Comments on: Way to Increase Mouse Pointer Speed?

Question: Way to Increase Mouse Pointer Speed?

drleary — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:31:48 -0800

Under Windows XP, is there a way to make the speed of the mouse pointer increase when you plugin a mouse, but decrease when you're just using the touchpad? Thanks!

By: radioamy

radioamy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:34:56 -0800

In the control panel there are settings for the mouse...you should be able to have separate settings for the mouse and touchpad.

By: drleary

drleary — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:38:23 -0800

I thought that too, but I'm not having any luck finding it.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:45:15 -0800

What brand of laptop is it? Often, you can get specific drivers for a particular touchpad on most name brand laptops. This usually will include a separate Control Panel or System Tray applet that allows you to control the speed and response of the touchpad and/or pointing stick.

By: niles

niles — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:45:35 -0800

This may be what you mean by your last comment, but buried under the properties panel (I have a tab for the touchpad device, and then there's another settings button I can hit once I'm on that screen) on my laptop there's a speed setting for the trackpad. It's really more like a modifier on top of the Windows mouse setting, so I don't know how useful it really is.

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:09:43 -0800

If youre using the generic HID driver from Microsoft then you wont have this option. In this scenario windows will just see it as a regular mouse. If you install a third-party touchpad driver you can have much more granular settings. The manufacturer of your laptop usually provides this driver. Most likely the synaptics driver will work.

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:10:15 -0800

Drivers here.