Your problem, as others have alluded to, sounds like a dirty touch pad.
Drivers won't fix this and cleaning might. Usually the issue is dirt
under the lap top bezel or the capacitance plates bent/squashed.
Moisture can also cause this problem.
To fix the former you have to remove the touch pad from the lap top and
clean the covered up part. To fix the latter you need a new touch pad.
The way to figure out if this is the problem is to boot into the bios
(boot holding down delete or F2 or whatever your lap top uses) then in
the bios disable the internal touch pad. Now use an external mouse. If
the problem goes away then you know it is the touch pad.
Good luck
Hawker
On 4/29/2011 12:01 AM, Mort wrote:
Daniel wrote:
Mort, how long have you had this computer with the touchpad?? As I was
reading your post, I was about to ask if you had a touchpad, because I'm
fairly sure that's where your problem lies.
Hi,
The laptop is about 5 years old. Toshiba repaired it a few months ago,
when some internal pieces went, causing a blank screen. The problem
anteceded that repair, however. I try to be very careful when using the
touchpad, to avoid inadvertently brushing against it.
I have a new, smaller laptop that I use mostly when on the road. I will
use that one as my home based computer for a few days, to see if it has
the same typing problem or not. I may well have to go over to a mouse,
as I certainly do not want to throw any more repair money into this old
laptop.
Thanks to all the nice guys who responded; I do appreciate all the
helpful messages.
Mort
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