Please HELP with touchpad problem on the 1005PE-MU17 I hate this touch-pad. It causes many, many undesired things to happen as flipping pages, font sizes, starting undesired links etc. But, the worst just happened. I was moving my 3 fingers, left to right across the bottom part of the keyboard to swipe off the dust. I had done this many times before. But, this time the PC responded by rotating the whole screen content 90 degrees clockwise. Thus, you'd have to rotate the PC onto its side to use/read the screen. The curser had also lost its functionality in this position.Tried to reboot the Asus twice. The initial Microsoft progress bar shows in the normal orientation but, Windows starts now in the 90 degree rotated position. I've been swiping in the opposite direction for no avail. The Manual has nothing to say on this matter. Anyone, any idea how to reposition the screen content?Thanks in advance. Please HELP with touchpad problem on the 1005PE-MU17 I hate this touch-pad. It causes many, many undesired things to happen as flipping pages, font sizes, starting undesired links etc. » Read More Please HELP with touchpad problem on the 1005PE-MU17 I hate this touch-pad. It causes many, many undesired things to happen as flipping pages, font sizes, starting undesired links etc. But, the worst just happened. I was moving my 3 fingers, left to right across the bottom part of the keyboard to swipe off the dust. I had done this many times before. But, this time the PC responded by rotating the whole screen content 90 degrees clockwise. Thus, you'd have to rotate the PC onto its side to use/read the screen. The curser had also lost its functionality in this position.Tried to reboot the Asus twice. The initial Microsoft progress bar shows in the normal orientation but, Windows starts now in the 90 degree rotated position. I've been swiping in the opposite direction for no avail. The Manual has nothing to say on this matter. Anyone, any idea how to reposition the screen content?Thanks in advance. « Show Less
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when I pull up menu, the curser is in the search field. I cannot move it down to type in a data field, such as user name, email etc. Everything I try removes the key board and it is very difficult to get the search field to reappear again so I can start over, and start over and start over. what am I missing?
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Problem fixed by Asus 24/7 customer servicee.In case it happens to anyone, here is the solution:Right click on anywhere in the Windows screen and select Graphic Options - Rotation - Normal. A dust swipe should not cause the screen to rotate but, apparently in some cases it does.
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same here, it stops reacting by freezing, then when I tap the pad the cursor jumps to the lower part of the screen. It also zooms in on the screen almost everyday nonstop. It drives me nuts! , when I called to complain, the stupid customer service rep acted like he didn't know what I was talikng about, I told him to stop acting like he didn't know. I knew there were a lot a lot a lot of people complaining about this issue. He told me to reinstall the drivers from the website. I did, it works for a little bit, then goes back to the same issues I had before. I just use the gaming mouse that came with the laptop. That solved the problem. But I shouldn't have to resort to using the mouse :( *pissed at asus* same here, it stops reacting by freezing, then when I tap the pad the cursor jumps to the lower part of the screen. It also zooms in on the screen almost everyday nonstop. It drives me nuts! , when I called to complain, the stupid customer service rep acted like he didn't know what I was talikng about, I told him to stop acting like he didn't know. I knew there were a lot a lot a lot of people complaining about this issue. He told me to reinstall the drivers from the website. I did, it works for a little bit, then goes back to the same issues I had before. I just use the gaming mouse that... » Read More same here, it stops reacting by freezing, then when I tap the pad the cursor jumps to the lower part of the screen. It also zooms in on the screen almost everyday nonstop. It drives me nuts! , when I called to complain, the stupid customer service rep acted like he didn't know what I was talikng about, I told him to stop acting like he didn't know. I knew there were a lot a lot a lot of people complaining about this issue. He told me to reinstall the drivers from the website. I did, it works for a little bit, then goes back to the same issues I had before. I just use the gaming mouse that came with the laptop. That solved the problem. But I shouldn't have to resort to using the mouse :( *pissed at asus* « Show Less
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No it does not. The touchpad is poor in general. Spoils an otherwise great design.
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i think you may have it on the pad backwards. I did first off. now it works fine...
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I had same problem. I took to Micro solf store they were unable to fix and found it was a surface soft ware did not work properly. You can try attached with other surface to check your keyboard if it work. Otherwise your need a new keyboard. Good luck.
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The only suggestion I have is for you to turn off the 'Tapping' function on your mouse pad as you might be accidentally tapping on it as you use your space bar. I haven't had any problems with the two laptops we purchased from Asus, but I did turn off that function on both of them. Hope this helps.
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It's not the touchpad - it's your thumb. I had the same problem until I realized that I was letting my thumbs drop when typing. The cursor jumps to where the mouse pointer is when you're typing. Like most of my problems - it's between the keyboard and the chair.
