Mouse or touch-pad acting erratically[Automatic clicking issue]
Issue
An very annoying issue, when I was typing on my laptop my cursor would jump around or putting the mouse pointer over an icon will automatically launch without any human intervention. Even after disabling the touch pad of my laptop and plug in an USB mouse,the problem is still the same.
Solution
- Right Click on "My Computer" on your desktop
- At the top of the window that appears left click on the "Hardware" tab.
- Left click on the "Device Manager" button
- Look down the tree of Device items and left click on the plus sign (+) to the left of "Mice and other pointing *devices"
- At this point you, under the "Mice and other pointing devices" heading, you should see one listed item (driver) if you're using just your touch-pad or one mouse.
- Right click on that driver name, in my case it's "Snaptics PS/2...".
From the menu that appears when you right click on the mouse driver, choose "Update driver" by left clcking on it.
- Follow the update instructions.
That's it. After you've updated your driver, reboot.
Notes
Thanks to
Colt Lending for this tip.
Tip inspired from this
post on the
forum