Thanks everyone for the help disabling the touchpad on my Gateway NV59. I never did find a disable button or Synaptic in the control panel > mouse section. I used every function key combination (alt, sp, ctrl etc) I could find. Nothing worked. Cleaned the keyboard and touched an area above the keyboard and there it was. Right next to the wireless connection button. I knew it was on here somewhere, just couldn't find it. Seems like the newer the system or computer the harder to find some of the functions. Thank you for the help

Hello Bev, Thursday, September 9, 2010, 2:56:45 AM, you wrote: BC> I bought a mouse for my laptop & use that instead of the pad. I BC> didn't disable anything. Unfortunately different makes of laptop are vastly different in the way the handle the touch pad - some have a button to disable when typing and personally I think that's the better overall solution as those who prefer a proper mouse can permanently turn off the touch pad with the press of a button. In Donna's case the maker isn't as 'touch pad friendly' but often you don't get to find that out until you've bought the thing, and since it's not actually faulty it's not a reason to reject it :-( Hopefully Donna can find the magic setting to turn it off or it's going to mean surgery to disconnect inside and that's a whole new ball game - not to mention voiding warranties !!! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid' 64bit

On 9/8/2010 6:31 PM, Barry wrote: > Just press the [Enter] key and it will work. Not as intuitive as > having a clickable button ! Thanks Barry, I had not thought of doing that. Lloyd ____________________________________________________________ EXPOSED: Make $99/hr Online BREAKING NEWS: People are beating the recession by working at home. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c888cd5b685ba9f3f4st03duc

Donna, I had the same problem last year. As I would be typing along, I would find that what I typed had moved up to the top or middle of the document. Since I was typing a manuscript, it was a serious problem. It didn't make any difference whether I used the touchpad or the mouse. After much hair pulling, I was told that the software that comes with a new laptop computer, such as Word, Excell, etc., has limited free use, usually for 30,60, or 90 days. After that it becomes unstable. I didn't kinow whether to believe this, but I went out and bought the latest versions of Word and Excel, which I use most. After installing these, I never had the problem again. I don't know if this is a solution for you, but you might consider how old your software is. Maryellen In a message dated 9/7/2010 9:19:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: This problem is taking all the fun out of using my computer. I am not comfortable using the touchpad and would prefer using the mouse.

Hello Lloyd, Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 5:42:02 PM, you wrote: LH> When I type in an url to go to, where do I click to go to that LH> site? I cannot find any way to do it. Just press the [Enter] key and it will work. Not as intuitive as having a clickable button ! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid' 64bit

We just got an Epic 4g which we can use as a hotspot to connect our laptops to the internet. My hubby connected his laptop with no problem; however, I can't connect mine. I have no problem connecting to other hotspots. Connected today at the hospital while hubby had surgery. I'm using Vista. Would anyone have any suggestions that I can try to clear up this problem. Thanks for any help. Annette

Touchpad: I bought a mouse for my laptop & use that instead of the pad. I didn't disable anything. (I also have a desktop.) Bev Carlson of Minnesota. Today's Topics: > >   1. Disable Touchpad ([email protected]) >   2. Re: Disable Touchpad (Peggy Tischhauser) >   3. Re: Disable Touchpad ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:19:06 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad  I am using Windows 7 on a Gateway NV59 laptop with a Logictec mouse. I would like to disable the touchpad on the laptop.  My cursor jumps all over the screen.  While typing, the cursor will jump to the top or bottom of the screen or beginning of the sentence.  The touchpad and mouse seem to cancel each other out.  I think simply disabling the touchpad would solve the conflicts. I have contacted Gateway, Logictech and Windows.  No one seems to have a solution. Windows says it is not a Windows problem, Gateway says contact Logictec and Logictec says contact Gateway. This problem is taking all the fun out of using my computer.  I am not comfortable using the touchpad and would prefer using the mouse. Thanks in advance for any help offer. > Donna > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:43:02 -0700 (PDT) > From: Peggy Tischhauser <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad Hi Donna, I have a Gateway NV54 and use a mouse without disengaging anything; however, try going to Control Panel, Mouse, Device Settings, and tick the Disable if it shows your touchpad. > > HTH, > Peggy > > > --- On Tue, 9/7/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 6:19 PM I am using Windows 7 on a Gateway NV59 laptop with a Logictec mouse.? I would like to disable the touchpad on the laptop.? My cursor jumps all over the screen.? While typing, the cursor will jump to the top or bottom of the screen or beginning of the sentence.? The touchpad and mouse seem to cancel each other out.? I think simply disabling the touchpad would solve the conflicts. I have contacted Gateway, Logictech and Windows.? No one seems to have a solution. Windows says it is not a Windows problem, Gateway says contact Logictec and Logictec says contact Gateway. This problem is taking all the fun out of using my computer.? I am not comfortable using the touchpad and would prefer using the mouse. > > Thanks in advance for any help offer. > Donna ------------------------------ Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:01:45 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I had an issue similar to this with a DELL laptop that has a touchpad AND > joystick thingy -- you could use either one. The Touchpad generally doesn't > go  bad and cause the cursor to jump all around but the joystick device is > prone to  causing this type of problem The solution or workaround is as you > say--disabling  the divice that is causing the problem in the settings for > pointing device. In  addition to causing the cursor to jump around in my > case--it also often slid  down to the task bar would causing erroneous items > there to be "clicked" on --  like a phantom control! A Google search told me > this was a fairly common problem  with this particular model of DELL laptop but > as soon as the joystick  pointing device was disabled the problem stopped. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 9/7/2010 9:43:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi  Donna, I have a Gateway NV54 and use a mouse without disengaging > anything;  however, try going to Control Panel, Mouse, Device Settings, and tick > the  Disable if it shows your  touchpad. > > HTH, > Peggy > >

