Win 7 Question - auto click?

Getting used to win 7. Somehow, I seem to have somethinig turned on I don't
want and didn't know I turned on:

If the cursor rests for more than a few seconds over a link or button, it
auto-clicks the link or button on me. I have to be careful to put the curson
into empty areas of any new screens that open.
I DO have single-click vs double-click turned on, but that doesn't seem
to be the cause of this issue. Hovering selects the link/button and clicking
activates it. I've used it on XP forever and still do.

Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever it is really called?

TIA,
Twayne`

Twayne wrote:

>Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever it is really called?


Did you turn on any accessibility options?

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Center
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"Alias" <.¡nval¡d> wrote in message
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> On 05/17/2011 07:07 PM, Twayne wrote:
>> Getting used to win 7. Somehow, I seem to have somethinig turned on I
>> don't
>> want and didn't know I turned on:
>>
>> If the cursor rests for more than a few seconds over a link or button, it
>> auto-clicks the link or button on me. I have to be careful to put the
>> curson
>> into empty areas of any new screens that open.
>> I DO have single-click vs double-click turned on, but that doesn't
>> seem
>> to be the cause of this issue. Hovering selects the link/button and
>> clicking
>> activates it. I've used it on XP forever and still do.
>>
>> Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever it is really
>> called?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Twayne`
>>
>>
>
> Mouse or track pad?
>
> --
> Alias

Nope, it's apparently a setting built into Win7, my laptop does the same
thing. If you search on Disable Auto Click you will see others who have had
the same concern.

Carl

On 17/05/2011 18:30, G. Morgan wrote:
> Twayne wrote:
>
>> Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever it is really called?
>
>
> Did you turn on any accessibility options?
>
> Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Center

That's the one.

Make the mouse easier to use.
Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse.

Untick.

Ed

"Alias" <.¡nval¡d> wrote in message
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> On 05/18/2011 11:44 AM, crkeehn wrote:
>> "Alias"<.¡nval¡d> wrote in message
>> news:4dd2ad67$...
>>> On 05/17/2011 07:07 PM, Twayne wrote:
>>>> Getting used to win 7. Somehow, I seem to have somethinig turned on I
>>>> don't
>>>> want and didn't know I turned on:
>>>>
>>>> If the cursor rests for more than a few seconds over a link or button,
>>>> it
>>>> auto-clicks the link or button on me. I have to be careful to put the
>>>> curson
>>>> into empty areas of any new screens that open.
>>>> I DO have single-click vs double-click turned on, but that doesn't
>>>> seem
>>>> to be the cause of this issue. Hovering selects the link/button and
>>>> clicking
>>>> activates it. I've used it on XP forever and still do.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever it is really
>>>> called?
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Twayne`
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Mouse or track pad?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>
>> Nope, it's apparently a setting built into Win7, my laptop does the same
>> thing. If you search on Disable Auto Click you will see others who have
>> had
>> the same concern.
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
>
> "Nope"? It's either the mouse of the track pad. I have noticed that
> laptops that use a track pad instead of a mouse have that problem and they
> were running XP. I have seen it happen with Vista as well.
>

I have seen track pads that are set so sensitive that they just regularly
click the mouse every now and then even when your fingers are nowhere near
the pad.

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On 5/18/2011, crkeehn posted:
> "Alias" <.¡nval¡d> wrote in message
> news:4dd2ad67$...
>> On 05/17/2011 07:07 PM, Twayne wrote:
>>> Getting used to win 7. Somehow, I seem to have somethinig turned on I
>>> don't
>>> want and didn't know I turned on:
>>>
>>> If the cursor rests for more than a few seconds over a link or button, it
>>> auto-clicks the link or button on me. I have to be careful to put the
>>> curson
>>> into empty areas of any new screens that open.
>>> I DO have single-click vs double-click turned on, but that doesn't
>>> seem
>>> to be the cause of this issue. Hovering selects the link/button and
>>> clicking
>>> activates it. I've used it on XP forever and still do.
>>>
>>> Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever it is really
>>> called?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Twayne`
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Mouse or track pad?
>>
>> -- Alias

> Nope, it's apparently a setting built into Win7, my laptop does the same
> thing. If you search on Disable Auto Click you will see others who have had
> the same concern.

