Post writing problems
06-15-10, 04:51 PM
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Post writing problems
Whenever I write a post, some of the characters jump and land in the middle of words I just wrote.
This is a new laptop with Windows 7.
Any ideas why this is happening? I juwo st wrote t....okay.... This is what I mean. Note where the "w and o" in the word two ended up! The actual words I was trying to write was:
I just wrote two recent posts and I had to keep editing the lines.
Any clue as to why this is happening? This is driving me crazy!!!
This is a new laptop with Windows 7.
Any ideas why this is happening? I juwo st wrote t....okay.... This is what I mean. Note where the "w and o" in the word two ended up! The actual words I was trying to write was:
I just wrote two recent posts and I had to keep editing the lines.
Any clue as to why this is happening? This is driving me crazy!!!
06-15-10, 05:40 PM
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No idea.....this is a totally new one to me. What browser are you using, etc?
Also, is there any possibility you are accidentallyy tapping the touchpad with your thumbs? I had that issue until I went to a USB mouse and disabled my touchpad.
Also, is there any possibility you are accidentallyy tapping the touchpad with your thumbs? I had that issue until I went to a USB mouse and disabled my touchpad.
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06-16-10, 03:58 PM
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I'm not using the touchpad but a mouse. My browser is Window Explorer.
06-16-10, 07:56 PM
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But do you have the touchpad turned off since you are mousing it? I had that issue all the time until I disabled my touchpad. That's the reason I ask.......the touchpads are pretty sensitive and just a thumb brush will move your cursor and you don't even realize it.
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Ahhhh. I see what you mean. It is kind of ultra sensitive and that may be the problem - I hope.
Unfortunately, turning the touch pad off is not an easy thing to do in Windows 7 like it was in Vista or XP.
However, thank God for the internet because it gave me some pointers on how to resolve the problem.
BTW, it seems that I wasn't the only one trying to turn off the touch pad in Windows 7.
What I had to do was download the Synaptic driver from their website. This gave me the touch pad icon (which is absent in Windows 7 it seems). From there I was able to disable the touch pad.
Now I'm able to post normally it seems. I'm not getting characters interjected where I don't want them to be - so far.
Hey!!!!! It does look like you had the answer after all. Thanks!!! You're my hero!!!
Unfortunately, turning the touch pad off is not an easy thing to do in Windows 7 like it was in Vista or XP.
However, thank God for the internet because it gave me some pointers on how to resolve the problem.
BTW, it seems that I wasn't the only one trying to turn off the touch pad in Windows 7.
What I had to do was download the Synaptic driver from their website. This gave me the touch pad icon (which is absent in Windows 7 it seems). From there I was able to disable the touch pad.
Now I'm able to post normally it seems. I'm not getting characters interjected where I don't want them to be - so far.
Hey!!!!! It does look like you had the answer after all. Thanks!!! You're my hero!!!
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