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Old 08-10-2007   #9 (permalink)
Wayne M. Poe


 
 

Re: Cursor repositions on its own

Rainald Taesler wrote:
> Wayne M. Poe shared these words of wisdom:
>
>>>> I have a new Toshiba Satellite A215 with Vista HP. No matter what
>>>> program I am in, including the Internet, my cursor repositions
>>>> itself every couple of letters or words as I am typing. Suddenly
>>>> letters start appearing in the middle of another word. This
>>>> happens constantly and it has even Sent email messages on it's own
>>>> while I am typing!
>>>
>>> As it's a *new* computer:
>>> How about contacting Toshiba's service?

>>
>> From what I understand, they do not offer technical assitance for
>> Vista, just for their hardware.

>
> No idea on what they *DO*
> They simply *HAVE*TO!* (given the machine was sold with Vista)
>
>> You may want tio talk to Microsoft
>> instead. You'd be far better off upgrading to XP or 2003 or even
>> 2000, and get much more of your bucks worth. Otherwise you're really
>> wasting your nice new CPU's potential.

>
> Sorry, wrong addressee!
> Apart:
> "Upgrading" from where to where?
> XP an "upgrade" for Vista?
> "2003" (only available as *Server*OS*) on a laptop?
> Come on ..


Actually 2003 works quite well on some laptops I tested it on. Yes, not
everyone can easily get it, thats why most recommend XP or even 2000.
And yes many consider Vista a downgrade, considering all the problems
with it and inexcusable imcompatiblities.


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