When i'm typing, the cursor moves and i'm suddenly typing in the wrong place. i can't find any place in the control panel where i can adjust the touchpad settings.

This is a known issue in microsoft word. There is no fix as of yet but most people are moving their cursor to the bottom right of the screen after they have clicked where they wish to be typing. hope this helps

If you go in Control Panel, and open the Mouse settings, there will be a options in one of the tabs that disables tapping while typing. Enable this option and your problem should now be fixed

The usual reason this happens in laptops is that as you're typing, you hit the touchpad with the heel of your hand and the cursor moves. I've done it myself. What I suggest is turning off the touchpad and using an external mouse if you do a lot of typing. This eliminates the accidental contact, and (to me, at least) a real mouse is more comfortable for frequent use. Most computers have a switch that turns the touchpad on or off, or you can disable it through the Windows Control Panel or touchpad utility program.

You will probably want to adjust the pressure sensitivity on your laptop's touch pad to alleviate this problem. If you have Windows, enter the control panel from the start menu.

1. START > Control Panel
2. Find Mouse or Pointing Devices.
3. Enter the Pointing Devices Control Panel.
Things can vary a bit in this section. So you should look for anything that deals with Pressure settings or Pointing Settings. One setting should be labeled "Touch Sensitivity." This setting controls how much pressure is required on the touch pad.
-If you move the setting lower (or move the slider to the left) this decreases the sensitivity. It is harder to accidently move the cursor if you brush the touchpad while typing.
-If you move the setting higher (or move the slider to the right) this increases the sensitivity. It is easier to accidently move the cursor if you brush the touchpad while typing.
(Note that in some configurations, these are opposite - left to increase senstivity and right to decrease sensitivity).

Depending on your laptop there may also be a setting labeled Touchpad Pressure. It's a setting that resgisters if you are accidently leaning on the touch pad. It's designed to reduce the chance of accidental clicks or motions. This setting is generally controlled the same way the Touchpad Sensitivity setting is controlled, through left-right sliders. I've found that keeping the touchpad sensitivity low makes it easier to avoid accidental cursor motions. I also keep the Pressure setting relatively high as well. One thing you'll note that if you adjust these settings to far into one extreme or the other, you will have difficulty using your touchpad. Fine tune these two setting until you achieve the results you want.

Reinstall the Mouse Drive rplease and it should work.

Please write abck if you still face problems.

Restarts can be connected to Hardware problems in Windows XP in Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and recovery -> Settings you has radio button Automatic restart. Remove it and probably it will gave you blue screens next time, but there will be no restart any more. Problem with cursor usually because you touch your touchpad when you typing quickly, turn it off if you can, or be more patient :)

Yes.
Most probably, you are involuntarily very lightly touching the surface of your touchpad with the base of your (usually right) thumb.
Some touchpad drivers have special settings to ignore very light strokes to avoid this effect - try your pointing device settings in the control panel.
If yours doesn't, you just have to remember to keep your hands at such an angle as to avoid contact with the touchpad. A soft wristrest may help, as it elevates your wrists a bit; gel-type wrist support is my favorite.
Good luck :)

This happens when your hands get to close to the palmrest and your wrists are actually causing the cursor to jump to another spot. Go to the control panel > mouse> settings > highlight the touchpad listed and select the settings button. Look through the entries and there is a setting for palmrest sensitivity. Turn down the sensitivity so your hands and wrists don't trigger a cursor movement. The hardware and drivers are fine, this is a setting adjustment.

Someone has remote assistance to your computer. Go into Control panal and turn "Remote Assistance" off

If your cursor moves erratically on the screen (for example, if it jumps around the screen, moves at varying speeds, or selects items on its own), perform the following steps:

1. Clean the surface of the touchpad with a dry, soft cloth to remove grease, sweat, moisture, or other liquids.
   
2. Adjust the sensitivity of the touch pad:.
   
   1. Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
      
   2. Click Printers and Other Hardware.
      
   3. Click Mouse.
      
   4. When the Mouse Properties window appears, click the Pointer Options tab. (Figure 1)
      
      Figure 1: Pointer Speed
      
   5. Under Select a pointer speed:, click to move the slider bar closer to Slow.
      
   6. Click OK.
      
   7. Check to see if the touch pad still behaves erratically.
      
3. If the touchpad still caused the cursor to behave erratically, attach an external mouse to your computer and restart your computer. Use the external mouse to see if your cursor still moves erratically.