Cursor jumps around while typing

I’VE FOUND A SOLUTION, though NOT a "FIX"!  After you place the cursor where you want to type, move it down to the bottom of the screen, without clicking.  This takes an extra second or two but is worth it. 

I figured out that the typing cursor jumped to the place where the touchpad cursor was, and figured maybe if the touchpad cursor was below the entire typing window, the typing cursor might just stay where it belongs, just ahead of the typing. 

Makes keyboard shortcut even more valuable, as you’ll want to leave that darn cursor at the bottom of the screen.  Until you need it. 

LET ME KNOW IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU.  BEST THING I'VE FOUND SO FAR. No downloads, no reboots.  Just an annoying second to “park” the cursor below all the typing.

AND BY THE WAY, THE CURSOR JUMPED EVEN IF I TYPED WITH ONE FINGER AND WITH WRISTS HELD HIGH ABOVE THE KEYBOARD.  SO NO, *NO* ABSOLUTELY NO IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHING THE TOUCHPAD.  WAY TO BLAME THE VICTIM, Microsoft...!  It’s definitely a software problem.  It didn’t happen on my old laptop, which also had a touchpad.

If you have a laptop/notebook/netbook computer, disable the mousepad at the bottom of the keyboard and see if that resolves your issue.

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In every application on my computer, my cursor jumps around while typing. I can not type fast because I have to*constantly* bring the cursor back to where I am typing (just did it again right now). Something is wrong and needs to be fixed. I am not technical and have no idea how to fix or what forum this question belongs in. Please advise.

Don't know what all the fuss is about why the cursor jumps around in Windows 7.  I had the same problem on my HP laptop and ended up stripping the laptop down then eventually buying a new keyboard.  The bug was confirmed however when I started to use another laptop and exactly the same thing started to happen.  Not to worry, as long as Bill Gates earns thousands of pounds a minute when his programmers can't manage the standard of a ten year old's homework then what does it matter?  Shameful.

Hi,

• Are you using a laptop or desktop?
• Are you using a wireless mouse?
• Have you tried disconnecting and reconnecting the mouse?

If it is a Laptop you can try decreasing the sensitivity of the touch pad, for a desktop with an optical mouse try keeping it on a rough surface or try reducing the sensitivity of the mouse.

You may try updating the drivers from the manufacturer’s website and check if the problem still persists. For that you will have to visit the manufacturer’s website and check for the latest updates available.

Method 1:

Also try and reduce the speed and other options available for the mouse pointer or the touchpad.

For more information on changing mouse pointer setting please visit the below given link:

Change mouse settings

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-mouse-settings

Method 2:

You can also try reducing the hardware acceleration and check it might help. To reduce hardware acceleration follow the below given steps:

a)      Click Start in the lower left corner of Windows Vista.

b)      Click Control Panel, click Appearance and Personalization, click Personalization, click

c)      Display Settings, and then click Advanced Settings.

d)      Click the Troubleshoot tab, and then click Change Settings.

Note: Change Settings will be disabled if the graphics card drivers do not support disabling hardware acceleration.

Hope this information is helpful.

Amrita M

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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