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Jeff Dier Posted on May 16, 2007
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Typing problem with keyboard

When I am typing, no matter what program or email I am using my cursor will constantly move backwards and I end up typing over what I have already typed. It's happened 6 times trying to type this. This is MADDENING! Can you please tell me why this is happening? Thank you so much.

  • Jeff Dier May 16, 2007

    Apparently my "Mouse" Control panel does not have a "Device Setting" tab. Do I need to update something?

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Hi, I am having this same problem (particularly with the yand the u which I notice I hover over the touchpad for these letters!) but I have a cordless mouse attached to my laptop and when I go into mouse in contourol panel that's the only one that comes up. Can you tell me where to find the touchpad? I have a compaq. Thanks!
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Here a suggestion, it may or may not be the problem! Sometimes the sensitivity of the touchpad might be too low and your hands inadvertently move the cursor. Also the touchpad has a builtin feature that prevents accidental contact(palm check) You can lower the sensitivity by going into control panel and open Mouse! Go to Device Settings and with the touchpad selected click on settings. There you'll see sensitivity and you can adjust the settings. You can also modify the palm check features right there! if you have any complications or if that's not it, kindly let me know! regards, babb

  • Anonymous May 16, 2007

    You may need to install the ALPS touchpad driver which can be downloaded from the toshiba website(under Downloads)!
    http://support.toshiba.com

    Also i see they have an TouchPad enable/disable utility that you can look into which can also be downloaded from the toshiba site!

    regards

    babb

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