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FR Masters of The Universe Compter Tech Question. Cursor Jumps Around When Typing
11.20.12 | chickensoup

Posted on 11/20/2012 3:42:32 PM PST by Chickensoup

I finally broke down and updates my OS IE7 on laptop with the 53 updates that it was nagging me about.

Now the cursor jumps when I type. Not me touching the pad, it just jumps randomly.

Anyone ever see this? solutions?


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I finally broke down and updates my OS IE7 on laptop with the 53 updates that it was nagging me about.

Now the cursor jumps when I type. Not me touching the pad, it just jumps randomly.

Anyone ever see this? solutions?

1 posted on 11/20/2012 3:42:33 PM PST by Chickensoup
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2 posted on 11/20/2012 3:44:36 PM PST by wastedyears (I don't want to live on this planet anymore.)
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gun is good ,try turning off tap option for touch pad


3 posted on 11/20/2012 3:45:51 PM PST by molson209
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I don’t know what causes it, but this happens on both my laptops. It’s maddening, especially when typing emails and Word doc. If you find out, let me know too.


4 posted on 11/20/2012 3:46:10 PM PST by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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The Cursor is just excited that you broke down and updated the system. He’ll stop in a few days.


5 posted on 11/20/2012 3:47:56 PM PST by vicious_vic
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It is the sensativity of the touchpad, even though you may net be touching it. What you need is called Touchfreeze. It is a simple and safe utility and will work in both 32 and 64 bit environments. It disables the touchpad while you're typing. It is not an uncommon problem. This fixes you right up.
6 posted on 11/20/2012 3:48:43 PM PST by RobertClark (Inside every "older" person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened?)
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Glary Utilities
7 posted on 11/20/2012 3:50:38 PM PST by mdittmar
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-hardware/cursor-jumps-around-while-typing/acb75de1-20de-45e6-aa4e-e1dc59876693


8 posted on 11/20/2012 3:51:02 PM PST by Retired Chemist
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Is it possible that your J-stick was previously disabled and one of the updates was a new driver for that device and reawakened it?


9 posted on 11/20/2012 3:52:55 PM PST by JayNorth (Barack Obama and Joe Biden are proof positive that two wrongs don't make a right!)
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Turn off the touchpad. This problem plagued me also and turning off the touchpad cured it.


10 posted on 11/20/2012 3:55:29 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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http://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/


11 posted on 11/20/2012 3:55:34 PM PST by Truth29
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There is a tap option?


12 posted on 11/20/2012 3:55:34 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist Totalitarian Fascism coming to a country like yours.)
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To: umgud

stay tuned!


13 posted on 11/20/2012 3:55:56 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist Totalitarian Fascism coming to a country like yours.)
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To: vicious_vic

The Cursor is just excited that you broke down and updated the system. He’ll stop in a few days.

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14 posted on 11/20/2012 3:56:52 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist Totalitarian Fascism coming to a country like yours.)
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Thanks, I’ll try it.


15 posted on 11/20/2012 3:58:07 PM PST by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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There is a tap option?


16 posted on 11/20/2012 3:59:51 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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This guy is probably at the bottom of it:
17 posted on 11/20/2012 4:00:32 PM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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Just downloaded it. Thank you.


18 posted on 11/20/2012 4:00:39 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist Totalitarian Fascism coming to a country like yours.)
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My neighbor was seeing the cursor jumping all over the place too.
I told him to throw away the first quart that came out of the still.

Fixed it.


19 posted on 11/20/2012 4:05:51 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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“updates my OS IE7 on laptop with the 53 updates”

I think you mean Windows 7.


20 posted on 11/20/2012 4:08:03 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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