Hello Donna, Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 2:19:06 AM, you wrote: dac> I have contacted Gateway, Logictech and Windows. No one seems to dac> have a solution. You'd think that Gateway support would know to direct their customer to the settings in control panel !! What you need to do is go to the mouse settings as suggested by Peggy and click on the 'Synaptic' tab to find the section that can disable the touch pad completely or change the settings to make it more user-friendly. I've seen many of these set to be far too sensitive so the lightest touch is taken as a movement or click. Reducing sensitivity helps a lot !! There's often a section for palm sensitivity too so that resting on the pad is ignored. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid' 64bit

Hello List, I have started using Google Chrome as my default browser and like it very much except for 1 problem. When I type in an url to go to, where do I click to go to that site? I cannot find any way to do it. Lloyd ____________________________________________________________ Mortgage Rates Hit 3.25% If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Obama's Refi Program http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c87bcb1c813aaac5e4st03vuc

I had an issue similar to this with a DELL laptop that has a touchpad AND joystick thingy -- you could use either one. The Touchpad generally doesn't go bad and cause the cursor to jump all around but the joystick device is prone to causing this type of problem The solution or workaround is as you say--disabling the divice that is causing the problem in the settings for pointing device. In addition to causing the cursor to jump around in my case--it also often slid down to the task bar would causing erroneous items there to be "clicked" on -- like a phantom control! A Google search told me this was a fairly common problem with this particular model of DELL laptop but as soon as the joystick pointing device was disabled the problem stopped. Joan In a message dated 9/7/2010 9:43:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Donna, I have a Gateway NV54 and use a mouse without disengaging anything; however, try going to Control Panel, Mouse, Device Settings, and tick the Disable if it shows your touchpad. HTH, Peggy

I am using Windows 7 on a Gateway NV59 laptop with a Logictec mouse. I would like to disable the touchpad on the laptop. My cursor jumps all over the screen. While typing, the cursor will jump to the top or bottom of the screen or beginning of the sentence. The touchpad and mouse seem to cancel each other out. I think simply disabling the touchpad would solve the conflicts. I have contacted Gateway, Logictech and Windows. No one seems to have a solution. Windows says it is not a Windows problem, Gateway says contact Logictec and Logictec says contact Gateway. This problem is taking all the fun out of using my computer. I am not comfortable using the touchpad and would prefer using the mouse. Thanks in advance for any help offer. Donna

Hi Donna, I have a Gateway NV54 and use a mouse without disengaging anything; however, try going to Control Panel, Mouse, Device Settings, and tick the Disable if it shows your touchpad. HTH, Peggy --- On Tue, 9/7/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Disable Touchpad To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 6:19 PM I am using Windows 7 on a Gateway NV59 laptop with a Logictec mouse.  I would like to disable the touchpad on the laptop.  My cursor jumps all over the screen.  While typing, the cursor will jump to the top or bottom of the screen or beginning of the sentence.  The touchpad and mouse seem to cancel each other out.  I think simply disabling the touchpad would solve the conflicts. I have contacted Gateway, Logictech and Windows.  No one seems to have a solution. Windows says it is not a Windows problem, Gateway says contact Logictec and Logictec says contact Gateway. This problem is taking all the fun out of using my computer.  I am not comfortable using the touchpad and would prefer using the mouse. Thanks in advance for any help offer. Donna ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 9/5/2010 5:01 PM, Barry wrote: > Only if it keeps happening, otherwise it's just a glitch and nothing > to worry about :-) Thanks Barry, It hasn't happen again so far. Lloyd ____________________________________________________________ Moms Asked to Return to School Grant Funding May Be Available to Those That Qualify. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c84bdc483e29a5ad05st01duc

