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  1. veronicaschwarz
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    Jumping cursor


    When I'm keying in text, the cursor will suddenly jump to somewhere else in the text and insert what I'm typing in amongst the previous text.
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  3. UsernameIssues
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    Is part of your hand is touching or coming too close to the mouse pad on the laptop?

    Temporarily disable that pad and see if it helps.
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  4. veronicaschwarz
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    No I'm being very carefully to keep my hands arched over the keyboard so I only touch the keys I'm typing. Thanks anyway. :)
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  6. UsernameIssues
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    You should still try and disable the mouse pad to see if the mouse pad is faulty.
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  7. veronicaschwarz
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    I have been unable to find where to do that. I have gone into Control Panel, Devices etc, Mouse but there is no option to disable the mouse pad. Do you know where it is? Thanks.
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  8. mitchell65
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    What's the make and model of your laptop? You must have another pointing device available before you disable the touch pad. Have you a wired mouse you could try?
    Sorry I now see it is a Lenova Laptop so Try this:
    https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht075599
    But make sure you have a spare mouse ready to use!!!!
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  10. veronicaschwarz
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    Thank you very much each of you for your advice. I think I have just solved the problem by downloading TouchFreeze. I have a wireless mouse connected through a USB stick and I use that all the time. I have already tried going to control panel and checking mouse properties but there is no mention of a mouse pad that I can find.

    Thanks again for your very detailed instructions. Veronica
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  11. mitchell65
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    TouchFreeze solves some of the problems but I would recommend that as you use a wirelss mouse you should endeavour to disable the Touch Pad on your laptop. Have you tried the first option that read:

    1. Press Fn+F8
    2. A pop up will appear UltraNav device settings
    3. Chose the second option which says Enable track point only (disable touch pad)(Fig 1.1)
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  12. veronicaschwarz
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    Thanks Mitchell65. Nothing happens when I press FnF8. In fact, my F7 and F8 keys don't appear to have a function in combination with Fn. All the other F keys have the secondary function marked on them but those two are blank.
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  13. mitchell65
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    OK so can you try Solution 2 in the linked document? Just so that I can check can you tell me the series and model number of your laptop please?
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