Cursor jumps while typing in Windows7

Anonymous
2010-06-15T21:52:03+00:00

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cursor jumps while typing

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Anonymous
2010-06-16T15:05:44+00:00

Hi,

1. Does it happen with all the applications?

2. What is the type of mouse you are using? Is it wired or wireless?

3. Is it a laptop or desktop computer?

  1. What is the make and model number of the mouse?

Method 1:

I would suggest that you check if the mouse settings are correct.

  1. OpenMouse by clicking theStart button, clickingControl Panel, clickingHardware, and then clickingMouse .
  2. Click the Pointer Options tab, and then do any of the following:

Change mouse settings:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-mouse-settings

Method 2:

If this doesn’t help, then try booting the computer in safe mode and check if the same issue occurs, here is the link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

Method 3:

If it works fine in safe mode, then try performing clean boot and check if it helps, here is the link:

You can start Windows 7 by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This kind of startup is known as a "clean boot." A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts. This article describes how to troubleshoot problems in Windows 7 by performing a clean boot.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Make sure that you put back the computer to normal startup mode once it is done.

Method 4:

If you are using touchpad, try reducing the Touch Pad sensitivity and check if it helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-10-21T12:12:26+00:00

    I followed the steps you recommended but stopped at "go to sensibility". What is that "sensibility"?

    Thank you, 

    fcoanda

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-27T18:45:02+00:00

    Hello everyone. Lots of interesting answers but I have noticed no one is actually reporting the problem quite right. If you check, I dont know what makes it happen but when the curser jumps it is not random it is very specific. It always jumps back to when you typed the same letter previously in the text and then carries on. I thought this was random at first but if you will check it is always the same and so cannot be to do with the mouse pointer as this cannot just happen by chance, there must be something in Office 2010 that triggers this letter jump back. And for those of you who are looking at Windows 8, I ran a dual boot and found I had the same problem with office 2010 there too.

    So no solution yet but perhaps this helps someone work out what is wrong so we can all sort this out???

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-30T19:00:20+00:00

    But it does it to me in other applications, too. like in a browser, chat, email, Photoshop...but I, too, would like to know how to fix and what's causing it.  Mine jumps back to where the cursor is in the text box.  And, for the record, I'm testing Office 2013 Beta (on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit).

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-30T20:46:55+00:00

    Finally fixed problem. We can let microsoft and alps argue till the end of time but to summarise what I have read here and elsewhere, since Windows Vista there has been a problem between Windows and Alps mouse pointer, so this affects lots of portables. Some people also report it for desktops but if so it will be a similar conflict with the mouse pointer. I only found a solution for Alps pointer. What is happening is that during keyboard use, the software thinks you are using the touchpad and so does whatever it thinks you are telling it which is either insert (if it is somewhere else in text) or activate (if it is on a button or link). The issue is windows keyboard versus alps touchpad and the different applications people report are just whatever the individual uses the keyboard in hfor any amount of fast typing.

    And the soluiton?

    When looking for updated drivers for my Sony Vaio I found an alps touchpad patch. This is not the full driver but a driver update that turns the touchpad off whenever keys are pressed on the keyboard and switches it back on if there is no key operation for a second. I installed this and have had no problems since. Afraid I dont have the link but it is this patch you need. I believe it was from Sony Asia.

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