yorolpal
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OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
On my office laptop, whenever I'm typing an email or forum post, if I pause my cursor just randomly jumps to some other location. So, if I'm not paying attention and start typing again, I'll be typing in the middle of something I've already typed or lower down in the email I'm responding to. I initially thought it was something I was hitting with my palm or the side of my pinkie or something...but I've tried hitting all the relevant, obvious keys and such and cannot make my cursor replicate these random jumps. What do you think I'm doing. Am I just POSSESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 14:51:42
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yorolpalAm I just POSSESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not you, but maybe your trackpad!
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 16:24:19
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Yoropal: Am I just POSSESSED
No, your pointer is possessed -- you need to summons that mouse or its driver and banish it forever. Good luck!
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 18:08:50
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When using Sonar the mouse pointer on my desktop pc often used to travel left to right across the screens when I wasn't even touching it and even when the open project wasn't even running. This never happened with any other program. I never figured out why and it doesn't do it any more. I had forgotten all about it until I read this thread.
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 18:49:01
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 20:00:04
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Quit moving your finger over the mouse pad!
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 21:36:06
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I used to do that to myself all the time, til I got rid of the wife and her endless shopping.
(then I could finally go out and afford a mouse for the laptop and quit using the ~$@$%*%$ touch pad)
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yorolpal
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 21:44:43
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I only wish it was me touching the mouse pad...but it's not. I've tried typing with one finger and not touching anything and it still does it. Will try touch-pad blocker and report back. Elsewise I'm afraid I'll have to throw my laptop in front of a moving car.
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 21:52:52
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That use to happen to me on one of my old lap tops, man did it annoy me, that lap top died, and I got a couple of others, has never happened with them. I feel your pain (well, not any more  )
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 22:14:46
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That exact same thing has happened to me as well, Ol Pal, on my Dell work laptop. It is very annoying. I never catch it right away and what I spent all this time typing is a jumbled up mess.
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/08 23:56:22
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The only time I have seen the cursor jump "wherever" was when inserting a link. After the link is inserted I have grown accustomed to "WTH is the cursor now" syndrome. Most times the cursor will jump near the beginning of the post, and it seems to always insert an unwanted carriage return after the link. The only way I have found to mitigate this is to insert carriage returns on purpose and complete the sentence BEFORE inserting a link anywhere.
Not sure if related to what you are seeing, but that happens to me all the time (and I am on desktop).
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 01:17:01
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This used to happen to me all the time on my work laptop. I have a Lenovo Yoga 2. Believe me, it's the touchpad. I'd be typing something and then all of a sudden the cursor would jump to some earlier part of the text and start inserting letters into the existing text. I hit the freaking roof every time it happened. Sometimes you can touch the pad accidentally with your palm without even realizing, despite how careful you're being.
Look in the settings for the trackpad. If it's a Synaptics device like mine, there should be a setting somewhere called "palm tracking" or "PalmCheck." If you set that to maximum, it will recognize when you've accidentally brushed the pad with your palm and reject it. Even if you're confident you're not hitting the touchpad, try this setting anyway.
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 03:20:20
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Never had to deal with a laptop so I'll assume at least one of the answers above helps, but I've noticed this behavior on my desktop PC and there's usually two ways it can occur (one may apply to a laptop). The first is when there's dust and gunk that builds up on the mouse (I've got a thumb trackball so this happens about once a week). The second is when the input (mouse, trackball, pad, etc.) ends up on a USB port that is shared and some other device is getting too much priority. Always good to keep the mouse on its own port.
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 05:08:14
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Jewellery is a common cause of this.
My Dad was ready to throw his laptop through the window until I pointed out that every time he reached over the trackpad to type, his gold chainlink bracelet was moving the cursor. Metal watch straps can do the same.
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 08:40:42
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(Note to self: Check old photos and see if I can find any photographic evidence that anyone has ever seen Karyn's dad and P Diddy in the same place at the same time.)
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yorolpal
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 11:53:51
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Thanks to all for the suggestions. I'll try all of them!!
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yorolpal
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 12:07:27
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After some googling and laptop sleuthing I found a way to disable the touchpad (I use a mouse). Now let's see if that solves the problem. Fingers crossed!!
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 12:10:38
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I hate laptop touchpads. I'm constantly making mistakes with them. And hitting the right button is super awkward.
When I got my Lenovo I didn't think for one minute that I'd be using the touchscreen, but I find myself using it more and more.
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/09 12:14:04
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It's weird, but every time I stand up I lose my lap top...
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/11 08:34:05
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You could also have a stuck key on your keyboard. The tab key for instance.
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Re: OK, I give up...what the heck am I doing????
2015/04/11 21:52:18
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So far...so good. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! Fingers still crossed but I think,disabling the touchpad was the solution.
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