Typing problems using Vista

DirtPoorGuy

please ignore

stilltheone

Make and model of laptop?

RussJK

Perhaps your hand is brushing the touchpad.

scheming_gypsy

try disabling the touchpad on the laptop (to test). They can be a nightmare when overly sensitive

stilltheone

That's not the solution.

fenlander_uk

stilltheone wrote: »

That's not the solution.

I had the same problem with my laptop. Disabling the touchpad WAS the solution for me. You can also adjust the touchpad sensitivity, which might help.

DirtPoorGuy wrote: »

The Laptop is an Advent 6651, how do I disable the touchpad?, I never use it anyway as I have an external mouse plugged in.

Sometimes there's a button to enable/disable it. Otherwise, try Control Panel-Mouse and you should see a drop-down list of UIDs you can configure. Select the touchpad and look for a Disable option.

stilltheone

fenlander_uk wrote: »

I had the same problem with my laptop. Disabling the touchpad WAS the solution for me. You can also adjust the touchpad sensitivity, which might help.

That's not really a solution if you use the touchpad.

fenlander_uk

stilltheone wrote: »

That's not really a solution if you use the touchpad.

The OP has indicated that he never uses it. Nor do I. Best to turn it off - if the problem persists, at least one option has been eliminated.

scheming_gypsy

stilltheone wrote: »

That's not the solution.

To find the solution you have to find the cause. If disabling the touchpad stops the problem then you've got your cause and you can work from there.

stilltheone

I know the cause.

Go into Device Manager > Mice Pointing Devices(or similar) and uninstall PS2 mouse driver. Don't reboot at this stage. Use your supplied Drivers disc(if you can't find it, navigate to c:\applications\drivers. to install the proper Touchpad driver. Reboot.

If you don't want to go through with that, you can select Fn+F9 to Enable/ Disable touchpad

My heart sinks when I see Advent or Packard Bell...

RussJK

You can temporarily disable it via Fn key + F9. It can take some time getting used to it being there, but after awhile it does come in handy.

The alternative is to simply disable it - either in the method Fenlander mentioned, or in the device manager like Stilltheone described, except right click and select 'Disable' instead of uninstalling/reinstalling drivers.