Cursor problems....very annoying behavior when writting text!

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  1. Posts : 197
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #1

    Cursor problems....very annoying behavior when writting text!


    Hello,

    Never happened before in the XP machine!
    Now I have a Win7 - 64 bit laptop (Toshiba Tecra) and when I'm writing text (in a forum, in a text editor, etc) the cursor goes mad and jump to somewhere in the text that was already written and starts from there...! This is very annoying because I only see that the cursor is in the wrong place when it is so late (I mean the text is already messed...and I need to cut to put it at the end!)

    Please help me..

    I think I ever no virus (I run MSE and update 3x day!)


    Thanks a lot,

    paulo
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  2. Posts : 35
    Win 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #2

    Finally, somebody else this is happening to! I noticed it right after I upgraded from XP to Win 7 32 bit on my Dell laptop. Does not happen when using applications, only on web pages. My browser is Firefox. I'm thinking it must be some bug in Windows.
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  3. Posts : 197
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I found someone else here where I work with this same issue :-(

    Anyone else?

    Any help will be much appreciated :)

    Cheers,
    paulo
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  4. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #4

    paulobao said:
    Hello,

    Never happened before in the XP machine!
    Now I have a Win7 - 64 bit laptop (Toshiba Tecra) and when I'm writing text (in a forum, in a text editor, etc) the cursor goes mad and jump to somewhere in the text that was already written and starts from there...! This is very annoying because I only see that the cursor is in the wrong place when it is so late (I mean the text is already messed...and I need to cut to put it at the end!)

    Please help me..

    I think I ever no virus (I run MSE and update 3x day!)


    Thanks a lot,

    paulo
    Does this happen when you are using programs as well as when you are typing within a browser? Please give a few more details.
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  5. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #5

    md2lgyk said:
    Finally, somebody else this is happening to! I noticed it right after I upgraded from XP to Win 7 32 bit on my Dell laptop. Does not happen when using applications, only on web pages. My browser is Firefox. I'm thinking it must be some bug in Windows.
    Please don't highjack somebody elses thread. Yours may be a totally different problem so to reply to both will get very confusing. Please start another thread giving as much detail as possible together with how you updated from Win XP to Win 7
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  6. Posts : 35
    Win 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #6

    Sorry, but I didn't realize I was hijacking anything. I have the same issue and the same OS as the OP.
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  7. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #7

    md2lgyk said:
    Sorry, but I didn't realize I was hijacking anything. I have the same issue and the same OS as the OP.
    As we are not quite sure what the OP's issue is ie whether it is just in a browser or with all applications we can't really say you have the same problem but as you have this only when using Firefox try another browser and see if it happens!
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  8. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #8

    Ha a bit more thought on this one and as you both have laptops I think you might just be brushing the touchpad whilst you are typing. Try disableing the touchpad. You should be able to do this via your Fn keys. Re enable after you finish. For your Toshiba laptop try this:
    Press and hold the “Fn” key. The Function key is located on the bottom row of the Tecra keyboard. Then:


    Press the “F9” key in the top row of keys to disable the touchpad. When disabled, an icon of a touchpad with a “Prohibition” symbol over it is briefly displayed on the computer screen. Then


    Release the “Fn” key to complete the process.
    To re enable the touchpad just do the above procedure again!
    md21gyk There are a number of different key combinations for Dell laptops. If you fill in your System specs and state your model I will post the key combination for you to use!
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  9. Posts : 35
    Win 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #9

    Thank you, but I don't think the problem is me brushing the touchpad. I've had this laptop for five years and the problem arose only after upgrading to Win 7.
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  10. Posts : 5,440
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #10

    md2lgyk said:
    Thank you, but I don't think the problem is me brushing the touchpad. I've had this laptop for five years and the problem arose only after upgrading to Win 7.
    Just try the disabling idea. Here's a screenshot of how!
    Cursor problems....very annoying behavior when writting text!-touchpad.png
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