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    how to disable touchpad scrolling

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by surreyfrog, Jul 2, 2009.

  1. surreyfrog

    surreyfrog Newbie

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    Looking for help please - I know this should be straightforward but i can't find the feature I need in control panel - I have an emachines laptop with touchpad scrolling enabled, running vista, I want to turn scrolling off - how do I do it?

    Thanks!
     
    surreyfrog, Jul 2, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    In the control panel, go to 'mouse', the option to disable scrolling should be there.
     
    namaiki, Jul 2, 2009
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  3. surreyfrog

    surreyfrog Newbie

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    Hi namaiki

    look - this is what I see when I go into mouse/wheel (wheel is the only place I can find anything about vertical scrolling) - nothing to let me turn it off

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    surreyfrog, Jul 2, 2009
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  4. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    On that screen,

    Device settings > Synaptics touchpad > settings > virtual scrolling > untick the "enable vertical scrolling" box.

    The "enable horizontal scrolling box should be there too.
     
    Johnny T, Jul 2, 2009
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  5. surreyfrog

    surreyfrog Newbie

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    That's done it

    Thanks, both of you, for helping me out.
     
    surreyfrog, Jul 2, 2009
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