[Jukebox-list] computers

[Jim Poe]

Ron Rich wrote:
> This things got one of them thar "touch pad" mouse(es?--er, mice?). Anytime I try to move it, it "clicks", turning anything that it happens to point to, on-- but it lacks a "cap lock" indicator, so about half the time, when I type an "A", my big finger turns the cAP LOCK ON----Ron Rich
> 
> Jjmscf at aol.com wrote:  Yeah.Mine drives me crazy.After I hamhandedly type an email I'll go back to 
> correct my mistakes before I send it.Sometimes the computer lets me.Other 
> times it starts erasing characters after the correction as I type forcing me to 
> retype everything after the mistake.I sure wish I knew what me or the computer 
> is doing to turn this on or off and if Windows or AOL is the culprit.
> 
> J.C.

Ron, I have a Toshiba laptop that did the same thing.  Drove me crazy 
until i figured out that you can reconfigure the touch pad to turn off 
all the clicking that it does.  Clicks should only be the buttons below 
the touch pad.
Jim