Please HELP with touchpad problem on the 1005PE-MU17: Anyone, any idea how to reposition the screen content?
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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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It is not touch screen. Use the toggle button located below the screen instead. Good luck.
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the screen activates just getting close to it with hands. I always made a little pressure when touching the incons on the screen; I'm not sure if they work just touching w/o pressure. I check tomorrow and will let u know.
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the screen can get bent inward slightly around the lip, putting constant pressure on the key pad.I used, very carefully a razor blade edge and picked it up. it started working again normally..I did order a replacement screen as the issue happened time to time when dropped..stuff happens!
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I haven't found it to be difficult. The touchpad is centered under the qwerty keyboard, with the number keypad to the right. I use the number keypad a lot for data entry, so it's nice not to worry about accidentally resting my wrist on the touchpad.
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If you are referring to the touchpad there is a feature called palm rejection and you adjust the sensitivity. It seems to be pretty smart and that if you slide your palms on the touch pad it minimizes movement of the pointer. My favorite trick though is to use a USB mouse, and then change the setting that disables the touchpad while mouse is active. It allows me to use a regular mouse but if unplug and need to use my laptop to do something really quick i can either use the touch screen or unplug the usb key and then the touchpad is active right away, plug the usb key back in and the touchpad automatically turns off. It even has a nice amber light to remind you the touchpad is inactive.
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I have not been able to select and drag by double tapping the item. I can move an item by pressing the lower left corner of the touch pad and moving the item by moving my finger across the surface.
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You can slightly tap the touchpad with "click" fuction. You can also tap it with the mouse switch hidden under the rubber feet. Either way can use the tap feature of the touchpad.
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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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Your palm could be bumping the touchpad. I know this happens to me a lot. I also have this same netbook and noticed I am bumping the touchpad more often.
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Wondering if, since this seems to be a common problem with Acer products, Acer will provide a downloadable update that will correct this? As mentioned before, I've disabled the 'virtual scroll' and use the arrow keys to scroll.
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Did you Tap the screen and then hold it and drag you finger in direction you wanted to move it. This could take a couple of times and getting use to. A little move of finger is a big move.
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Is not working right for me. I have this stylu and a Dell Precision M3800 with touch screen... and is missing some touch strokes.
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I use the trackpad in bed (I have a bad back and use a computer table as well). I have the touch gestures enabled so that i can tap instead of click. If you have the trackpad set up this way, you can use it on a soft surface.
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I had the same problem. I disabled the drag feature of the elan touchpad and then downloaded touchfreeze - freeware that seems to have fixed the problem.
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I agree with J. Leo. The trackpad on every ASUS notebook for the past year have been terrible. I'm talking about that terrible dimpled monstrosity with the rocker switch. Here are my complaints: 1) The trackpad is on a glossy surface, meaning that if your fingers are not well oiled, the fingers do not glide across the surface. This makes using the trackpad a horrible horrible experience. 2) The dimples are not enough to indicate the end of the trackpad. Normal trackpads are recessed, leaving a slight wall to tell a user where the trackpad ended. 3) The rocker switch is not deep enough, so pressing the mouse button leaves an unclear impression as to whether a click was registered. Look at the Thinkpad buttons. Those go deep, at least by several millimeters. If you press it down, you know you pressed a button. The rocker switch goes down by about one millimeter. Not enough. Additionally, if some debris gets down there, it scrapes against the switch which sounds almost like a click. 4) The rocker switch is loud. 5) Due to the glossiness, oil and fingerprints accumulate on the trackpad itself. How ugly. (Consider this a side rant against any glossy notebook chassis.) Also, what's with the typically mediocre ASUS screens? About the only good screen from an ASUS is the 1005 HA.
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I use a mouse instead of the touch pad but I don't know how to disable to touchpad.