input devices

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz takes a look at the Microsoft Touch Mouse and discusses the ways in which it will help us to gradually move to the Windows 8 touch screen interface. Link Removed

Hi guys, Here is the story of my sad spiral into doom: 1) I use a SmartNav head tracker (hands-free mouse). One day it started giving choppy performance in first person shooters. It seemed to be due to a dodgy webcam driver I'd installed. No problem, right? I used Win7 restore points to...

I have 3 HP Multi-media keyboards. On my Vista system the programs for the multi-media keys are displayed in a grid in the Control Panel section Keyboard. In the Windows 7 Control panel Keyhoard the grid is there, but is blank and there seems to be no way to change any thing. It appears to me...

Microsoft has finally made official its answer to Apple’s multitouch Magic Mouse: the Microsoft Touch Mouse for Windows 7. I was prepared to scoff, given how execrable multitouch support in Windows 7 is in the first place, but you know what? As an Apple user, I want one, because this was...

My computer thinks that I am holding the ctrl key. I did the updates and it still hasn't fixed. ALso did a complete restore and tried and brand new keyboard. Any ideas? Dell was no help at all and I have been searching and still can't seem to get it fixed

Hi , My microphone isn't being detected when i plug it in. there is also no option for the mic in the sound panel ive been trying for a week to find the right driver and such..... :( im goin insane. help please!!! Operating System System ModelWindows 7 Ultimate (build 7600) Install...

Hello, I have a HP Pavillion DV4-1275mx laptop. With Windows Visat x64. I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 in a seperate partition of my Hard Drive with a clean install. At first it worked great. Then, I turned it off and let it install 34 updates. When I turned my Laptop back on. My...

Hi, My mouse middle button is driving me nuts. I use the middle button mainly to open a link into a new tab on firefox and some other uses as well. I know it seems minor but when im opening up to 10-20 tabs it gets annoying. Basically when i use the button to open a new tab it has a 50-50...

I was just thinking about this so what is better for a keyboard and mouse. Connecting it via USB or PS2. I cannot really think that the operation of these devices should really be different either way. :confused:

When i am playing any gamesd on win7 pro N 64 bit, i seem to have an issue where the mouse cursor cannot reach the bottom or right hand side of the screen. This makes it very hard t click buttons, scrolls screens etc. Any ideas on how to fix this? Is driving me nuts. If this is the...

hi all i have a problem with touch pad it wont work with windows seven at all any help would be gratefull cheers ,ive it a brick wall with all drivers with synaptics

Hi all what it is, is i can be scrolling around as you do everything fine... then all of a sudden the mouse will fly off to another point of the screen, ha ha ha... its like i have lost controll of it or something else has got hold of it... whats the coo is it a virus or a dodgy mouse...

Hello I bought a brand new MICROSOFT NATURAL KEYBOARD 4000 to replace the exact same keyboard that's a few years old. Something went horribly wrong. The keyboard and the mouse no longer work, together, individually, or combined with other keyboards and mouse. The computer no longer...

System: Win7 x64 Software: intellimouse 7, Wacom 6.1.2-5 I have had both my Wacom Intuos4 pen tablet and my Microsoft wireless optical mouse working at the same time before in Win7 x64, BUT - my screen saver and power saving features did not work. I read that there was an issue with the...

Hi all. I have an Acer Aspire 5738Z, which came with Vista Pro 32. I have since upgraded to 7 Pro 32, using the upgrade disc. The system worked fine for a little while. But then my (admittedly cheap) USB mini mouse ceased to work (turned out its wire may have had a problem) — none of the...

Hi, I`m running FSX in W7 and I noticed an issue about hatswitch (view pan) when using my logitech rumble pad 2 and it is not enabled the "Z" fix to move the camera. I have my HD partitioned and in one partition have Win XP SP3 and in the other W7. When I run FSX under W XP I see no problem with...

Hey, Some people, including me, have experienced problems when using MS Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 in Vista. This joystick seems to work properly when it is plugged for first time. However, if you choose to, for some reason, unplug it and later re-plug it, Sidewinder loses its force feedback...

Hello everyone, I've a Dell Inspiron 1520 Laptop with a Microsoft Notebook Optical mouse attached via USB and I've install a few days ago the final version of Windows 7. I immediately noticed this issue: when I'm typing a message or a StickNote, sometime the cursor move where the mouse pointer...

Okay, so I am running the Windows 7 beta and firstly it is bloody awesome, but I am having a problem. I use a G9 Logitech Laser Mouse; Link Removed (Gaming Mouse) Any-who, with this mouse comes software called, Setpoint. Basically what this does is allows the user to customize the mouse and...

I installed windows 7 on a new rig (12gb ram, ASUS p6t mother board and 3.3 Core i7 Extreme Edition 975(3.33G,L2:4x256KB,L3:8M, rev.D0,130W). Everything was funtioning fine until I moved the computer into another room. Now mouse and keyboard dont function. Tried PS2 keyboard and it worked...