Thread: Laptop mouse/touchpad with a mind of its own..
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Old 21-09-2011, 12:07   #15
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Re: Laptop mouse/touchpad with a mind of its own..
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Originally Posted by Russ View Post
It never happens when I'm using the laptop, and seemingly never during the day when I leave it.

All I'm aware of is when I leave the laptop on overnight to download something, in the morning multiple files/windows will be open (as if someone pressed the left mouse button about 20 times even though the cursor was left nowhere near that file) and once, one of the documents on my desktop printed out by itself.

If I had to hazard a guess, it's as if someone else is controlling the mouse (I have mainly pensioners and late-middle-aged people living around here, it's unlikely to be a rogue neighbour) but not 'intelligently' - I'd have thought they'd go after my bank details or something. When I was using a wireless mouse and it was left plugged in, I did think it may have been interference from something but this is happening when I take the receiver out. Even if I lock the keyboard, in the morning the 'Ease of Access' icon on the bottom left has been played with, as the options you get when you use it are open.

Again, disabling the pad would stop it or plugging a cabled mouse in but I want to deal with the problem, not mask it.
I think I'd be tempted to set up a hidden camera, web cam or something if poss because it sounds suspisiously like someone is messing with your kit, rather than your kit messing with you.

Can't really offer any more advice I'm afraid, but it would be interesting to find out.

The reason I initially asked if you had any pets Russ, was on the off chance a cat was falling asleep on your laptop due it being nice and warm.

A bit of long shot I know.
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