It may happen that you have a laptop in your hands with a different sensitivity between the touchpad and any mouse connected, generating as a side effect the excessive speed of the pointer when we switch from one to the other. The problem is that the touchpad manufacturers set a very high sensitivity to improve the responsiveness of the touch with the finger.
To improve the sensitivity of the input tools that relate to the fingers, we can rely on both the integrated system within Windows 10 and specialized programs to set the mouse speed according to the input system used (if we use the touchpad and the mouse).
In this way we will not see the cursor go crazy at a crazy speed when we move the mouse or vice versa we will not see the cursor that goes slow like a snail when we use the touchpad.
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1) Integrated Windows 10 system
Windows 10 manages very well the touchpad and mouse as separate input systems, so if we use this operating system we can immediately intervene in the settings to reach the desired pointer speed.
We connect the mouse to our laptop, then open the Start menu at the bottom left and type Settings, to open the new settings system supplied with Windows 10.
Once the new window is open, we click on Devices to see the two menus that interest us: Touchpad and Mouse .
First of all we configure the touchpad: we open the menu of the same name and we change the speed of the cursor by changing the touch sensitivity, acting on the Sensitivity parameter of the touchpad and choosing between Low, Medium and High .
Once the touchpad configuration is complete, let's now go to the Mouse menu and click on the Additional mouse options item.
We will be redirected to the classic mouse menu in the control panel, where we can change the sensitivity by going to the Pointer Options tab and acting on the selector under the Select pointer speed item.
This system is effective as long as simple working mice are used, but if we have gaming mice we can avoid using this menu and use the dedicated programs, as shown in the following part of the guide.
2) Programming of gaming mice
On more expensive mice (gaming ones for example) we can act directly on the pointing device by pressing the button that increases the DPI value of the optical or laser sensor : a higher DPI value corresponds to greater speed of the cursor on the screen (and vice versa by acting on the button that decreases the DPI), without affecting the parameters set for the touchpad (which we can adjust it as seen in the previous chapter).
Many gaming mice have associated programs that allow you to program them, so as to recall some specific speed and sensitivity profiles based on the program in use or the situation, even by pressing a particular mouse button or a combination of keys (we consider that on the gaming mouse there are at least 4 additional keys to be freely programmed).
This is the best way to achieve high speed and sensitivity on gaming mice; for this purpose we therefore recommend that you visit the gaming mouse manufacturer's website in order to find the necessary program to configure it.
The sites of the best gaming mice can be found here:
- Razer
- Cooler Master
- Logitech
- ASUS ROG
- MAD CATZ
- Roccat
3) AutoSensitivity
AutoSensitivity is a free program that allows you to set a different pointer sensitivity depending on whether the cursor is moved via touchpad or external mouse .
AutoSensitivity is an open source program that runs on Windows 7 and 8.1 and requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0 to run, downloadable from here -> .NET Framework .
Using this program we can configure the sensitivity for the touchpad and the mouse, just run it and use the sliders to set different sensitivity levels.
By clicking on the Get current button you set the cursor to the default level (the one set by Windows), obviously you can try the different speed set up to find the one that suits you both.
Even if the AutoSensitivity user interface is clear, before using it it is better to understand how it works; AutoSensitivity automatically detects the presence of the touchpad and mouse when connected to the laptop.
It sets the sensitivity to the value selected for the touchpad, until a mouse is connected to the computer; from the interface, you can decide to run the program at system startup, in reduced mode (only the icon appears next to the clock).
AutoSensitivity had already been mentioned in the article on the best programs for laptop computers.
4) Mouse Speed Switcher
Another program that we can use to adjust the touchpad mouse speed is Mouse Speed Switcher, downloadable from here -> Mouse Speed Switcher .
Once the program is open, we can set up to 10 different profiles for the touchpad and mouse, so that we can configure a profile for every type of need (for games, for work, etc.).
In order to change the profile we can either use the icon present in the system bar or set keyboard shortcuts, so as to quickly recall the desired profile even when we use full screen programs (for example if we are playing and we want more sensitivity, just press the right keys for the gaming profile created for the mouse to have it immediately active).
Perhaps one of the most complete programs to be used for the purpose, but which requires a minimum of learning in order to be used correctly given the numerous items present.
