When typing the curser will jump to wherever the mouse is

Hi,

There is no button/ key to turn off Internal Mouse (Touchpad) in a Dell Inspiron 1545 so you may try following the below steps which might help:

(1)Click start.
(2)Type device in the search box and select device manager.
(3)Double click on Mice and other pointing devices.
(4)Right click on the Internal mouse and select disable.

Thanks and Regards.
Kiran Kumar.
#iworkfordell.

Are you using the Touchpad or external mouse?

Hi,

Please download and install this software. This is very effective.

http://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/downloads/list

Thank you!

Hi, ihave seen this before and for me this worked, click the Start button> click Control Panel> click Hardware> and then click Mouse. Click the Pointer Options tab, Uncheck the Hide pointer while typing checkbox

you need to make sure that in the mouse software has the PalmCheck on to make sure that it won't jump when you are typing

Go to control panel, Mouse, Touchpad tab, enable Palmcheck (May also be listed as disable touchpad while typing)

Go to http://support.euro.dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Click the drivers and downloads section.

Enter your service tag number and procced to the download section.

Click Input Device Driver and dowload the alps touchpad exe file. Run this and your problems will be solved.

go into mouse properties and look for a check mark that says something like "disable touchpad while typing" make sure thats chkd off. if not chk the box and problem solved

I frequently have the same thing when using a Dell laptop. The problem MAY be with the touch pad. Without noticing it, my thumb touches the pad and away goes the cursor!

So try this: Open the control panel and go to mouse. Look at the top for Touchpad. There is a setting in there for sensitivity. Reduce the setting so that you need to apply more pressure on the touch pad to move the cursor. Test it a few times to make sure it is still functional before closing the control panel. Then try typing something in a word processor and see if it is any better.

Good luck, and please let me know if this helps.

~ Spoem

this is because you must deactivate your touchpad. you can do this by holding the Fn key and pressing the F* key that shows a picture of a touchpad in the same color as the Fn.
or you can go to control panel and turn it off in the mouse settings. but just attaching a mouse will allow the touchpad to stay active and therefore still be sensitive enough for your hand to "tap" th cursor.;
Good luck and pls rank this response! :D