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CURSOR VANISHES; TYPING STOPS
While I am typing, both in Word and in my Earthlink email program, the cursor
will frequently vanish from the page. The text stops being entered when the cursor disappears. I have to click on the mouse to return the cursor to the screen. Sometimes the cursor returns to the last letter typed; sometimes it returns to the location of the I-bar. It is completely maddening! I do not have my fingers on or near a touchpad when this happens; there is not another mouse/computer hooked up in the house. I am using an optical mouse, but this happened when I had a "regular" mouse as well. Suggestions? |
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It sounds like some background process is taking temporary control of the
foreground process. Check what you are running in the background. My guess is anti-virus software. Norton AV in particular can be quite intrusive. Turn off its Office plug-in for starters. It could also be spyware. Download and run the free personal edition of AdAware. If you have not done this before, you may be surprised what clutter you have accumulated. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Dee wrote: While I am typing, both in Word and in my Earthlink email program, the cursor will frequently vanish from the page. The text stops being entered when the cursor disappears. I have to click on the mouse to return the cursor to the screen. Sometimes the cursor returns to the last letter typed; sometimes it returns to the location of the I-bar. It is completely maddening! I do not have my fingers on or near a touchpad when this happens; there is not another mouse/computer hooked up in the house. I am using an optical mouse, but this happened when I had a "regular" mouse as well. Suggestions? |
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This is a guess Dee but I think you have a memory problem. Saving more
often may be a help or updating your memory. Just guessing. -- Brod. "Dee" wrote in message ... While I am typing, both in Word and in my Earthlink email program, the cursor will frequently vanish from the page. The text stops being entered when the cursor disappears. I have to click on the mouse to return the cursor to the screen. Sometimes the cursor returns to the last letter typed; sometimes it returns to the location of the I-bar. It is completely maddening! I do not have my fingers on or near a touchpad when this happens; there is not another mouse/computer hooked up in the house. I am using an optical mouse, but this happened when I had a "regular" mouse as well. Suggestions? |
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