Annoying keyboard problem

[groucho]

Whenever I am typing in the cursor keeps jumping for no apparent reason to somewhere in the sentence that I have already written, and before I've noticed I have half a sentence where it shouldn't be.

It's doing it all the time and it is getting impossible to type.

[groucho]

Eh? A laptop.

[groucho]

The Riddler said:

Try moving the cursor away from where your typing, my touch pad can be quite sensitive so often 'jumps' the cursor back the where i left it.

esselte said:

The Riddler said:

Are you usptop or a desktop? ing a la

I saw what you did there..

Edited by The Riddler on Wednesday 14th October 20:30

It's not that, I'm using a mouse. It can jump several lines up.

[groucho]

I'm not sure that is the cause of the problem as I am not touching the touchpad. It has just done it, I was watching it and for no reason the cursor jumped to another part of the sentence.

[groucho]

No, it's USB one. Has anybody got an answer, it's driving me cuckoo. I Can't write sentence without the cursor bouncing all over the shop. This time the computer submitted the post on its own, hence the edit.

Edited by groucho on Thursday 15th October 17:31

[groucho]

Cheers, I'll give it a go.

[groucho]

TooLateForAName said:

groucho said:

No, it's USB one. Has anybody got an answer, it's driving me cuckoo. I Can't write sentence without the cursor bouncing all over the shop. This time the computer submitted the post on its own, hence the edit.

Edited by groucho on Thursday 15th October 17:31

usb doesnt mean it isnt optical. Does your mouse have balls or does it shine a little light?

What sort of surface is is on and does it sit flat on the surface?

OK, it shines a red light. It is on a mouse mat. Only just started to happen.

[groucho]

Too late, it started with another problem so I lost my temper and punched the screen. I am now on a new laptop.

[groucho]

An expensive fix too.