There should be a setting somewhere that is in the touchpad stuff. something to the tune of "turn off touchpad while typing" and it will actually deactivate it while you are typing and for like a second after you type. I had this same problem and turning that setting on fixed it.
J.J. 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." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238778 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
