View Single Post
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 08-27-2007
Thierry
 

Posts: n/a
RE: Flip 3D strange behaviour
Hi,
If you've got a Synaptics TouchPad driver, you should uninstall it. Then you
should be able to use Aero and click without problem.

"Sandra" wrote:

> Is it possible to disable Flip 3D without turning the Aero theme off?
> I'll explain why
>
> I have the following problem. Whatever program is open, even when i want to
> use
> right-click-->destop properties I loose focus!!
> I can't click anywhere! For instance, if a dialogue box is open you see that
> this box has the focus (colour of the titlebar). Clicking on an option box
> or ok/cancel button makes the dialogue box out of focus! and it doesn't
> react anymore. Same problem when wanting to click a hyperlink in explorer,
> explorer goes out of focus. Clicking the alt+tab or flip 3D gives the focus
> back, but clicking it again gives the same problem.
> After annoying hours i realised that this wasn't happening at the 'margins'
> of my desktop. Further investigation reveiled that the area occupied by the
> Flip 3D is actually the area that always went out of focus when clicking on
> it. Subsequently, i turned the aero theme off and the problem was entirely
> gone! Turning it on again, the problem also showed up again, etc..
> The thing is that aero itself is not causing the problem, but the flip 3D.
> Unfortunaly, turning the the flip function off only seems possible with
> turning the Aero theme off. So maybe there is a way to turn only the 3D off,
> so i will be certain that this indeed causing the probs.
> To give complete information, when i give back the focus i'm able to select
> options/buttons by using the tab and enter key, but when i click with my
> touchpad or mouse i loose the focus.
>
> Any help very much appreciated
>
> Sandra
>
>

Reply With Quote