topic Re: Problem with pointing device in PCs & Accessories

Problem with pointing device

mistercee — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:01:12 GMT

I have a weird problem with the touchpad on my SZ2XP

Every now and then, the touchpad reverses itself. If I move my finger to the right, the cursor moves to the left, if I move my finger up, the cursor moves down.

It almost always happens after restoring from standby or hibernate, but occaisionally it will just happen in normal use.

The only way to clear it is to shut down and restart, but even this doesn't always work.

Anyone any ideas or have come across this problem before?

Re: Problem with pointing device

rich912 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:49:56 GMT

Hi mistercee and welcome to the forum.

This is a strange one and has been reported before. Sometimes updating the pointing device driver via Device Manager works but occasionally this is a temporary fix.

If this is a recent occurrence then try a system restore back to a date when it gave no problem.

Re: Problem with pointing device

mistercee — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:20:32 GMT

I've tried reinstalling the driver and going back to a system restore point, but both don't seem to help.

Getting used to working backwards now

Mike

Re: Problem with pointing device

rich912 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:23:09 GMT

Hi mistercee,

I have escalated this to support.

Re: Problem with pointing device

rich912 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:15:16 GMT

Hi Mike,

Do you have any other pointing devices attached or installed, e.g. an external mouse or drawing pad?

Re: Problem with pointing device

@5528097000005097 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:31:59 GMT

Hi mistercee

Sorry if this sounds a bit obvious, do you have a touchpad icon in your taskbar tray, next to the clock? I'm thinking that there may be a conflict of settings in the tochpad properties, might be worth restoring all the default settings therein. Hope you get it sorted

Re: Problem with pointing device

olivier.pantz — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:20:36 GMT

Hello,

I have the same problem with my VAIO VGN-SZ4MN/B.
It seems to be a known problem, but with currently no solution.
I have found a long thread on this topic
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7587_102-0.html?forumID=69&threadID=252612&start=120

It seems that it doesn't help to contact sony support, which seems mostly to deny the problem.
They usually advise you to send your laptop back for repair (if under warranty), but, even after "repair",
the problem comes back again after a while...

The only "solution" for now seems to install a little programm called sakasamouse that reverse the mouse behaviour !!!

http://www.softpedia.com/downloadTag/reverse+mouse+pointer

You just have to launch it when you encounter the reverse problem.

I tried it on my computer and it seems to work quite well.