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  3 0 You are probably accidentally touching the touchpad with the bottom of your hand or the touchstick with your hand. If you have a separate mouse, you should be able to disable both the touchpad and the touchstick. If you don't you should be able to disable the touchstick and reduce the sensitivity on the touchpad. And yes, this is a fairly common problem with Dells. UnoriginalAndrew answered in Tech Support about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by Lee and O my captain… 0 0 Doesn't sound like he has a Dell, unless he's mistaken about it being an MSI. Lee commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Yes, I have occassionally had that problem, of touching the pad with a thumb, but that's not the usual cause. The cursor just jumps while I'm typing. In fact, it's happened several times while i'm typing this entry. In fact, I've noticed that if I backspace to correct a typo, the cursor tends to return back to that point, over and over again... like it's got some memory that it needs to go back to that point. And, yes, it's an MSI U123 series. Not dell. O my captain commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I had this problem with my new laptop and it was purely caused by extra sensitivity in the touchpad. You have to go to your touchpad developers website and download their software. Some laptops don't come with it already installed. My laptop is Synaptics, so I just went to their site and downloaded their software. If you already have it installed, just go to your touchpad options and adjust the sensitivity settings. That should fix it. Basil answered in Tech Support about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by O my captain and Basil… 0 0 Why do I need their software? Didn't it come with the laptop? Or is this a cure? O my captain commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Mine didn't come with the software. It is a cure because the base touchpad is SUPER sensitive - so any brush of the pad causes where you are typing to jump to where the cursor was. Once you install the software (or if the software is in place - see your bottom right bar) then the settings adjust so that you have to actively click to have it move your typing. This would prevent you from having to turn off and on your touchpad everytime you wanted to use a mouse. Basil commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Your thumbs are probably hitting your cursor pad, it's happened to me before. If your laptop is lime mine there is a button right near the pad that can turn off your sensor pad while you type. Hope this helps, good luck. ohyouprettything answered in Tech Support about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by O my captain… 0 0 Nope, pretty sure that it's not thumb hitting the touch pad... it's not lime. O my captain commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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