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Thread ID: 93417 2008-09-15 22:26:00 Touchpad Won't Scroll HTML Messages Winston001 (3612) Press F1
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705399 2008-09-15 22:26:00 Morning all. I've been wrestling with my Synaptics touchpad unsuccessfully. When my email is set to HTML, I cannot scroll the message. However a mouse will scroll.

What happens is that instead of scrolling, a little arrows icon shows up under the cursor but nothing else.

Any idea what settings I need to change?
Winston001 (3612)
705400 2008-09-16 03:28:00 A fault in touch pad,surely,I would have thought.
Will watch with interest.
Cicero (40)
705401 2008-09-16 12:42:00 This help?
www.synaptics.com
As it says, it's a generic driver only, probably better if you use the laptop manufacturers driver.
You may need to adjust something in the Touchpad drivers properties, sorry I dont have that info, maybe someone else has (what brand/model laptop/notebook do you have?).

a little arrows icon shows up under the cursor
Sounds like the icon you'd get if you click the scroll wheel on a mouse, a possible clue to a fix/adjustment?
feersumendjinn (64)
705402 2008-09-16 22:43:00 Hmmm I've updated the driver as suggested but no luck. It seems from searching that failure to scroll is a common problem but occurs in many different situations. In my case scrolling works in IE, Firefox, PDF, Word, everything except Outlook Express.

Even then, it will work in OE if reading is changed to Plain Text. However I prefer HTML.

Bit of a mystery and I've tried changing settings, going back to defaults etc. If a solution ever arrives I'll post back.

When using the mouse, scrolling in OE works!! So why not the touchpad?
Winston001 (3612)
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