If your touchpad is Synaptics then you can disable it in the Synaptics
software.
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
"RichC593" <drofwrac@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7A94425C-0F4D-413C-A2BE-06BD1B9B6DE8@xxxxxx
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>I have the very same problem. As soon as I begin typing the cursor jumps
>down and to left then begins roaming around the screen. It does this with
>just the touch pad or even when I have a mouse attached. I have a Dell
>Inspiron 8600 and the BIOS has a setting to disable the touch pad when a
>mouse is attached but it since installing Vista the touch pad no loner gets
>disabled. I have been using Vista for three months without any problem but,
>the last week the problem began slowly and has reached the point that
>working in Word is very difficult. Hopefully, MS will come up with fix soon
>since no one in these groups or other groups on the net seem to have any
>fix for this specific problem. There are some fixes for other situations
>causing erratic mouse movement but, none related to typing. I am wondering
>if it may be related to keyboard drivers?
>
> RichC
>
>
> "Steve Thackery" <nobody@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23rvQpn3TIHA.1212@xxxxxx Quote:
Quote:
>>>>i can be typing along and all of a sudden a new window pops up or my
>>>>cursor
>>>> jumps to another spot in the page. Basically it jumps to wherever I
>>>> have
>>>> left the cursor. So frustrating!!!!!
>>
>> I agree with Kerry - this is typical touchpad behaviour. It happens to
>> me all the time when I'm typing on my laptop.
>>
>> SteveT >