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SpiritWarrior · 05-20-2011, 11:48 PM

Disable the touchpad completely and start typing using tab for long enough to see if the issue remains. This will eliminate the touchpad as a clulprit once and for all. Until then, people will constantly suggest this as the reason. It is actually quite common. Even though you are not touching it, some pads are hypersensitve...you could breathe near them and they will respond. I had a client with this issue - we disabled it, reset/recalibrated it in Control Panel, and it was fixed. Was a netbook too, windows XP or Vista.

Anyways, once you troubleshoot it with the touchpad completely disabled, if it then keeps occuring we then know it is a less obvious issue.

P.S. Many can be disabled via a button right next to it, others you have to disable it in settings or via Control Panel.

05-20-2011, 11:48 PM	#2
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Re: Why does my cursor keep moving when I am typing on my netbook? Disable the touchpad completely and start typing using tab for long enough to see if the issue remains. This will eliminate the touchpad as a clulprit once and for all. Until then, people will constantly suggest this as the reason. It is actually quite common. Even though you are not touching it, some pads are hypersensitve...you could breathe near them and they will respond. I had a client with this issue - we disabled it, reset/recalibrated it in Control Panel, and it was fixed. Was a netbook too, windows XP or Vista. Anyways, once you troubleshoot it with the touchpad completely disabled, if it then keeps occuring we then know it is a less obvious issue. P.S. Many can be disabled via a button right next to it, others you have to disable it in settings or via Control Panel. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...