pointer problem

my wife is learning English with the Rosetta Stone program but she has a problem using the mouse (it's an EDNET laser office mouse) she finds it too sensitive and prefers the touch pad on the laptop.

when i first used the mouse it worked in conjunction with the touch-pad so that you could use either as both were live at the same time,this morning i booted the PC and the touch pad no longer is live this happened once before and all i did was unplug the mouse and reboot then plug the mouse back in and all was OK but this time it will not work.

i have reinstalled the synaptics drivers and still nothing i then went to control panel mouse control and where there was a small picture of the touch-pad is now a pic of the mouse and as i am a dumbo with the internal workings of the PC i am reluctant to mess with the settings.

any help or ideas will be gratefully received thanks in advance.

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you can just turn down the sensativity of the mouse if you want. i cant remember it off the top of my head, i think its in the control panel under mouse and pointing devices. id check but im on a public computer

Ok nvm i can check on here. under control panel, under Mouse, go to the Pointer tab and change the speed. It MIGHT help, though this isnt a direct answer to your problem

 

i have no idea how it happened but booted the laptop this morning and it is back to it's original setting but i have not changed a thing.
lets hope it stays that way.
thanks for the input

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