Wayward Curser

[Englishman]

As I type, the curser will sometimes annoyingly jump to another place in the body of text creating a jumbled mess as I type. Why does it do that and how can I rectify it? Have I just given away the fact that there's too much porn on my laptop?

[medicinebox]

That ens to me. always happ

king annoying. It is so fuc

[Totster]

That ens to me. always happ

king annoying. It is so fuc

LMFAO

[francois]

hi'

common problem with laptop with a very sensitive cursor-pad ...

or may be some too agile fingers always ready to carress whatever

use a mouse ... better

or if a mouse,change it to a swiss brand ... they jump less

francois

[waldwolf]

If using external mouse, unplug mouse and reboot system.

1. Do complete system virus sweep.

2. Shut system down completely, then turn system on and boot into "SafeMode". Again, shut system down completely. Repeat this action three (3) times.

If problem continues, need answers to following:

a. Did this just start one day when you first turned system on, or has it an "off-on" sort of thing, which only occurs periodically?

b. Laptop make/model?

c. Operating system? (ie: Win98, Win98SE, Win2K, XP-Home, XP-Pro, Linux, etc.)

d. Text processor you are using when this happens? (MS-Word, WordPerfect, Notepad, WordPad)

e. Does it happen with all your text processing utilities?

f. Keyboard settings? (Look in: My Computer>Control Panel>Keyboard)

g. Mouse settings? (Look in: My Computer>Control Panel>Mouse[Motion Tab])

Cheers

[Englishman]

Thanks for the help...

This problem is intermittent and has always happened even after remastering.

It's a Dell 8200 P4 running XP-Home

It happens in any program where text can be entered, including internet explorer.

What settings do you mean? I can only see the keyboard make/model described

Also, this happens whether I have external mouse or not.

[stumonster]

following on what francois said about the touch pad, on my laptop my palm brushes it and causes the cursor to re-locate it self. I went and purchased a ps2 key board and a usb optical mouse which I use when I am at my desk. This solved the problem for me and is a lot more comfortable.

[francois]

hi'

thanks Stu ... to hear the light advice I gave

most of the time ... it's the user that give light problem to a com

cheers

francois

[waldwolf]

Hi Englishman:

On further investigation, find your problem appears to be quite common in the Dell laptops, as well as others. Some blame the keyboard, most blame the TouchPad. On some models with the Synaptics TouchPad, just the heat from your hand "hovering" over the pad is enough to cause the cursor to jump.

First try disabling the TouchPad. (This should be possible in the Touchpad "properties" windows.) If that solves the problem, then you may need to reinstall the Touchpad driver, as it may have been damaged or corrupted.

Other links to check:

Dell Support Forum Link:

"How do I Troubleshoot Portable Touchpad and Track Stick Devices"

"Why does my cursor jump around the page while typing on my Dell™ portable computer?"

Woodall's Forum:

"WinXP Help Needed"

Synaptics TouchPad Link:

Customer Support (Driver downloads)

Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 282753

Hope this helps. Good luck.

[medicinebox]

The answer is simple.

Put your laptops touchpad on double tap.

Thats what your problemo is...