it's because your palm is triggering the touchpad. The only way I can keep my ibm from doing it is to disable the hardware through the driver software. Thank god for that option.
On 7/20/07, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all... > > i've got a dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. couple o' years old (purchased > in April of 2005). Windows XP Pro (if that matters). > > It's got the touchpad, and i despise the touchpad. I have a USB mouse > plugged in. > > On occasion (not all the time but often enough to piss me off good), > i'll be typing and suddenly the cursor jumps WAY OVER THERE and i end > up typing in the wrong place (didn't mean to be WAY OVER THERE). > backspace backspace backspace backspace grab mouse move cursor back > where it belongs. > > I did a quick search in the Dell support forums, but didn't find > anything conclusive. I'm going to roll up the sleeves and dig deeper, > but seeing as how y'all are collectively the smartest group of people > at this specific e-mail address, I'd throw the question out here (to > anyone who's not standing on line for the new Harry Potter book). > > I'd be pulling my hair out, but I have none. Issue is my wife uses > the laptop too, and she's prettier to look at with her hair intact. > > Thanks! > > -- > Charlie Griefer > > ================================================ > "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, > and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch > you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. > Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238749 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
