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    Windows 7 What is Going on?

    It doesn't happen very much. When I go to the top of the screen and the pointer touches on one of my favorites, the favorite disappears. if I scan across the favorites with the mouse pointer every one of them disappears. I usually restart the computer and everything comes back to normal. What...
  2. Windows 10 Can't Rapid Tap

    If I tap on my touchpad 2 times, it registers as a double click. If I tap more than 2 times, it registers as a double click when I am done tapping. Normally, I would expect, say, 4 taps to register as a double click after tapping twice and a second double click after the fourth tap. Instead...
  3. Windows 10 SDK Build 10586 breakdown

    This week we released a new Windows 10 SDK. Let’s dive deeper into some of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) improvements in the SDK update: Visuals, Effects, and Animations Introducing Windows.UI.Composition, a new API family that directly targets the UI foundation layer. The UI...
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    Windows 10 Japanese keyboard input

    Hi guys, I'm having trouble with inputting stuff in Japanese. I have a standard European/American keyboard and normally this means that whenever I press "s" and "a" I'd get "さ" (Japanese "sa"), but now for every button I press a character appears (e.g. if I press "s" the result is "と" (Japanese...
  5. Windows 10 laptop mouse pad will not scroll one finger since windows 10

    Since installing windows 10 on my packard bell laptop, the mouse pad will no longer scroll with just one finger, im forced to use 2 finger scroll. How can I go back to 1 finger? It seems unfair for this to be forced on you. Thanks
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    Windows 7 Mouse RClick Is Not Working And Selection Of Text Selects Whole Sentences, or Paragraphs

    There is a simple solution to this problem but I do not recall what the solution is. I believe the solution calls for double tapping a specific key. The text is elected to wherever the mouse points the cursor. The text is selected to wherever the arrow keys direct the cursor to go. These...
  7. Windows 7 My mouse keeps jumping round my screen?

    When I move my mouse left and right fast it jumps up and down the screen randomly. I have tried using a different mouse mat, plugging it into a different usb plug and on another computer. I have a Gigabyte M6900 and my dpi is 800. Thanks for any help. Edit: The mouse is about 2 years old, i've...
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    Windows 7 Low mic input Realteck HD audio

    Hi, I've seen a lot of post on this problem but still no fix working for me. MB: Msi z97 pc mate - OS: Windows 7 - Version of Realtek HD audio driver is 6.0.1.7399 Mic is plugged in correctly in the rear pink jack, appears in Sound devices, appears in realtek audio manager, not muted, and...
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    VIDEO How to enable Chinese handwriting input in Windows 8.1 Pro Touch Keyboard

    This tutorial teaches you how to enable Chinese handwriting input in Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro's onscreen Touch Keyboard by download and installing Chinese Language Pack via Control panel language preferences.
  10. Windows 8 Problem with Mouse

    My mouse keeps going to the top right, and bottom left corners of the screen. What can I do in fixing this?
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    Windows 7 Getting a keyboard layout I don't even have in the control panel

    Hi! I'm using two keyboard layouts: Colemak and a Russian one, and those are the only 2 layouts I selected in the control panel. When I play StarCraft 2, sometimes, suddenly and without any kind of warning, my keyboard layout changes to regular English Qwerty. Pressing Alt+Shift switches...
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    Linux “survey/brain picking”; Nevermind

    I’m hoping that those of you who are already Linux users will share some insight, perspective, and experience to help guide those of us who are ready to jump in. Some specific questions are listed below. Please answer as much as you feel inclined. All input helps. It is not necessary to...
  13. Windows 8 Trackpad movement delay

    I just recently got an Asus Zenbook UX301LA, with Windows 8.1 and all the updates and have been having some problems with the trackpad. There is a setting in the windows 8 "Mouse and Touchpad Settings" menu which says "To help prevent the cursor from accidentally moving while you type, change...
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    Windows 7 Keyboard and mouse functioning irregularly

    I'm using a 3-year old Windows 7 HP Laptop, and until recently, I've never had any problems. As of today, my keyboard is no longer functioning properly. The keys will randomly keep disconnecting, the cursor jumps to different search bars, etc. Of course, even when some of the keys do choose to...
  15. Windows 7 CTRL + command not working

    Whenever I do CTRL + Z CTRL + P CTRL + C CTRL + R etc It barley works. What I usually do is hold CTRL and press the key. I end up having to press it like 5 - 15 times then it gets back to normal for a while, then goes back to me having to do that. I installed no new programs or nothing It...
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    Windows 8 changing keys?!

    the windows 8 I installed have changed @ and ".. at the key where @ is supposed to be, " is there and at the key where " is supposed to be, @ is there.. it seems that the keys are reversed.. How to solve this!! plus i also, tried another copy of windows 8 but same result.. thanx in advance.. ^___^
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    Windows 7 Freezing cursor

    Lately, on occasion, I'll be typing and will move the cursor to a new line. I'll just type a sentence or two, look up, and the line is blank. Cursor is absent for a few seconds, then appears and all is fine. (due to disability, I can no longer type 80 wpm without looking at the keyboard. I...
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    Windows 7 Down arrow key changes tabs

    Recently my arrow keys have been acting odd. I go to a page, scroll down, but it instead scrolls through tabs. It stays like that for a few minutes, then it's okay. Any idea why and how to fix?
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    Windows 7 Another input keyboard

    I defined one input keyboard (Spanish LatinAmerican) which is not English. Though I would like to keep the option to use as an exception the English keyboard. However sometimes the computer changes the input keyboard into the English one. And more rarely it changes to another keyboard...