Re: Mouse pointer speed settings keep reseting


I've experienced the exact same problems with my touchpad. It's really
annoying because the default settings are way too slow and it requires
swiping across the touchpad several times just to move the pointer to
the other side of the screen. It started after I installed an external
mouse with its corresponding drivers. I'm running a similar system but
I haven't found a resolution to this problem yet.

Have you had any luck with it since you posted your original message?


Pat Furrie Wrote:
> I'm finding that every time I restart my computer, and changes I had
> previously made to the mouse pointer speed in the control panel are
> lost
> (reset to default values). I've now set them a couple dozen times, but
> they
> always return to the default values after the system is restarted.
>
> The system is a Pavilion notebook computer with a Synaptics touchpad
> (v5.9,
> listed in the mouse properties as being PS/2 Port 3).
>
> In the Mouse control panel on the Pointer Options tab, I keep setting
> the
> pointer speed towards the fast end, and turn on the "Enhance pointer
> precision." The settings remain so long as I'm using the computer (or
> only
> put the system into standby). I can find no other speed settings
> withing the
> Synaptics control panel, and the Windows pointer speed option very
> definately
> adjusts the property I'm intending. Also note that I've tried this
> without
> enabling the "Ehnace pointer precision" but get the same
> return-to-default
> results with regards to the pointer speed.
>
> I'm running Windows XP SP2 with all current hotfixes, and am also
> running
> the latest version of the driver for the touchpad as released by HP.
>
> Additionally, the problem also exists if I use an external mouse as
> well.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get the mouse settings to be retained?
>
> Thanks
>
> Pat Furrie


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