Windows in Vista Maximize By Themselves

I'm new to Vista, and didn't see anything on this via search or in the
various FAQ posts, so it's hard to believe it's a common occurance,
but:

Is there any reason why an open window would suddenly maximize and
contract on it's own when the cursor passes over the window? Using a
Toshiba laptop without a mouse, but I'm prety sure I'm not clicking
anywhere.

If this is a known phenomen, is there any way to turn it off?

On Sep 11, 1:52 pm, fred <fre...@juno.com> wrote:
> I'm new to Vista, and didn't see anything on this via search or in the
> various FAQ posts, so it's hard to believe it's a common occurance,
> but:
>
> Is there any reason why an open window would suddenly maximize and
> contract on it's own when the cursor passes over the window? Using a
> Toshiba laptop without a mouse, but I'm prety sure I'm not clicking
> anywhere.
>
> If this is a known phenomen, is there any way to turn it off?

Doing a search in this group on "resize" rather than "maximize"
returned a post with some leads to an education on tap zones in
synaptics pointing devices.
So my problem is really with advanced lap top technology rather than
Vista, I just happened to be introduced to them at the same time.
Sorry for the intrusion.

fred wrote:
> On Sep 11, 1:52 pm, fred <fre...@juno.com> wrote:
>> I'm new to Vista, and didn't see anything on this via search or in the
>> various FAQ posts, so it's hard to believe it's a common occurance,
>> but:
>>
>> Is there any reason why an open window would suddenly maximize and
>> contract on it's own when the cursor passes over the window? Using a
>> Toshiba laptop without a mouse, but I'm prety sure I'm not clicking
>> anywhere.
>>
>> If this is a known phenomen, is there any way to turn it off?
>
> Doing a search in this group on "resize" rather than "maximize"
> returned a post with some leads to an education on tap zones in
> synaptics pointing devices., and got no hits at all.

Hi,

I did the "resize" search, and got no hits at all. Can you give me the
URL, or some clue, as to the post that you referred to.

Thanks.

Morton
> So my problem is really with advanced lap top technology rather than
> Vista, I just happened to be introduced to them at the same time.
> Sorry for the intrusion.
>

"fred" <> wrote in message
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> On Sep 11, 1:52 pm, fred <fre...@juno.com> wrote:
>> I'm new to Vista, and didn't see anything on this via search or in the
>> various FAQ posts, so it's hard to believe it's a common occurance,
>> but:
>>
>> Is there any reason why an open window would suddenly maximize and
>> contract on it's own when the cursor passes over the window? Using a
>> Toshiba laptop without a mouse, but I'm prety sure I'm not clicking
>> anywhere.
>>
>> If this is a known phenomen, is there any way to turn it off?
>
> Doing a search in this group on "resize" rather than "maximize"
> returned a post with some leads to an education on tap zones in
> synaptics pointing devices.
> So my problem is really with advanced lap top technology rather than
> Vista, I just happened to be introduced to them at the same time.
> Sorry for the intrusion.
>

If you go into control panel -> classic view and open mouse you can get to
the synaptic properties and turn the zones on/off if you want.