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chicopee (Mechanical)
5 Apr 12 22:07
my laptop mouse is wandering all over the screen and I need to open my ACAD drawings from a window XP 2000 operating system.  I need key codes instead of using the malfunctioning mouse.  Where can I get these two key codes until I can get a new computer?
dik (Structural)
6 Apr 12 4:27
What type of mouse?  Have you tried re-installing the drivers? Are you sure it is the laptop?

Dik
chicopee (Mechanical)
6 Apr 12 13:25
I have both mouses, laser and ball types.  There is no difference, cursor goes out of the screen. No,I have not reinstalled any driver and I will once I get back home, meanwhile, somebody else is working on my drawings and I don't like it, that's why I am hoping for key codes for ACAD and the operating system until I get back home.  
dik (Structural)
7 Apr 12 9:58
I cannot find the key codes for a mouse... are you thinking of "short cut" keys? or possibly unicode keys for characters? or some means of accelerating the cursor keys?

Dik
dik (Structural)
7 Apr 12 9:59
also found this:

http://www.bilbo.com/shortcut.html

Dik
chicopee (Mechanical)
7 Apr 12 21:15
I'll try a few of these keys. thks!
KENAT (Mechanical)
9 Apr 12 15:02
chicopee - it may not be your 'mouse' that's the problem but the touch pad on the laptop assuming you have one.

I had similar issues, and couldn't find where to disable the touch pad even after pointers from IT.  Given they eventually gave me a new laptop instead of fixing it I'm guessing they had trouble too.

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dik (Structural)
9 Apr 12 15:51
I've disabled the touchpad on my laptop... same day I bought it!

Dik
GregLocock (Automotive)
10 Apr 12 19:51
try switching voice navigation off! oh and pull the tip off the ibm style nippley thing.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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drawoh (Mechanical)
11 Apr 12 15:10
chicopee,

   I have a wireless mouse for my laptop.  I had a little wireless mouse receiver plugged into my USB port.  One day, I had my mouse in my briefcase next to my laptop, and all sorts of weird things happened to the mouse pointer until I unplugged the receiver.

   At home, I plug my laptop into a USB hub.  The hub is where my mouse receiver lives.  My problem solved, perhaps yours?

               JHG

chicopee (Mechanical)
24 Apr 12 21:15
I disabled the touch pad and the cursor is behaving properly. Thanks for the suggestion. No need for key codes.
RHTPE (Structural)
29 Apr 12 11:15

Chicopee - I do most of my AutoCAD work on a Dell laptop.  I have found that the touchpad and a mouse can coexist most of the time. BUT I have found that the sleeve of my shirt (when typing on the keyboard) brushes the touchpad and sends the cursor off to who knows where.  I have also found that the mere brush of a sleeve on a mouse wheel can resize my AutoCAD screen to a view far removed from the project.

Sometimes our computer issues are caused by the least expected.
 

Ralph
Structures Consulting
Northeast USA

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