Cursor jump When I am typing, the cursor suddenly jumps back to an earlier line or word. Any ideas on what is causing this?
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Do you have the ASUS Eee 1015PED?I have used it for hours on end and it still doen't get hot enough to cause any issues.
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I had the same problem. I disabled the drag feature of the elan touchpad and then downloaded touchfreeze - freeware that seems to have fixed the problem.
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>>Your palm could be bumping the touchpad.This is a common problem. There is one other thing I know of from my experience working for a large, mainframe computer company back in the day. In those times, quite a bit of data input was done by creating punchcards at a keyboard and machine made especially for that purpose. Once in a while, a customer would complain about extra spaces appearing in their data. A common cause was some old gal doing the keypunching whose puppies were getting a little droopy, if you know what I mean. Every now and again they would brush that spacebar and, voilà, an extra space, which the operator would, of course, swear that she had not typed. Just something to keep in mind. >>Your palm could be bumping the touchpad.This is a common problem. There is one other thing I know of from my experience working for a large, mainframe computer company back in the day. In those times, quite a bit of data input was done by creating punchcards at a keyboard and machine made especially for that purpose. Once in a while, a customer would complain about extra spaces appearing in their data. A common cause was some old gal doing the keypunching whose puppies were getting a little droopy, if you know what I mean. Every now and again they would brush that... » Read More >>Your palm could be bumping the touchpad.This is a common problem. There is one other thing I know of from my experience working for a large, mainframe computer company back in the day. In those times, quite a bit of data input was done by creating punchcards at a keyboard and machine made especially for that purpose. Once in a while, a customer would complain about extra spaces appearing in their data. A common cause was some old gal doing the keypunching whose puppies were getting a little droopy, if you know what I mean. Every now and again they would brush that spacebar and, voilà, an extra space, which the operator would, of course, swear that she had not typed. Just something to keep in mind. « Show Less
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Thanks. I will try to keep my hands up high and see if that solves the problem.
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Your palm could be bumping the touchpad. I know this happens to me a lot. I also have this same netbook and noticed I am bumping the touchpad more often.
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UPDATE TO THIS ISSUE: I went to Acer's Store (it's on your desktop unless you've deleted it), clicked on Tech Support and then Email Support. If you complete the form there and write a brief message, the site will come up with suggestions on the erratic cursor. I forget how it was labeled but it shows in a different window just how to adjust the sensitiviity settings to eliminate the issue most of us are experiencing! Try it, I think you'll be happy with the results.
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yikes! sorry I haven't had this problem. try to make sure you're typing everything in correctly and that before you type it in there are no spaces or something. im so sorry.
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If you hit the "Ctrl" key and the "+" key at the same time, the text gets larger, and successively larger each time you do it. Similarly "Ctrl" and "-" makes it smaller. That may be what you're inadvertently doing.
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I thought this would be a problem, however, it is not. All the answers you received are correct. Same for the delete key. I got used to using backspace and working backwards for deleting some letters, etc.
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No. It's really touchy, jumps from one application to another really annoyingly. Might be more the operating system than the computer, though.
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It enters keystrokes as you are typing. it doesn't automatically add stuff unless you are using the keyboard.
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not directly .. the browser and FLASH or equiv typically do that .. this mouse is a very simple mouse .. you move it, and the cursor moves .. just like it should
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I'm trying to make the same decision. Does anyone know? I am a fast typist, and I don't like what I hear about the wireless keyboard dropping strokes.
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Yes, I have also experienced this problem. The cursor goes haywire when plugged in. Sometimes worse than others.
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I programmed mine to Alt + Tab. It allows me to switch between programs very easily. I feel severely restricted without it on other computers, now.
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I'm guessing that you are tapping the touchpad while you are typing. This has happened to me a couple of times and it's usually my thumb hitting the touchpad by accident which cause your laptop to revert to the last place your arrow was at...
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No, I can't type all the characters with both shift keys pressed down. For example 'T' doesn't work.
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CHange the sensitivity on the mouse pad, that's usually the cause of that problem, I have had the same laptop for 3 yrs now and I had to do it with this same model, problem solved. Or try and keep you hands away from the touchpad when typing. Its not a defective product, its defective typing b the owner basically. But if you change the built in mouse to be very slow it stops the problem, just too sensitive is all.
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I have had numerous problems with all sort of cursor moves and other maneuverability . Disappointed....could be so much more user friendly.
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It IS A tempORARY FLASH ONLY. Then you must remember it is on. Very frustrating and aggravating tO HALF tO retype a whole Paragraph IF YOU DON'T CONSTANTLY CHEck OUt the SCREEN FOR capS....
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Very interesting. My former computer developed the same symptoms which is why I purchased the Aspire. Many told me I was touching the touchpad, but it still happened when I was alert and very cautious. It seems this problem is not unique but written up on the net. Google "jumping cursor problem." There is also a freeware program called, "Touch Freeze," which I found works, but not reliably. Hope this contributes toward a solution, JB