Mouse problems when typing

You can disable the tapping function of your touch pad. This will mean you
will have to use the buttons for clicking, right-clicking and
double-clicking etc but this is a small price to pay.

Depending on the manufacturer you'll either find an icon in the system tray
(right-hand end of the task bar) or you'll have to look in the Control Panel
for it. Sometimes it'll be an extra tab in the Mouse Properties; other
times there's be a separate Control Panel applet for it. Either way, once
you've found it you're looking for a checkbox that either says "Enable
tapping" or "Disable tapping", or something along those lines.

Good luck


"Laura" <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00FFCA33-DBB3-4C94-980E-2E6291E8A7DF@microsoft.com...

>I have a Toshiba laptop and when I am typing, and I don't even touch the
> mouse, the cursor out of nowhere goes where ever the mouse pointer is. I
> want to know how to temporarily disable and enable the mouse so that I am
> not
> so frustarated when I am typing a paper for school or just typing an
> email.
> I don't even have to touch the mouse and the pointer moves on the
> computer.
> I have tried holding down the FN key and F9 at the same time because it
> shows
> the symbol for the mouse, but it does nothing. Is there anyone out there
> that would have suggestions as to how to fix this?