re: disable the pointing stick? Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 3:37 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by fallsoff (1 messages posted) I have a Dell C610 refurb. Have had it 2-3 years. The persistent skitterish pointer issues destroy the utility of the laptop and affet one's sanity over time! I used all of the different Dell and Synaptic drivers__always running XP Pro. I found the 'eraser' driver conflict and disabled the 'eraser' in the Dell utility. Nothing good happens as it reasserts itself sooner or later and the setting is never really stable. I used several different mice_usb, ps2, etc. Sooner or later the pointer goes astray again. Finally I pulled the keyboard and CUT the smaller flat cable attached to the 'eraser'. Taped it up out of the way. Reinstalled the keyboard. BINGO__no more problems!!! It is the best and only reliable fix that I have found for this hugely irritating pointer conflict that destroys the fun and utility of the laptop. I am sincerely happy now with this little P3 laptop!! Good luck, Fallsoff On Friday, January 4, 2008 at 10:36 pm, mj wrote: >This does not work for XP, 2000 maybe but not XP, not on a Insprion 8000. > > > Written in response to: re: disable the pointing stick? (mj: Friday, January 4, 2008 at 10:36 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Vilnis Vulfs: Mon, Sep 23, 2002, 10:08 am) re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Bob B: Mon, Sep 23, 2002, 11:27 am) re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Glenn: Sat, Jul 5, 2003, 9:10 am) re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Vilnis Vulfs: Mon, Jul 7, 2003, 9:58 am) re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (alx: Thu, Nov 27, 2003, 10:35 pm) re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (david lucey: Sat, Nov 29, 2003, 1:13 am) re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Ian: Thu, Jan 6, 2005, 7:26 am) re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' (Ken: Fri, Apr 8, 2005, 6:45 am) disable the pointing stick? (Sanjay: Wed, Apr 20, 2005, 5:10 pm) re: disable the pointing stick? (Adria: Wed, May 11, 2005, 9:59 am) re: disable the pointing stick? (david: Thu, May 19, 2005, 6:34 am) re: disable the pointing stick? (esko: Mon, Jun 20, 2005, 6:22 am) re: disable the pointing stick? (Bill Rockenbeck: Fri, Jul 15, 2005, 1:29 pm) re: disable the pointing stick? (Tim Wells: Sun, Jan 29, 2006, 11:00 pm) re: disable the pointing stick? (David Glober: Sat, May 13, 2006, 2:33 am) re: disable the pointing stick? (Tim Wells: Sat, May 13, 2006, 10:01 am) re: disable the pointing stick? (Aidan Dun: Wed, Aug 16, 2006, 3:55 am) re: disable the pointing stick? (andrew: Sat, Sep 23, 2006, 7:39 pm) re: disable the pointing stick? (Jeanine Braithwaite: Thu, Oct 25, 2007, 9:24 am) re: disable the pointing stick? (Nick Wu: Sat, Dec 8, 2007, 7:04 pm) re: disable the pointing stick? (mj: Fri, Jan 4, 2008, 10:36 pm) re: disable the pointing stick? (fallsoff: Tue, Sep 16, 2008, 3:37 pm) re: disable the pointing stick? (Jeff: Sun, Feb 11, 2007, 2:21 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum