Touch Screen Laptop Clicking By Itself

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I plugged my ASUS Taichi Laptop into an external monitor via the VGA Adapter that it comes with. It was working fine, but then I configured a power option so I could shut the lid without it going to sleep (so I could use just the external monitor with an external keyboard/mouse).

Problem is though, now, when the lid is closed and I move the mouse, the mouse is moving around on it's own, but when I open the laptop lid back up, the mouse is fine.

  • I looked under the lid when it was closed and the display properly shuts off on the laptop.
  • It's not the external mouse/keyboard because I completely unplugged them and it was still happening.
  • Nobody is hacking me or anything, I totally went into airplane mode/pulled the wire.
  • I have a touchscreen, but I put a piece of paper over it and it wasn't doing it.

I was thinking it might be the trackpad being touched somehow by the screen when the lid is closed? But I went into windows 8 control panel options and I couldn't find anywhere to disable it (it sees the USB mouse I think).

Acer Aspire R5 471T Touchscreen Moving and Clicking by itself I have had this laptop since the start of this year, and about two months ago, the touchscreen started touching by itself even when I disabled the touchscreen.

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My laptop keeps opening windows and menus by itself! Right-click the Start button and choose “Properties.” The “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” window appears. Click the “Start Menu” tab, if necessary. Click the “Customize” button near the top; the “Customize Start Menu” dialog box appears. Scroll down and uncheck the box called. Follow the steps below to disable the touch screen in either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10: 1 – Press the Windows + X key combination to open the “Power User” menu. 2 – Click Device Manager. 3 – Click the little arrow beside “Human Interface Devices” to expand that category.

I went into device manager, Human interface Devices and expanded that. I disable the first USB Input Device, which shutoff the touch screen and it fixed my mouse/pointer issue.

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ChrisChris

Go to the Windows menu icon, select Control Panel, select Mouse. In the Mouse Properties window, select the Device Settings tab. Highlight the option that specifies your touchpad and then select Settings. Find the option that says 'Tapping' and uncheck the box to disable it. Clcik Apply and Ok and your problem is now solved. :)

Jason M.Jason M.

Just wanted to throw this in for anyone else looking for answers to this problem.

I’ve had issues with my ASUS TAICHI 21 mouse moving independently when using the touchscreen, and I’ve found that the most consistent way to solve the issue is to turn the machine off and give the outer glass a thorough wipe-down with a dust free cloth. It seems like a build up of oils on the screen leads to false positives on the touch screen.

I’ve also found that the very outer edges of the screen get increasingly sensitive to brushes of the hand as the computer gets hotter; like it does when the screen is closed for long periods.

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At first I thought I was seeing results from disabling the mousepad, but I think, at least for me, those were false positives. A good cleaning and a little cool-off time solves this issue for me.

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KathrynKathryn

The Taichi is an unusual beast with a touchscreen on the back of the regular display.

You mention putting a sheet of paper on this, but I'm going to guess you were mousing on top of this sheet of paper, and the resistance in the paper wasn't sufficient to block touches from registering on the capacitive touchscreen.

In fact, I just tested on the Taichi behind me, and noted I was still able to operate the touchscreen with a sheet of paper on top of it . . .

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I've worked on two identical Dell XPS laptops at work, and this issue has presented itself on one of them. I was leaving the lid open, but this is a bad solution for me.

As mentioned here earlier, the lid is likely touching the trackpad. Placing a sheet of graph paper over the touchpad when I close the lid solves the issue. Next steps would be disabling the touchpad in device manager, but I need to occasionally grab my laptop and run to a meeting, etc, so thats no good for me.

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I have an Asus T100TAM which had a similar issue. I figured out that separating the lid from the base a little bit, e.g. using my checkbook, solves the problem. No more jumping or clicking while using external devices with the lid closed.

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Hello, thanks for reading.
So my issue is recently my computer has been making this clicking/ticking noise. Whenever I am doing something like playing a game, the ticking noise increases.
I have tried cleaning out the system of dust with compressed air.
I unplugged my HDD and confirmed that the ticking noise was still occurring w/o the HDD. I tried using the Fitness Test(EaseUs) and it said my HDD was okay. I tried stopping the fan in the back, but the noise still persisted with the fan no in motion.
I look in the system and I don't see any wires hitting a fan.
I tried to google up the issue but people keep answering that it's the HDD, which isn't the case for me, at least I think.
I took a picture of the inside, please tell me if it gives you any idea.
The PSU is Seagate 650? Or something like that.
http://imgur.com/hy9Xfph
I tried recording the sound, but the other fans were quite the background noise. However, you can hear the ticking noise if you turn up your volume (at least for me). http://vocaroo.com/i/s1HLqeCrIhAi
I can't figure out where the noise is coming from or how to fix it.
Please respond and help, thank you.