Browser automatically resizing

Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
(in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?

Thanks.

wolfdreamer wrote:
> Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
>
> Thanks.

You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
touchpad sensitivity.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Malke" wrote:

> wolfdreamer wrote:
> > Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> > (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> > my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> > minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
> got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
> drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
> mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
> step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
> touchpad sensitivity.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Same problem here. Brand new Toshiba Satellite does not appear to have a
touchpad sensitivity applet. Still not sure what's causing it.

Pete

"Malke" wrote:

> wolfdreamer wrote:
> > Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> > (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> > my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> > minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
> got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
> drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
> mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
> step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
> touchpad sensitivity.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Hi, Pete, mine is also a Toshiba satellite. I poked around in control panel
and I think I found the answer, thanks to Malke's advice. It's control panel
--> mouse --> Device Settings --> setting button under the window --> the
sensitivity is there, but it turns out that my laptop had something called
"tap zones" enabled (under "tapping"), and depending on where you tap on the
touchpad, it does different things. I turned it off and I hope that ends the
mysterious resizing.

wolf

"peteq" wrote:

> Same problem here. Brand new Toshiba Satellite does not appear to have a
> touchpad sensitivity applet. Still not sure what's causing it.
>
> Pete
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
> > wolfdreamer wrote:
> > > Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> > > (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> > > my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> > > minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
> > got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
> > drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
> > mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
> > step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
> > touchpad sensitivity.
> >
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > "Don't Panic!"
> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >

wolfdreamer wrote:
> Hi, Pete, mine is also a Toshiba satellite. I poked around in control panel
> and I think I found the answer, thanks to Malke's advice. It's control panel
> --> mouse --> Device Settings --> setting button under the window --> the
> sensitivity is there, but it turns out that my laptop had something called
> "tap zones" enabled (under "tapping"), and depending on where you tap on the
> touchpad, it does different things. I turned it off and I hope that ends the
> mysterious resizing.

Thanks for the solution, wolfdreamer. Since I don't have a laptop
running Vista, I wasn't able to give you the exact path but you found it
anyway. :-)

Hope this does the trick for you.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

On Feb 19, 5:51 am, wolfdreamer
<wolfdrea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi, Pete, mine is also aToshibasatellite. I poked around in control panel
> and I think I found the answer, thanks to Malke's advice. It's control panel
> --> mouse --> Device Settings --> setting button under the window --> the
> sensitivity is there, but it turns out that my laptop had something called
> "tap zones" enabled (under "tapping"), and depending on where you tap on the
> touchpad, it does different things. I turned it off and I hope that ends the
> mysteriousresizing.
>
> wolf
>
>
>
> "peteq" wrote:
> > Same problem here. Brand newToshibaSatellite does not appear to have a
> > touchpad sensitivity applet. Still not sure what's causing it.
>
> > Pete
>
> > "Malke" wrote:
>
> > > wolfdreamer wrote:
> > > > Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> > > > (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> > > > my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> > > > minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
>
> > > > Thanks.
>
> > > You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
> > > got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
> > > drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
> > > mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
> > > step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
> > > touchpad sensitivity.
>
> > > Malke
> > > --
> > > Elephant Boy Computers
> > >www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > > "Don't Panic!"
> > > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks so much... the window resizing was driving me crazy! Instead
of turning off the tap zones, I made them smaller and customized them
to our most frequent activities. Top Left - program we use most
often, Bottom Left - start menu, Top & Bottom Right - volume control.
Now, if only I can master scrolling! Natalie

Thanks so much for this post. I too have a brand new toshiba sattelite with
windows vista. I had posted the question on the IE bulletin awhile back and
haven't gotten a reply. I found the settings and "fixed" the problem thanks
to you guys. Kudos to you.

