Vista Glitch or Ghost in My Machine?

[Elaine Margarett]

I love writing on my laptop but my cursor jumps on it's own and I'll be typing away inserting text where I don't want it.

Is this a Vista glitch or am I doing someing I'm unaware of?

[ruckeriii]

I think you are touching the glide pad with two or more fingers and the computer thinks you moved the curser. I have the same problem.

Mason

[Shadow_Ferret]

Yes, I'm thinking that's a problem with lazy typing technique. :D I do the same thing. I'll let my palms drop onto the laptop touch pad and suddenly I'll be typing somewhere else. Or worse yet, it'll highlight an entire passage and DELETE it.

[Matera the Mad]

Laptops hate me. Maybe you could try this (http://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/10/disable-laptop-touchpad-while-typing-text-windows/)

[Elaine Margarett]

I think you are touching the glide pad with two or more fingers and the computer thinks you moved the curser. I have the same problem.

Mason

That's what I thought! And sometimes it is my fault. Other times the cursor will jump up a line or two and I'm touching nothing. I swear!

Grrrr....

[Clair Dickson]

Depending on the sensitivity of the touchpad, you don't actually have to be touching. Yeah. Use Matera's link and disable the touchpad while typing. It's better that way.

You can also disablle the tap-to-click on the touchpad, which may help with part of the problem. The cursor moving is harmless, but once it's 'clicked,' that's when you'll start typing somewhere else.

You may also want to look at how you hold your wrists. Resting them on laptop below the keyboard is very, very bad form ergonomically.

I turned off the scrolling, the tap-to-click, and turned down the sensitivity on my trackpad. Now it functions ONLY to move the mouse. And I am happy. (I do really like my lappy... and am sad that it's starting to see intermittent hardware failure. =(