

[Petey7]

Do you see and icon for the Dell touchpad in the notification area? you may have to press the little arrow to see it.

 

[tylergard702]

no

 

[Petey7]

You may need to restart the computer again. Did you have another touchpad driver installed before, besides the Microsoft generic driver?

 

[tylergard702]

Not sure, I've tried a few, I'll uninstall them all, restart my computer, then install your one and restart it again

EDIT: Can't find any to uninstall, I'll try just restarting again

 

[Petey7]

That is a very, very good idea.

 

[richc46]

Jusrt stopping, by. If there is a problem with the new driver make sure all old remnants are removed
Guru3D - Driver Sweeper

You are doing an excellent job with this problem Petey.

 

[tylergard702]

the new driver has done something, when I press down both mouse buttons (left + right click) it acts as pressing the middle button on a mouse

 

[Petey7]

Yep. That is the normal configuration, since you lack an actually middle button.

 

[tylergard702]

Thanks for all of the help you have given me but I am going to get some sleep now.
If you think of anything please let me know and I'll try it later today