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Nim
Mon Jun 16 2008, 11:31pm Print
Nim
Joined: Sun Jun 15 2008, 09:30pm
Posts: 34
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this or not, but I'll give it a try.

I received a dell laptop about 4 months ago from a company I work with. Immediately, I noticed that while typing, the cursor would start jumping to different areas, consequently severely messing up my flow. Sometimes it jumps and highlights everything you typed, and then replaces it. I know I'm not hitting anything else that would cause it to do this. I've had others try to type on it, and they've experienced the same annoying problem.

I've contacted the company about it, but does anyone know about this problem with Dell laptops, and if so, is there an easy fix? Ive tried researching it online, but I cannot find anything. If there is an easy solution or something I can try, I'd rather just do that, rather than sending the laptop back through the company and waiting for another one.
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who?
Tue Jun 17 2008, 03:21am
who?
Joined: Thu Aug 30 2007, 03:30am
Posts: 708
you don't THINK you're hitting anything else, but it sounds like you're brushing against the touchpad.

there should be drivers for the touchpad, as well as settings in those drivers, which will disable the touchpad while you're typing.

i am 98% sure that this is the problem, because it happens to SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
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Thrash
Tue Jun 17 2008, 03:59am
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Joined: Wed Feb 28 2007, 12:14am
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I concur ...
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Mosh
Tue Jun 17 2008, 10:17am
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Dude... get a Commodore.
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Goady
Mon Jun 23 2008, 05:08am
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Joined: Fri Jan 12 2007, 04:38am
Location: Florida
Posts: 687
I agree with eitje.

The only other thing I can think of is that the previous owner may have created 'quick keys' with certain combinations of key strokes, but that seems unlikely.
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