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

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers

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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
    2011-10-04T12:54:37+00:00

    I just bought a Samsung with Windows 7 and I' m having the same problem.  I am a very fast typist, but this has made me stop using my pc.  It's so frustrating.  It has done this with every application on my pc.  Windows has  juroven to me that they just don't care. Their own help desk told us to use a different browser (other than their own); they ed charged me twice for duplicate software, which I can't seem to get back; and now this.  Why don't I think they care?

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-10-05T14:32:11+00:00

    It's not just Dell computers, it happened on my new Toshiba.  In fact Toshiba has the computer now concerning that issue and a keyboard that is supposed to be lit but it isn't uniformly lit, and changes every day.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-10-05T20:12:56+00:00

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

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

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-10-16T12:29:50+00:00

    I have had the very same problem on a HP EliteBook 8540w under Windows 7 SP1 pro for almost a year now. It randomly comes up when hitting the "t" key. The keyboard and the touchpad had been exchanged without the slightest success. Is there still no relief out there?

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