Typing Issues - Cursor Jumps

when I am typing the cursor will randomly move to other parts of the
screen.....this makes typing very difficult....

had this issue around 1.5 years ago and was told to do a hard re-boot....

any thoughts...

"Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:717544BA-E88F-4FA8-9F3E-58FB5E770439@microsoft.com...
> when I am typing the cursor will randomly move to other parts of the
> screen.....this makes typing very difficult....
>
> had this issue around 1.5 years ago and was told to do a hard re-boot....
>
> any thoughts...

I would try another cold reboot. If this does not help then I would
unplug the mouse to see if makes a difference. I would also try a
different keyboard.

I have a laptop with no mouse attached...

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:717544BA-E88F-4FA8-9F3E-58FB5E770439@microsoft.com...
> > when I am typing the cursor will randomly move to other parts of the
> > screen.....this makes typing very difficult....
> >
> > had this issue around 1.5 years ago and was told to do a hard re-boot....
> >
> > any thoughts...
>
> I would try another cold reboot. If this does not help then I would
> unplug the mouse to see if makes a difference. I would also try a
> different keyboard.
>
>
>

Disable the mouse and try an external keyboard for testing
purposes.


"Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a laptop with no mouse attached...
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:717544BA-E88F-4FA8-9F3E-58FB5E770439@microsoft.com...
>> > when I am typing the cursor will randomly move to other parts of the
>> > screen.....this makes typing very difficult....
>> >
>> > had this issue around 1.5 years ago and was told to do a hard
>> > re-boot....
>> >
>> > any thoughts...
>>
>> I would try another cold reboot. If this does not help then I would
>> unplug the mouse to see if makes a difference. I would also try a
>> different keyboard.
>>
>>
>>

Tom wrote:
> when I am typing the cursor will randomly move to other parts of the
> screen.....this makes typing very difficult....
>
> had this issue around 1.5 years ago and was told to do a hard
> re-boot....
>
> any thoughts...

I see later that you left out the vital information about having a laptop.
I bet it has a touchpad or one of the 'stick' mouse devices.
I bet you are hitting it with youtr thumbs/palm when typing if a touchpad.

Hook an external mouse to it and go into the touchpad settings and see if
you can disable the touchpad/stick when a mouse is connected.

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Tom wrote:
> when I am typing the cursor will randomly move to other parts of the
> screen.....this makes typing very difficult....
>
> had this issue around 1.5 years ago and was told to do a hard re-boot....
>
> any thoughts...