> Is anyone else having a problem with their cursor all of a sudden jumping
> to
> another spot on the page? It seems as though the area around the touchpad
> keyboard is so sensitive that any light touch makes the cursor jump. I
> remember this happening when we bought our other Vista laptop and I had to
> download a patch or like from microsoft but I can't find anything on the
> vista site
> Is anyone else having a problem with their cursor all of a sudden jumping to
> another spot on the page? It seems as though the area around the touchpad
> keyboard is so sensitive that any light touch makes the cursyor jump. I
> remember this happening when we bought our other Vista laptop and I had to
> download a patch or like from microsoft but I can't find anything on the
> vista site
>I am also having this problem. If I barely graze the touch pad the pointer
> jumps and whatever I'm typing types in the wrong location. I cannot find
> any
> pressure control mechanism anywhere. There was one on my old Dell. THIS
> IS
> DRIVING ME NUTS! My computer is a dell inspiron 1520 with windows vista,
> home edition.
>>> Is anyone else having a problem with their cursor all of a sudden jumping
>> to
>> another spot on the page? It seems as though the area around the touchpad
>> keyboard is so sensitive that any light touch makes the cursyor jump. I
>> remember this happening when we bought our other Vista laptop and I had
>> to
>> download a patch or like from microsoft but I can't find anything on the
>> vista site
>I am also having this problem. If I barely graze the touch pad the pointer
> jumps and whatever I'm typing types in the wrong location. I cannot find
> any
> pressure control mechanism anywhere. There was one on my old Dell. THIS
> IS
> DRIVING ME NUTS! My computer is a dell inspiron 1520 with windows vista,
> home edition.
>>> Is anyone else having a problem with their cursor all of a sudden jumping
>> to
>> another spot on the page? It seems as though the area around the touchpad
>> keyboard is so sensitive that any light touch makes the cursyor jump. I
>> remember this happening when we bought our other Vista laptop and I had
>> to
>> download a patch or like from microsoft but I can't find anything on the
>> vista site
> Goto http://support.dell.com Drivers and Downloads, Enter your Dell computer
> type or Service Tag. Make sure Windows Vista is selected under OS. Goto
> Mouse and Keyboards and expand the list. Click to Download the Dell - Driver
> which Applies to: Touchpad / Pointing Stick to a folder. Find it and double
> click, extract and install. Reboot. This driver upgrade is dated 2-1-2008 so
> it looks like something Dell knows about. Also there are adjustments for the
> touchpad in the Control Panel. Should be in the mouse settings.
>
>
> "EKB" <EKB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AE9ABCC5-52FD-4F45-A0A4-4DF9C61F8371@microsoft.com...> >I am also having this problem. If I barely graze the touch pad the pointer>
> > jumps and whatever I'm typing types in the wrong location. I cannot find
> > any
> > pressure control mechanism anywhere. There was one on my old Dell. THIS
> > IS
> > DRIVING ME NUTS! My computer is a dell inspiron 1520 with windows vista,
> > home edition.
> >> >> Is anyone else having a problem with their cursor all of a sudden jumping
> >> to
> >> another spot on the page? It seems as though the area around the touchpad
> >> keyboard is so sensitive that any light touch makes the cursyor jump. I
> >> remember this happening when we bought our other Vista laptop and I had
> >> to
> >> download a patch or like from microsoft but I can't find anything on the
> >> vista site
>
> "EKB" <EKB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AE9ABCC5-52FD-4F45-A0A4-4DF9C61F8371@microsoft.com...> >I am also having this problem. If I barely graze the touch pad the pointer>
> > jumps and whatever I'm typing types in the wrong location. I cannot find
> > any
> > pressure control mechanism anywhere. There was one on my old Dell. THIS
> > IS
> > DRIVING ME NUTS! My computer is a dell inspiron 1520 with windows vista,
> > home edition.
> >> >> Is anyone else having a problem with their cursor all of a sudden jumping
> >> to
> >> another spot on the page? It seems as though the area around the touchpad
> >> keyboard is so sensitive that any light touch makes the cursyor jump. I
> >> remember this happening when we bought our other Vista laptop and I had
> >> to
> >> download a patch or like from microsoft but I can't find anything on the
> >> vista site
>
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