Vista - why does my cursor jump all over when I am typing

"LadyFlame" <LadyFlame@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On my Acer there's an option to disable the touchpad on the Synaptic tab in
the Mouse applet in the Control Panel.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

hi i am new at this I have the same problem,I am surprised that I have got this far without the cursor jumping back or up and down,what is the cure,I spoke too soon,it done it again I had to retype Anton

"CEILIMAN" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:c8c6b752399f35df205bc61e56d622a4@xxxxxx-gateway.com...Laptop? If so set the sensitivity of the touchpad. If you also use an
external mouse with a laptop some systems will allow you to turn off the
touchpad while the USB mouse is connected.

"CEILIMAN" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:c8c6b752399f35df205bc61e56d622a4@xxxxxx-gateway.com...No idea if this is relevant but my laptop does this when my mobile phone is
to close by

L

Sorry for not replying soonerI do have a phone close by but it has never given a problem.this has only happened over the last few months,once again thank you for taking an interest,Anton

I recently ran into this problem on my Dell Latitude D820. The problem appeared after I had been using Vista for several months so I'm not sure what caused it. However, the symtom as described above, was that when I placed focus on a window the cursor would jump around making all kinds of selections in VS2008, screwing up my Word documents, randomly doing things to my mail system, and making all kinds of selections in my browser. At first I thought I had a virus. After searching for my symptoms I ran into this thread and the discussion on the touchpad clued me into what was happening.

The fix was to download the latest touchpad driver from Dell, install, and reboot.

I recommend disabling your touchpad and running with a USB mouse (obviosuly if you are traveling this won't be practical). If for some reason you don't have a touchpad showing up in your system tray then this is another indication that your system is not properly set up.

Hi, I've been having the same problem and it makes me completely crazy, but I think I may have found one reason why this can happen and a fix for it (not perfect but better than nothing!) I think this is related to the fact that Vista is set up so that if the mouse pointer is in a particular spot, the cursor will jump to that spot, automatically, without your having to click the mouse.

Also, if the mouse pointer happens to be pointing to a hyperlink or a command (such as anything on the QuickLaunch bar), Vista will OPEN whatever link or program is being pointed at.

This problem is further complicated, in Word, by the fact that most of us set up the pointer to "disappear" when we are typing text... and yet, it's still "there" someplace on the page (as you can see if you move it).

SO what I think is happening, is that the cursor just jumps to wherever the mouse pointer is located, if you pause a bit in typing... and, when that happens, your typing is inserted at the point where the mouse pointer is located.

However, happily, there is a really good description in the Tutorials about how to change how long the mouse must hover over a particular link, before vista opens that popup. So, it is possible to slow down that process, which helped me a lot.

Also, I've found that if I position the mouse pointer carefully off to one side of my page, before I start typing, it doesn't "steal" my cursor!

- Karen

Just re-install the driver, since u still have use kb then , then use kb
cmds.

hth
pokeyman

"KWMN" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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I had the same problem on my Dell Inspiron 1525. I downloaded the driver at Synaptics and was finally able to have the option to disable the touchpad. I was pulling my hair out because it was so frustrating with the cursor jumping around. Here is where I go the driver.
Drivers | Synaptics

I have this problem, which JUST started, on my 2 week old HP. It was fine until a few days ago. I tried turning of 'tap' while typing, which doesn't help.

I can't use an external mouse -- what's the point of having a laptop if you have to use a peripheral??