Screens always scroll to mouse pointer

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Hi all,

In all Vista applications, how do I stop the screen automatically scrolling
towards the mouse pointer. This is really annoying, especially in Word 2007
when I'm typing and the screen jumps back (with the cursor) to where the
mouse pointer is hovering. It also hapens in IE7, it's like I'm constantly
fighting with the screen to keep it where it is when I'm reading a website! I
can't see anything in Mouse Options in the Control Panel to stop this. Help!!!
 
Yes, please help me too. I like Vista so far but NEVER had this problem with
XP. ?I'm a newsletter editor for a non-profit and this is really getting in
the way. Have you found a fix yet
 
Using a laptop?



Priscilla said:
Yes, please help me too. I like Vista so far but NEVER had this problem
with
XP. ?I'm a newsletter editor for a non-profit and this is really getting
in
the way. Have you found a fix yet
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Normally, the mouse auto scroll is activated with the middle button.

if it is active all the time, then it is probably the driver.

If you have a joystick type mouse, then there may be a settings box
that will allow you to calibrate it for X,Y, and it will find center
on it's own.

If you are using a laptop, you may want to contact your
manufacturer about the issue.
 
I am using a laptop, but we have the same problem on every type of laptop we
use (currently Fujitsu, Toshiba and Dell). The problem occurs whether the
touch pad on laptop is active or not. All the external mice we use are
Microsoft mice so drivers are current and Vista compatible.

I have turned off every possible attribute in software but to no avail. Even
in Word, when the cursor is not visible because you are typing, if you pause
in typing the page will jump to the cursor position. It is beginning to make
some of these applications (especially Explorer) virtually untenable!
 
Just a shot in the dark but when I press my mouse wheel, an up/down
arrow appears and the screen will scroll when the mouse is moved.

I wondered if, when an external mouse was used on the laptop, whether
the scroll wheel had been pressed too hard and activating the touchpad
did not cancel this setting?
 
No sorry. I get the scroll arrow as well when I press the wheel down too,
that is fine. The problem is just scrolling using the wheel or the scroll
bars. For example now, if I use the wheel to scroll down, when I stop
scrolling the screen bounces back - as if it is trying to go back to the
cursor point on the screen.

Very annoying and extremely frustrating!
 
One last guess - have you tried toggling the scroll lock key?

I know it is supposed to be for direction arrows - but you never know.
 
It's a setting in the mouse button configuration. Normally
on a standard mouse it is the middle button that does that.

You either need a driver for it, or you need to reconfigure your
touch pad. It might not be letting go of settings from mouse to
touchpad, or visa versa.

Try resetting defaults and see if that helps.
 
Hi,
I have a HP Laptop with Vista loaded and have had no problems with it
or Vista at all but for the stupid up/down arrow that randomley
appears after I have just finished using the vertical slider in Word,
Excel, PDF, Outlook or even in this forum. I only ever use the Laptop
Pad but since I first noticed the problem (many months ago) i have
tride to turn the dam facility off but cant find how to do it.....I
have of late tride a mouse but it still appears and sends my work
scidaling up or down for now aparant reason..

I have also played with the scroll key but cant seem to see that it
makes any differsence...

Its so infuriating and intemittent that when you want it to appear so
you can try to kill it, it wont, it will do its damdest, almost as if
it knows you looking for it and just pretends to not be
there...spooky !

Windows and MS Ofice are upto date with all that can be down loaded
from the net.....
I also have the latest startup/setup files loaed by HP engineers.

So now its up to you wiz kids out there....HELP ! its driving us all
crazy....eeeerh

Idea!... could it be that we who have the problem are using an issue
of some software that no one else is ?
or am I wrong to think that only a few of us have this problem?....

Crazzzzzed Jon
 
Since my last post I still have not been able to switch this scroll
thing off.... I contacted HP who build the laptop and they say its a
MS thing... MS do say anything!

Crazzzed jon
 
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