Thank you, thank you, thank you. (And I haven't even tried your solution
yet). Finally an answer that makes sense. Yes, the infernal trackpad may very
well be extra sensitive, but Linux seems to be able to handle this
sensitivity with ease. Is it too much to ask windows to do the same? In South
Africa we have a big bird called an Ostridge. When it hides it sticks its
head in the sand in a very similar fashion to that of the Microsoft MVPs.
"Soundchick" wrote:
I love how everyone who has not experienced this problem is so quick to say
that it's just the user accidentally touching the touchpad. I am an IT
professional myself and I have had this problem on 3 laptops now. Different
brands, different OS, different touchpad drivers, etc. I have gone as far as
disabling the touchpad, but even then I have the same problems (cursor
jumping, windows closing, etc.) There seems to be a flaw in the Windows OS
when it comes to the touchpad. The only thing I have found that has helped me
is a little program called TouchFreeze. You can download it for free from
several places (just do a Google search) but I'll post a link below. Since I
downloaded and installed it, I have not had the problem. I wish I had the
time to analyze the code to see what it is actually doing. The program is
supposed to simply disable the touchpad while one is typing. I wish
Microsoft would take a look at this and get a patch released to fix it!
http://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/
"Ferdinand" wrote:
Thank you Graham.
Another problem is that for no apparent reason, when i"m typing a message it
desapears or a window pops up asking if I want to quit. Do you think it is a
related problem?
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
It's the touch pad. Some are so sensitive that tapping the keys will affect
them.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Ferdinand wrote:
I have the same problem, and I am keeping my hands away from the
touch pad and everything else except for the keys I want to press. A
computer science major said it was a Vista problem. I also took it to
a computer shop. The technician reinstalled Office but there was
little improvement.
"CPTGAWRY" wrote:
EVERYTIME I am typing a message or working on a letter in Word 2007,
the cursor will jump to another sentence. Has anyone else
experienced this and what is the solution?