Hello Lloyd, Sunday, September 5, 2010, 9:19:35 PM, you wrote: LH> Is this a sign that the driver is going bad and need to be LH> updated. Only if it keeps happening, otherwise it's just a glitch and nothing to worry about :-) -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid' 64bit

Bettye, thanks so much. I put my game preference in both the task bar and in start. I also hid the 35 other games I'll never use. This only took 3 minutes to do and I have been agonizing over this for many months. Again, thanks. Maryellen In a message dated 9/5/2010 5:56:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, Go to your favored game and use your "right click button". ( Its the one you use to paste something. ) It will offer you the option to put the game in your task bar. Then when you want to play it, you don't have to go the Games program first. I have my spider solitaire set up this way. You can also put it in your "start " as well. If you want to get rid of all the others just do the same thing with each of them and you have the option to blank them out. Bettye -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 3:51 pm Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Program Uninstall Can anyone tell me whether or not I can uninstall the over 35 games that came with my most recent Windows 7 software?

Hi, Go to your favored game and use your "right click button". ( Its the one you use to paste something. ) It will offer you the option to put the game in your task bar. Then when you want to play it, you don't have to go the Games program first. I have my spider solitaire set up this way. You can also put it in your "start " as well. If you want to get rid of all the others just do the same thing with each of them and you have the option to blank them out. Bettye -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 3:51 pm Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Program Uninstall Can anyone tell me whether or not I can uninstall the over 35 games that came with my most recent Windows 7 software? It is a pain to have to scroll all the way down to get to Solitaire. These 35 games are all by from Wild Tangent, Inc. Prior to Windows 7, I only had games by Microsoft, which was easier to handle. I don't want to do anything to compromise the performance of my computer, but if I could get rid of these superfluous games, I would like to do it. Any suggestions? Maryellen ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Can anyone tell me whether or not I can uninstall the over 35 games that came with my most recent Windows 7 software? It is a pain to have to scroll all the way down to get to Solitaire. These 35 games are all by from Wild Tangent, Inc. Prior to Windows 7, I only had games by Microsoft, which was easier to handle. I don't want to do anything to compromise the performance of my computer, but if I could get rid of these superfluous games, I would like to do it. Any suggestions? Maryellen

Today while on the computer working on my genealogy data, the screen went black and then come back on in Safe-Mode and a message saying that the video driver had stopped responding. I closed the programs that was running and rebooted the computer. It worked fine from then on. Is this a sign that the driver is going bad and need to be updated. I downloaded a program a couple of days ago called Driver Genius and after a scan it said my Monitor Driver needed to be updated and I downloaded and installed that driver. Would it have any effect on the problem I just had? Lloyd ____________________________________________________________ SHOCKING: 13&#34; Macbook Pro for $91.72! SPECIAL REPORT: Macbooks are being auctioned for an incredible 85% off! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c83fb5c85377a2cfa3st03vuc

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:51 AM, jelayne tds.net <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the same problem with many people having the same name and no > proven birth / death dates. So using a range of dates or "about" is > the system I use as well. > Jelayne > Jelayne, thank you so very much. I have been so uncertain as to how to write out that paricular problem! It is good to know another does the same thing. Thank you for your time. Rana > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have the same problem with many people having the same name and no proven birth / death dates. So using a range of dates or "about" is the system I use as well. Jelayne On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:59 PM, RickandRana <[email protected]> wrote: > As the writing of my family history, first venture, nears completion, I have > begun to wonder if I should write the article in Word '03 or Word '07? I am > thinking of family members who might not have Word '07. Will they be able to > read that article? What is recommended? > > Also, there are so many WEST men named James in this lineage that we make it > a habit to identify our James by the range of birth years, 1760-1770 (to > date we have no document that provides exact birth date, so we use the > results from analysis of the census records): James (1760-1770) is the > consistent way we guarantee the reader will know the James we reference. Is > this an acceptable way of writing? > > I solicit and welcome any and all opinions/advice/suggestions. > > TIA > > Rana > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >