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Need to type slowly, or characters are omitted

I recently started using a used notebook computer, which I purchased online. When I type, some characters are omitted, unless I type slowly. This is annoying, and I would appreciate suggestions. The operating system is Windows 7 Professional SP-1, 64-bit. The other functions seem to work fine.

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ddantes

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Thank you. At the moment, Windows Update is installing updates. When there is an opportunity, I'll follow the steps you outlined, and post again...

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ddantes

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Thanks to all Experts. The issue is resolved, but I misunderstood what was the matter. I use a USB mouse, which is supposed to disable the Synaptics Touchpad, but it did not disable it. While typing, if my hand came close to the touchpad, or lightly touched it, the cursor would be repositioned outside of the field where I was typing, or (worse) at an earlier point in the text which had already been typed. I initially mistook this for omission of characters, but it was actually misplacement of them. I found a way to disable the touchpad, and typing performs as expected now.