Why is my cursor randomly skipping to other parts of text whilst typing?

[billlinton]

Why is the cursor on my Vaio laptop randomly skipping to other parts of the text whilst I am typing?

Can anyone help please.

Bill

[Blencogo · Accepted solution]

Hi Bill.

Have you tried going to the mouse properties and checking the box "Disable Tapping when Typing"?

Has it always done this or is it only recently? 

Do you use an external mouse?  If so, you may be able to disable the touchpad.

It may be worth reinstalling the Touchpad Driver.  However, the most common cause is a hardware fault where any pressure on the palmrest or keyboard causes a small flexing which shows the problem - the only answer if this is the cause is a repair.

[billlinton]

Hi Blencogo,

Thanks vm for your assistance - will try the possible solutions you have kindly proposed and will advise on results

Thanks again

regards

bill