Touchpad drivers usually seem to be very laptop-specific, even though you usually can install different/newer versions on a laptop many times they do not function properly and exhibit bizarre behavior. I would just go back to the ones that HP has listed on their site for that model.
Stephen Bogdanski
Network Support
College of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State University
>>> Jon Galbreath <[log in to unmask]> 6/9/2009 11:58 AM >>>
My guess is that it's a driver problem even if you're using a newer one than the one HP has listed. Have you tried rolling back to the one on HP's site? It could also be a problem with the power management settings. Some kind of conflict when the machine wakes up that takes some time to resolve, but again, could be a driver problem in that it's not managing the wake up process properly.
Jon Galbreath
MCSE/Security+
Systems Administrator
International Studies and Programs
Ph: 517-884-2144
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From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:27 AM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] Mysterious problem with ALPS touchpad on HP DV3500
I bought an HP DV3500 laptop late last fall. This is a model HP custom made for Best Buy. Running Wndows Home Premium 64. I have a very strange problem with the touchpad. When I close the clamshell and put it to sleep, it ofter wakes up in a state where the touchpad does bizarre things. It won't select applications on the task bar. When IE goes to Work Offline mode, the dialog box that pops up won't select -- exactly 3 times. On the 3rd try it always selects and then IE goes back online.
The driver on my computer is newer than the driver HP offers online -- scary.
I have found that if I use Task Manager to kill and restart explorer.exe the problem goes away.
I'm not able to find any information online about this problem. Any searches I do for ALPS are complicated by a certain mountain range.
This is pretty low-volume computer and this is a very obscure problem so I know this is a long shot, but if anyone has any theories I'd be curious.
/rich
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