Disable Hover Feature

Keyvie,

Try this,

click start>click,control panel>click, Ease of access center>click, Make mouse easier to use>look at page, if there is a check mark for, Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse, uncheck it.

Hope this helps,

WT

I agree, seems the most likely answer though, I have searched W7 and have not found any other references to hover, with that said, I wait for a reply.

WT

I have also been looking for a solution to this problem.  My issue is when the cursor hovers over an object it seems to run an "open" command without my clicking on the object. 

I'm still not sure this is definitely a problem. 

The last time it happened I noticed that my left thumb was on the touchpad and that pressure may have been the problem.  I have tried to desensitize the touchpad in the mouse utility but that has not corrected the problem. 

My question is, is this hover problem real.  When the cursor hovers over an object is it supposed do anything more than show a pop-up message?

Sorry I've been gone a while. 

It is the cursor hover.  It not only opens and closes windows, it also intefers when I'm working on documents...if the cursor is not at the point of your typing or deleting of text it changes the position of the cursor and starts the function at that position, which can really screw-up documentation if you are not paying attention. 

I've also installed at least one program from cnet and did not want to agree to the third party feature.  However the cursor was resting on the OK button which agreed to the third party cookie installation. 

The ease of access feature is not enabled.  I've done everthing anyone has suggested on this site, yet nothing seems to work. 

There was someone either on this site or on another site who suggested to go into the registry and change a value to a double zero. This was a reply to someone elses question.  However, I can't find that response or question to follow the steps.  Plus I really try not to go into the registry in fear of screwing something up permanently.

There is one other thing that may cause the cursor (mouse pointer) to jump to a particular button by default. 

Under Mouse Settings, there is an option called "Snap-To".  This causes the mouse pointer to jump to the OK button by default. 

On the Pointer Options tab, check/uncheck the box for "Snap To" - "Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialogue box"

Sounds like what you describe.  That option is in your standard mouse options.  It could be called something different, depending on the model/make of mouse, but other than that it seems to be a standard Windows feature/option.