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Mouse pointer function not working

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Name: Tom Haskell
Date: July 31, 2008 at 22:09:30 Pacific
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: 2.13GHz/1GB
Product: SP2
Comment:

Hi Guys,
Enable/Check,
Control Panel-> Mouse-> Pointer Options->Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box
Does not work on dialog boxes when using Microsoft Office such as word, excel, ppt etc.
Works only when the document tries to close without saving.
Works on notepad, wordpad.
Do you have any solution to this problem?
Any registry edits?
The resolution is important for the left hand users.
Thanks,
Tom



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Response Number 1
Name: Ed in Texas.
Date: July 31, 2008 at 23:32:32 Pacific
Reply:

Tom Haskell, SWAG, driver? Think I'd update and hope.
HTH.
Ed in Texas.


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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: August 1, 2008 at 06:22:18 Pacific
Reply:

What other dialog boxes are you seeing when you have those programs open?

Life's more painless for the brainless.


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Response Number 3
Name: Tom Haskell
Date: August 2, 2008 at 01:56:19 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Jennifer,
All applications run normally.
It is just the mouse pointer which does not show consistent behavior.
when the pointer function is enabled by checking the check box, the mouse pointer is supposed to move automatically to the default location of any dialog box opened by the application.
Hope I am making you clear.
Tom


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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: August 2, 2008 at 14:37:48 Pacific
Reply:

I understand. That's what I'm asking. You said "Does not work on dialog boxes when using Microsoft Office such as word, excel, ppt etc." What dialog boxes are you seeing in the office programs when you're seeing this behavior?

Life's more painless for the brainless.


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Response Number 5
Name: Tom Haskell
Date: August 3, 2008 at 09:15:57 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,
The usual dialog boxes when we save a document, or click options in word or any other applications.
But I don't know from where the dialog box is being generated, either it is from the OS or from the application.
Thanks


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