How To Turn Off?

[Planettera]

I have 3 laptops and they have XP Pro, Vista Ultimate, and Windows 7 Premium installed. On all of them if the mouse cursor stay on a certain spot, it activates that feature.

For instance, if I move the cursor on the red "X" on the top right corner, it will close the current window.

How do I disable this feature on all the laptops?

 

[kohan69]

mouse properties, pointer options, uncheck Snap To

 

[Planettera]

Think I couldn't explain it properly. When a cursor stays on one certain place for like 2-3 seconds it activates or opens that application. I want to disable this option.

 

[jubbie]

Its more like clicking after hovering a while. I am not sure if this works but I know you can try checking to see if Click Lock is on. That could help.

 

[Deluded]

Disable any Disability application you have on. Check in your Control panels, and click Disability something.

 

[jonathonball]

Disable any Accessibility application you have on. Check in your Control panels, and click Accessibility Options.

fixed

 

[DDigital]

fixed

To be fair, it has a picture of a guy in a wheel chair for an icon... easy mistake to make

Anyway, it's probably a "Tap to Click" problem. It's the feature that lets you tap on the touchpad instead of left clicking. It can sometimes do what you are describing. You should be able to disable it under you mouse/touchpad settings in the control panel or by clicking on the touchpad icon in the task bar (by the clock) if it is present. Some laptop touchpads are run by secondary software, so you may need to find the program and adjust the settings through it.

What brand are the laptops?