> Carl

Well, it's never happened to me on several computers runing Win 7, both
desktops and laptops...

But see the post by G. Morgan in this thread,
Message-ID: <>,
and Ed cryer's reply to it.

And Brian Gregory [UK] reports some relevant experience too:
Message-ID: <>

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In news:4dd2ad67$,
Alias <.¡nval¡d> typed:
> On 05/17/2011 07:07 PM, Twayne wrote:
>> Getting used to win 7. Somehow, I seem to have
>> somethinig turned on I don't want and didn't know I
>> turned on: If the cursor rests for more than a few seconds over a
>> link or button, it auto-clicks the link or button on me.
>> I have to be careful to put the curson into empty areas
>> of any new screens that open. I DO have single-click
>> vs double-click turned on, but that doesn't seem to be the cause of this
>> issue. Hovering selects the
>> link/button and clicking activates it. I've used it on
>> XP forever and still do. Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or
>> whatever
>> it is really called? TIA,
>> Twayne`
>>
>>
>
> Mouse or track pad?

Track Pad (Synaptics).

In news:,
G. Morgan <> typed:
> Twayne wrote:
>
>> Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever
>> it is really called?
>
>
> Did you turn on any accessibility options?
>
> Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access
> Center

No, at least not intentionally. I'll check them out though as I hadn't
thought of that.

HTH,

Twayne`

"Alias" <.¡nval¡d> wrote in message
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> On 05/18/2011 07:24 PM, Brian Gregory [UK] wrote:
>> "Alias"<.¡nval¡d> wrote in message
>> news:4dd39a3e$...
>>> On 05/18/2011 11:44 AM, crkeehn wrote:
>>>> "Alias"<.¡nval¡d> wrote in message
>>>> news:4dd2ad67$...
>>>>> On 05/17/2011 07:07 PM, Twayne wrote:
>>>>>> Getting used to win 7. Somehow, I seem to have somethinig turned on I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> want and didn't know I turned on:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the cursor rests for more than a few seconds over a link or
>>>>>> button,
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> auto-clicks the link or button on me. I have to be careful to put the
>>>>>> curson
>>>>>> into empty areas of any new screens that open.
>>>>>> I DO have single-click vs double-click turned on, but that
>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> seem
>>>>>> to be the cause of this issue. Hovering selects the link/button and
>>>>>> clicking
>>>>>> activates it. I've used it on XP forever and still do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea how to get rid of that auto-click or whatever it is really
>>>>>> called?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>> Twayne`
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mouse or track pad?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> Nope, it's apparently a setting built into Win7, my laptop does the
>>>> same
>>>> thing. If you search on Disable Auto Click you will see others who
>>>> have
>>>> had
>>>> the same concern.
>>>>
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> "Nope"? It's either the mouse of the track pad. I have noticed that
>>> laptops that use a track pad instead of a mouse have that problem and
>>> they
>>> were running XP. I have seen it happen with Vista as well.
>>>
>>
>> I have seen track pads that are set so sensitive that they just regularly
>> click the mouse every now and then even when your fingers are nowhere
>> near
>> the pad.
>>
>
> First thing I do is turn off the track pad and use a USB mouse.

When possible I just change the settings so that it won't click when you
don't want it to, or not often anyway.

Some are best with clicking on the actual pad switched right off so you have
to use the separate button underneath. With the pad on my netbook I've
learnt to work it without often making accidental clicks.

I'd like to be able to switch between using the pad or a real mouse freely
but often Windoze's single sensitivity control cannot be set to make both
devices comfortable to use.

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>
> First thing I do is turn off the track pad and use a USB
> mouse.

On a laptop? First thing you'd do isn't much help to me.

HTH,

Twayne`