Typing Issues (Jumping cursor...moves my text to another line while typing)

Anonymous
2010-04-28T18:32:44+00:00

Someone please help with this Issue!!!  Everytime I type my cursor jumps around and I have to keep going back and deleting and retyping.  Please help

I have a sony VAIO and this problem is driving me crazy

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Anonymous
2010-04-28T19:08:21+00:00

Hi Tim,

Are you using a laptop by chance?  If so, you can resolve this issue by taking a look at your touchpad options.  If you're using Windows 7, click the Start button, type Mouse in the search field, and click Enter.  There should be an option to change the Device Settings for the TouchPad.  On many models, Synaptics is the maker of the TouchPad and has a Tab of its own in the Mouse properties.  If you don't see these settings, you'll need to install the drivers from your manufacturers website. 

For Dell machines, you can go to support.dell.com.  Select your model and you'll find the driver under Input Device Drivers.  For Compaq/HP machines, go to support.hp.com, select your model and find Keyboard, Mouse and Input devices.

I like to disable the Tap option and raise the PalmCheck sensitivity option.   These are the first options I always change when I get a new laptop; otherwise I have the very same problem. 

Hope this helps,

Barbara

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-07-14T20:35:11+00:00

    I found a utility called touchfreeze that fixed it.   Hope this helps with your laptop.

    http://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/

    Just got a new Dell Inspirion laptop with Windows 7.  the utility Dan mentions above has solved the problem. 

    Thanks and bless you for sharing the answer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-02-06T15:33:55+00:00

    I have been having the same problem and i think i was able to fix my issue i un installed windows silverlight and it seems my cursor has stopped jumping for a bit hopefully this is the fix i needed as i wasnt tapping or anything either on my ASUS but now it seems to be working if anyone else has tried uninstalling it has it helped you too?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-30T07:44:25+00:00

    I'm using a Sony Vaio laptop running Win 7 and office 2010. The jumping cursor is a significant problem that Sony wasn't able to resolve for me. For much of my work I use an external mouse. Since learning the touchpad may be the culprit I have been careful not to even brush the touchpad but it still happens in more than one program. I'm pleased to see a variety of possible solutions and am excited to see if any work. Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-12-26T23:43:44+00:00

    I call Dell's support, and they had me update the touchpad driver, ans as far as I can tell (I haven't tried a lot since)  it looks much better than before.

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