Cursor jumps backwards!!

gooner · #1 October 28th, 2009, 05:37 PM

I am looking at a friends laptop. An Acer Aspire 5315 with 2gig processor and 1 gig ram running on Vista Home Basic. When the owner types emails in hotmail and on Skype the cursor jumps backwards after a few words and lands somewhere in the middle or at the start of the sentence. Very strange, although it has not happened while typing this message out.

any thoughts guys??

peterm69 · #2 October 28th, 2009, 07:24 PM

is a wireless mouse used or is it the laptop mouse pad?

gooner · #3 November 3rd, 2009, 08:42 AM

Sorry not sure, I am in Scotland until tomorrow. Will check tomorrow

gooner · #4 November 5th, 2009, 03:24 PM

It's the laptop mouse pad.

gooner · #5 November 7th, 2009, 03:08 PM

Any thoughts anyone - maybe mouse software reload or ?????

**AnnMarie** · #6 November 8th, 2009, 01:14 AM

Hi gooner. Maybe your friend is accidentally hitting the touchpad when he types? Some touchpad drivers have a Tap-to-Click feature and this causes similar issues. Have a look in Mouse Properties in Control Panel and see if there is a Touchpad tab. If so, disable it (the Tap-to-Click feature - it might also be found as described here). Failing that, a driver update might help or just disable the touchpad driver altogether and connect a USB mouse.

gooner · #7 November 8th, 2009, 04:07 PM

I tried it myself and it happened. Will try updating the driver or a USB mouse like you say.Thanks. will let you know if it works.

Terry

**AnnMarie** · #8 November 8th, 2009, 08:19 PM

Ok. Good luck.

gooner · #9 November 10th, 2009, 03:43 PM

I downloaded a new driver and touch wood it seems ok so far. Thanks Ann Marie.

**AnnMarie** · #10 November 10th, 2009, 09:00 PM

Great and you are very welcome.