davecestria
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Cursor Point Skips
Hello Experts,
Using a Compaq Presario V4000
I have a really annoying problem with my laptop. I'll be happily typing away just to look at my screen and the cursor will have moved itself so instead of this:
hello, this is a test
it will look something like
hello, th a testis
its really irritating and i am contantly correcting my coding which i type manually.
I'm not sure if its a problem with the keyboard, built in mouse, usb mouse... just need to know if anyone else has had this problem and how did they fix it?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
Using a Compaq Presario V4000
I have a really annoying problem with my laptop. I'll be happily typing away just to look at my screen and the cursor will have moved itself so instead of this:
hello, this is a test
it will look something like
hello, th a testis
its really irritating and i am contantly correcting my coding which i type manually.
I'm not sure if its a problem with the keyboard, built in mouse, usb mouse... just need to know if anyone else has had this problem and how did they fix it?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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The machine thinks that someone is touching the mouse. I've also seen this happen when there are multiple mouse drivers installed which conflict.
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Is there a way to disable the built in mouse and i rarely use it and not sure if i even have the drivers to re-install.
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Actually i've just thought... when it happens it does not move to the point where the cursor is or was, its just random, i also seems like its tabbing to the next item sometimes more than a page down. Could this still be a mouse issue?
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I suppose it might be worth while to check for driver/software issues as well. Booting with a Knoppix CD or similar should be helpful - if the problem persists, it's a hardware problem, if not - very probably a software problem.
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Ahhh, dam it... tried everything suggested... PC World here i <> come lol... i hope they can fix it there and then... thanks for your help guys.
When typing "guys" at the end it jumped back to where the <> is, mouse was on the start menu lol... i hate this laptop!!!!!!
When typing "guys" at the end it jumped back to where the <> is, mouse was on the start menu lol... i hate this laptop!!!!!!
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I meant Start Button
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Split points... hope no one minds
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