Comments on: Making Firefox Scroll With Synaptics TouchPad http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/ One nerd's struggle against the beast that is technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:22:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gal http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-124528 Gal Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:57:07 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-124528 bowbow!! Thank you so much!!! bowbow!! Thank you so much!!!

]]> By: bowbow http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-107703 bowbow Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:28:25 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-107703 For those who still did not get any luck with the above solutions: It seems the adobe reader plugin is the culprit. I removed it and installed foxit reader and now all is well! :) Courtesy: iuliand's post in http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/787447#answer-146696 For those who still did not get any luck with the above solutions:

It seems the adobe reader plugin is the culprit. I removed it and installed foxit reader and now all is well! :)

Courtesy: iuliand’s post in http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/787447#answer-146696

]]> By: ta http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-33534 ta Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:54:53 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-33534 If the above doesn't help: Try this solution xp pro, and vista At command prompt, or run box or shortcut target taskkill /im SynTPEnh.exe This leaves SynTPEnh in a limbo state (still running), but scroll starts working in firefox. Flat out terminating SynTPEnh.exe stops scrolling from working in anything. Tested on: WindowsXP SP3- Synaptics v10.2.4 FF3 Vista SP2- Synaptics V 12.2.4.1 FF 3.5 XP home doesn’t have taskkill. Download nircmd http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html Place executables in windows folder, use the following command: nircmd closeprocess SynTPEnh.exe mozillazine post: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1524405 If the above doesn’t help:
Try this solution xp pro, and vista
At command prompt, or run box or shortcut target
taskkill /im SynTPEnh.exe

This leaves SynTPEnh in a limbo state (still running), but scroll starts working in firefox. Flat out terminating SynTPEnh.exe stops scrolling from working in anything.
Tested on:
WindowsXP SP3- Synaptics v10.2.4 FF3
Vista SP2- Synaptics V 12.2.4.1 FF 3.5

XP home doesn’t have taskkill. Download nircmd http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
Place executables in windows folder, use the following command:
nircmd closeprocess SynTPEnh.exe

mozillazine post:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1524405

]]> By: CheapBustad http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-32561 CheapBustad Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:46:51 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-32561 You should have posted your email in the fix instructions somewhere. I'd gladly chip in a few bucks after the fact I've fixed my FF scrolling. It would be cheaper than a few packs of cigarette I already burned! Then multiply that by number of saved souls of other struggling users! Thanks anyway!!! You should have posted your email in the fix instructions somewhere. I’d gladly chip in a few bucks after the fact I’ve fixed my FF scrolling. It would be cheaper than a few packs of cigarette I already burned! Then multiply that by number of saved souls of other struggling users! Thanks anyway!!!

]]> By: Mark http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-26151 Mark Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:05:41 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-26151 Yay! thank you so much, this has been driving me crazy, and hate internet exploder Yay! thank you so much, this has been driving me crazy, and hate internet exploder

]]> By: Parker http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-21948 Parker Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:20:28 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-21948 Same for me, just update to latest driver and reboot! Same for me, just update to latest driver and reboot!

]]> By: Hondosan http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-21167 Hondosan Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:14:48 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-21167 Simply updating the Synaptics drivers got me scrolling in Firefox Compaq Pavilion ZE4600, XP Pro, SP3 Thanks! Simply updating the Synaptics drivers got me scrolling in Firefox

Compaq Pavilion ZE4600, XP Pro, SP3

Thanks!

]]> By: Liloka http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-19788 Liloka Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:17:19 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-19788 Thanks SO much! .. it also helps with Photoshop too. The scroll was just acting like a click button. Thanks SO much! .. it also helps with Photoshop too. The scroll was just acting like a click button.

]]> By: Mark http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/comment-page-1/#comment-16505 Mark Wed, 14 May 2008 17:24:30 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/27/making-firefox-scroll-with-syanptics-touchpad/#comment-16505 Thanx 4 the tip. I used to use Internet Exploder for the same reason, now that this problem is fixed, I won't have to use it anymore!! Thanx 4 the tip. I used to use Internet Exploder for the same reason, now that this problem is fixed, I won’t have to use it anymore!!

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