"wolfdreamer" wrote:

>
> Hi, Pete, mine is also a Toshiba satellite. I poked around in control panel
> and I think I found the answer, thanks to Malke's advice. It's control panel
> --> mouse --> Device Settings --> setting button under the window --> the
> sensitivity is there, but it turns out that my laptop had something called
> "tap zones" enabled (under "tapping"), and depending on where you tap on the
> touchpad, it does different things. I turned it off and I hope that ends the
> mysterious resizing.
>
> wolf
>
> "peteq" wrote:
>
> > Same problem here. Brand new Toshiba Satellite does not appear to have a
> > touchpad sensitivity applet. Still not sure what's causing it.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > "Malke" wrote:
> >
> > > wolfdreamer wrote:
> > > > Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> > > > (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> > > > my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> > > > minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
> > > got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
> > > drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
> > > mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
> > > step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
> > > touchpad sensitivity.
> > >
> > >
> > > Malke
> > > --
> > > Elephant Boy Computers
> > > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > > "Don't Panic!"
> > > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > >

thankyou, thankyou. It was driving me nuts!

"Elocutions" wrote:

> Thanks so much for this post. I too have a brand new toshiba sattelite with
> windows vista. I had posted the question on the IE bulletin awhile back and
> haven't gotten a reply. I found the settings and "fixed" the problem thanks
> to you guys. Kudos to you.
>
> "wolfdreamer" wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, Pete, mine is also a Toshiba satellite. I poked around in control panel
> > and I think I found the answer, thanks to Malke's advice. It's control panel
> > --> mouse --> Device Settings --> setting button under the window --> the
> > sensitivity is there, but it turns out that my laptop had something called
> > "tap zones" enabled (under "tapping"), and depending on where you tap on the
> > touchpad, it does different things. I turned it off and I hope that ends the
> > mysterious resizing.
> >
> > wolf
> >
> > "peteq" wrote:
> >
> > > Same problem here. Brand new Toshiba Satellite does not appear to have a
> > > touchpad sensitivity applet. Still not sure what's causing it.
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
> > > "Malke" wrote:
> > >
> > > > wolfdreamer wrote:
> > > > > Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> > > > > (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> > > > > my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> > > > > minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
> > > > got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
> > > > drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
> > > > mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
> > > > step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
> > > > touchpad sensitivity.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Malke
> > > > --
> > > > Elephant Boy Computers
> > > > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > > > "Don't Panic!"
> > > > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > > >

Wolfdreamer, you rock. I've been struggling with this stupid tap zone thing
for MONTHS. Thanks from the bottom of my no-longer-randomly-resizing window!

"wolfdreamer" wrote:

>
> Hi, Pete, mine is also a Toshiba satellite. I poked around in control panel
> and I think I found the answer, thanks to Malke's advice. It's control panel
> --> mouse --> Device Settings --> setting button under the window --> the
> sensitivity is there, but it turns out that my laptop had something called
> "tap zones" enabled (under "tapping"), and depending on where you tap on the
> touchpad, it does different things. I turned it off and I hope that ends the
> mysterious resizing.
>
> wolf
>
> "peteq" wrote:
>
> > Same problem here. Brand new Toshiba Satellite does not appear to have a
> > touchpad sensitivity applet. Still not sure what's causing it.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > "Malke" wrote:
> >
> > > wolfdreamer wrote:
> > > > Hi. I just got a new laptop yesterday and I noticed that when I was browsing
> > > > (in both IE and Firefox) that sometimes when I click (using my touchpad) that
> > > > my browser window will either resize itself to about half the screen or
> > > > minimize. Anyone have any idea what may be causing that or how to fix it?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > You probably have your touchpad sensitivity set too high. Since you just
> > > got the new laptop with Vista preinstalled, presumably the touchpad
> > > drivers are known to work although it never hurts to check at the laptop
> > > mftr.'s tech support site for updated drivers. That said, your first
> > > step is to go to the mouse/touchpad Control Panel applet and lower the
> > > touchpad sensitivity.
> > >
> > >
> > > Malke
> > > --
> > > Elephant Boy Computers
> > > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > > "Don't Panic!"
> > > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > >