infuriating prob with my mouse cursor....

[Tiger]

ive posted this ages ago but maybe 2nd time round someone can help me...

when typing on the net, msn, forums etc i can be typing along happily, then my cursor jumps into the middle of the sentence, when i dont notice i look back at what ive typed and its just mumbo jumpo because of it, never came across anything like this in all my computer years, its so annoying its unreal

anyone any ideas?

i know the obvious format would fix it but im not goin to that length at the mo

cheers

Tony

 

[Andy.]

Are you using a laptop or desktop? What sort of mouse?

 

[Tiger]

im using a sony vaio laptop with a microsoft itellimouse explorer, the bluetooth one

 

[Nebdingo]

Latest drivers for mouse? Sticking mouse buttons?

 

[RobertCL]

Do you have a track pad, or one of those little stick things in the middle of your keybard? are you sure you're not clicking it accidentally when you aree typing?

I have a friend who was doing this and couldn't understand what was going on!

 

[Andy.]

Do you have a track pad, or one of those little stick things in the middle of your keybard?

Exactly what I was aiming at..... It is really easy to catch the track pads by accident which sends the cursor all over the place. Stick a sheet of paper over it and see if you still have the problem.

 

[RSi Dave]

have you fully uninstalled all drivers for the track pad?

 

[RobertCL]

Exactly what I was aiming at..... It is really easy to catch the track pads by accident which sends the cursor all over the place. Stick a sheet of paper over it and see if you still have the problem.

Aye. Or disable the tap-to-click feature.

 

[Tiger]

i dont have a track pad on the keyboard, ive just got the normal laptop touchpad which im not near when typing, im defo not clicking or touching anything by accident, it just does this at random times, mostly when typing on forums and msn, ill maybe try get some updated drivers for the mouse, not much else i can try

 

[Andy.]

Aye. Or disable the tap-to-click feature.

:clown: ...would also do it. I watched too much Blue Peter as a kid.

 

[Tiger]

where do i do that? cant see it in my mouse settings?

 

[FiDoDiDo]

This sounds just like a fault that Dell laptops have, if pressure on the bit either side of the touchpad it goes all over the place. Dell Will replaced there faulty ones under warrenty as there is a new front part to resolve the problem.

Another thing to try is see if you can disable the touchpad in the BIOS which is usally a good thing to try too.

 

[Andy.]

Mouse settings: