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What would cause my laptop to suddenly have the cursor reset to a random location in a paragraph?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka kelly) Sep 6 '10, 19:55

I'm not touching the mouse or the touchpad so why's it just randomly jump boxes or paragraphs?

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Does it have a pointing stick? - JD Sep 6, 20:14
It seems like all I need to do is get my hand vaguely near the touchpad and crazy shit happens. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 6, 20:11 13
- I loathe the touch pad on my laptop. it'll freak out over nothing. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 6, 20:45 3
  - I've seen the way you handle your phone. Why can't you treat me like that instead of that floozy? -- nm - Mel's Touch Pad Sep 6, 20:54 2
    - you want to be put in my pocket and carried into the pool too? - Mel Profit Sep 6, 20:58 1
      - At least I'd be somewhere nice! -- nm - Mel's Touch Pad Sep 6, 21:05
- I got a new Toshiba laptop a couple of months ago and immediately plugged in a cordless mouse. I had no idea that the touchpad didn't turn off. - Trish Sep 6, 20:32
- Just go with it. We've never been to one of these sites before. Maybe we'll learn something. Yeah, that's it, now press Enter. -- nm - the devil on wiggum's shoulder Sep 6, 20:17 7
  - It's sweet you think there are scary places on the internet I've never been to. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 6, 20:28 6
    - You ignored David's advice and googled Kim Possible images, didn't you? -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 6, 20:31 5
      - It's the Simpsons ones that I can never unsee. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 6, 20:33 4
        
        Ones that are worse? - amoxy Sep 6, 20:34 3
        
        Yeah, I don't really want to look at Peter Griffin when he's not naked. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 6, 20:35 2
        
        Be careful of those double negatives. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 6, 20:38 1
        
        I've said too much. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 6, 20:43
Is it an HP? -- nm - nubby Sep 6, 19:57 4
- Nope, a Dell. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 6, 19:57 3
  - my dell trackpad is annoying that way. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:12 1
    - ditto. I hate it. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 6, 20:48
  - Ok. It's a known issue in some HP models and they're dicks about not fixing it. -- nm - nubby Sep 6, 19:58

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