The simple fact is that some touchpads are so sensitive to taps (because
that is how they work) that even heavy fingered typists will activate the
tap function without actually touching the pad. This utility seems to be
worth investigating. If it is not compatible with Vista, I would not be
surprised if an update comes along soon.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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www.gmayor.com
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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?