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I experienced the same issue from time. It sometimes worked when I use the brutal force to connect the keyboard and the tablet. After a while the tablet was damaged by that. The screen has a vertical black area above the connection port. My suggestion is not to use the keyboard at all. Just return it.
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I haven't had that issue yet; however, I am finding out that I do not like the "touch" of the keyboard. Rather have my old large Microsoft ergonomic keyboard with the ten key attached, but it became too large for my keyboard tray. In fact the separate ten key pad has stopped working. It might require batteries but have not taken the time to find the battery compartment since I rather use the number keys on my keyboard. One other thing that has happened to me is my keyboard totally stopped working for awhile. Found out it could have been my USB port that went bad. Reinstalled in the software in another port and it is appears to be working fine now. Sorry if this isn't any help to you. I haven't had that issue yet; however, I am finding out that I do not like the "touch" of the keyboard. Rather have my old large Microsoft ergonomic keyboard with the ten key attached, but it became too large for my keyboard tray. In fact the separate ten key pad has stopped working. It might require batteries but have not taken the time to find the battery compartment since I rather use the number keys on my keyboard. One other thing that has happened to me is my keyboard totally stopped working for awhile. Found out it could have been my USB port that went bad. Reinstalled in... » Read More I haven't had that issue yet; however, I am finding out that I do not like the "touch" of the keyboard. Rather have my old large Microsoft ergonomic keyboard with the ten key attached, but it became too large for my keyboard tray. In fact the separate ten key pad has stopped working. It might require batteries but have not taken the time to find the battery compartment since I rather use the number keys on my keyboard. One other thing that has happened to me is my keyboard totally stopped working for awhile. Found out it could have been my USB port that went bad. Reinstalled in the software in another port and it is appears to be working fine now. Sorry if this isn't any help to you. « Show Less
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Not sure about this issue. I have the laptop and have used approx. 2 hrs per day for 4-5 months without having a single instance of a trackpad problem. Computer has worked very well for me. Only issue has been resuming a large number of windows after long duration of rest.Sorry if this does not directly answer your question.
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FWIW, at a Best Buy in another city, their ASUS notebooks had two finger scrolling working properly and the icons showing in the tray area. Must be something in the setup wrong at the store near me. I finally opted for the Gateway EC5801u which is also a thin, light, longlife model like these ASUS machines. It uses a Synaptic touchpad with a spiral scrolling gesture that I've quickly come to like. Swirl your finger round and round in a circle and it scrolls like controlling an ipod.
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I have the Acer Aspire One AO722 and do not have that problem. It is of course a slightly different model, however I believe both have the same multi-gesture pad. Full disclosure: I am far from an expert!
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I have the 1005PE MU17 and I"m having the same issue. The only way I can get it to restart is by removing the battery and manually hitting the power switch. I don't know if it is an issue with the unit or some strange bug in Windows 7. The funny thing is I had to do the same thing to a unit in BestBuy. Before buying I tested the keyboard in a local store and I had to unplug, remove the battery, and manually restart the machine before I was able to use it in the store. At the time I did not think anything of it but now I know that is an issue, I've had to do this about 6 to 8 times in the past 3 days. I have the 1005PE MU17 and I"m having the same issue. The only way I can get it to restart is by removing the battery and manually hitting the power switch. I don't know if it is an issue with the unit or some strange bug in Windows 7. The funny thing is I had to do the same thing to a unit in BestBuy. Before buying I tested the keyboard in a local store and I had to unplug, remove the battery, and manually restart the machine before I was able to use it in the store. At the time I did not think anything of it but now I know that is an issue, I've had to do this about 6 to 8 times in... » Read More I have the 1005PE MU17 and I"m having the same issue. The only way I can get it to restart is by removing the battery and manually hitting the power switch. I don't know if it is an issue with the unit or some strange bug in Windows 7. The funny thing is I had to do the same thing to a unit in BestBuy. Before buying I tested the keyboard in a local store and I had to unplug, remove the battery, and manually restart the machine before I was able to use it in the store. At the time I did not think anything of it but now I know that is an issue, I've had to do this about 6 to 8 times in the past 3 days. « Show Less
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I just ordered this laptop. I read those reviews about the trackpad too, but found recent reviews stating that there is an update for the trackpad at Dell, that solves the problem.
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Sorry, don't know the answer to your questions, but I will tell you that the Windows 8 OS, without touchscreen capability, makes for a very problematic typing experience...I have to hit Fn and F7 to turn off the touchpad or all hell breaks lose when you try to type.
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My touchpad worked coming out the box. So maybe this one is defective. It has been a great machine. Maybe you just got a bad one.
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I'm guessing that you are tapping the touchpad while you are typing. This has happened to me a couple of times and it's usually my thumb hitting the touchpad by accident which cause your laptop to revert to the last place your arrow was at...