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morningburst139

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June 5th, 2006 00:00

touchpad scroll problem

The scroll area on my touchpad isn't working? Every time I touch the side to scroll it just moves the pointer instead of scrolling. What can I do?
  • bacillus

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    Posted June 5th, 2006 08:00

    is this a new problem?

    looked in control panel>mouse to set what you want?
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    Posted June 5th, 2006 16:00

    I tried that...everything is set correctly...and yes it is a new problem
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    Posted June 5th, 2006 18:00

    What program are you in?
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    Posted June 5th, 2006 18:00

    What do you mean by what program?? The scroll won't work if any program that I'm in if that's what you mean...
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    Posted June 5th, 2006 19:00

    OK, that is what I was referring to. Sometimes the settings within the program itself (Netscape) can cause problems.
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    Posted June 13th, 2007 19:00

    I also have this problem.  After installing Vista the touchad did not scroll.  I installed both the XP drivers and the generic last drivers and it still won't work in any program.  The touchpad is a Synaptics one, and was designed to use virtual scrolling, and other features that also are'nt available.  Can someone please help me?
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    Posted June 13th, 2007 20:00

    You might try this site: http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm You didn't metion your model so I don't know if Dell has Vista drivers or not but Synaptics definitely does. Good luck!
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    Posted June 14th, 2007 02:00

    I actually got this problem fixed some time ago...I have Windows XP......I think i fixed it by reinstalling the driver.
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    Posted June 14th, 2007 16:00

    I have an Inspiron 6000 and neither do the XP drivers work, nor the synaptics drivers, which by the way warn, since they are generic a loss of advanced features can happen. 
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    Posted June 20th, 2007 15:00

    To enable scroll, right click on the touchpad icon in the lower right hand corner of your screen and select properties. This should open the touchpad control panel. There will be several tabs I forget the particular one but one will have the selections to enable you to scroll. If you have problems make another post and I will give fuller details.