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Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by kirkd Solved. Inspiron Windows 7 cursor jumps while typing text. Had the same problem with previous Dell laptop. While typing text in any program or circumstance, cursor jumps to other lines randomly. I'm not touching touchpad or mouse, but it doesn't matter, it still jumps and continues what I'm typing on another line. Did it just now while I was typing subject line. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic.
The problem got much worse for my laptop when I installed Window 7 to match my work's installation. I don't think it's computer-related; I think it's Window related. Wow, you have no idea how much you just helped me. My brand new HP laptop was messing up so much that I couldn't even type out discussion board questions for school, the cursor would jump all over the place! After downloading the touchfreeze, it's not doing the jumping anymore.
I can do my homework! Thank you!! I've been having ome mouse problems for awhile now, as I do use an external mouse with my laptop. The laptop seems to have also gotten a bug where it won't let me reverse the mouse for typing left-handed--it's difficult for me to use in several respects.
It has only happened for a month, and worked perfectly previously. As I do a lot of typing as well, it's been going crazy. I just downloaded the fix, and hope it helps a lot.
Thank you for getting to the bottom of this. Is it possible to upgrade my windows7 os to windows 8? OMG - I thought it had to be me and it might be me touching the touchpad while typing. I have a Dell D for work and a Dell Inspiron at home and both of them drive me nuts with the jumping cursor.
I found various solutions from the web but neither laptop has the option to disable the touchpad while typing or any other settings I found. Downloaded Touchfreeze and installed. Here's hoping!!! If it solves the issue I have NO problem sending a donation. I struggled with this for some time - I had turned off the touch pad entirely and was still getting an issue when typing.
However I ultimately found that my touch pad would still occasionally work if I hit it very hard even nearby - this would mean that my cursor would jump to the mouse position. I figure that I must have been hitting the keys too hard which the track pad interpreted as a hit I type quite hard To fix I went to my "Elan smart pad multi finger" application and disabled the tapping setting in control panel.
I hope this has fixed the problem. For other computers mine is a Sumsung there might be a different application that controls the touch pad. Thank you so much for this, I bought a new HP laptop and was about ready to take it back until I found your article. This is the only thing that actually worked.
Hi Tony John, thanks soo much for this I will try it. Same problem with Gateway running Windows 7. I had disabled the touch pad using the appropriate function key. On my laptop it is F6. Since I do not use the touch pad, disabling is OK with me.
Problem disappeared! I didn't have this problem with my Windows 7, but then I decided to format my system and reinstall Windows and the problem started. Such a pain!! Hope touchfreeze solves it. Thank you Thank you Thank you for this! It seems to have solved the problem. I downloaded touchfreeze, and it works perfectly when you are typing, it was very annoying!! This definitly did the trick for my cursor jumping while typing! At least it doesn't jump anymore while I am typing!
I Donated! Great Work! Ash - From Ca. Same problem with Packard Bell! Touchfreeze worked instantly!! Thanks so much for investigating. It was extremely annoying! This just fixed my problem on an HP Pavilion dv6. Thank you. I have noted the same frustration, though to a lesser extent on a MacBook Pro. A couple of other Mac users have mentioned it to me as well.
It is indeed annoying and frustrating, so I thank you for the tip and will try Touchfreeze shortly. I faced the same situation on my Asus laptop. I have never faced jumping cursor problem on any of my desktops.
The problem continued even after dual boot with windows 8 release preview. It was terrifying as you loose confidence while typing and keep looking periodically to check if the cursor is at the right spot ha ha. Then i stumbled upon TouchFreeze and it has solved my problem. Many thanks to the developer of TouchFreeze Now i am no more facing any jumping cursor problem John, it looks like it is working. Thank you very much for this tip.
After installing Touchfreeze - problem disapeared. Thank you once again. Thank Goodness someone knows what I've been complaining about!!! This is TOTALLY annoying as I too type a lot and spend most of my time having to 'watch' the screen to see if I am typing in the same area I need to be and the constantly 'fix' my errors due to jumping.
Typing this comment alone I have had to fix my cursor 4 times!!! I'm ging to try this download and will give you my feedback as well. I have installed Touch Freeze and have noticed a great change for the better!!!!
I also took note of the 'possible touching of the touch pad with the palm of my hand while I was typing and noticed that when I 'tried' to touch the touch pad with the palm of my hand, I got the same jumping situation so I am pretty sure my palm was touch the pad and causing the cursor to jump all over. I have typed this since my TouchFreeze download and not one problem!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again!!! Instantly fixed something I thought was just something my very NOT computer-savvy self was doing!
Dell laptop running windows 7. Finally, a solution! And since neither he or I have 'palm control' settings with our touchpad, it was a tremendous issue.
I just installed 'touchfreeze' for both of us, and so far, seems to be an incredible work around. Thank you!!! You have saved one or both of us from launching our computers against the wall in a fit of pique over incredible morphing cursor issues. Thank you for this fix! I am using a Dell Inspiron laptop with Win7 and whenever I worked on my typing curriculum; the cursor would move positions. I type very fast I do write typing curriculum With this app, the problems have stopped!
Thank you Tony John for this. Thank You!!! I cannot believe I am actually typing this No more jumping cursor, no more random mouse click issues.
Just powered down, took battery out, cleaned it off and cleaned the battery slot, reinstalled, started back up. A magic solution with no logical explanation? Maybe I should give church a try too! It is not, however, completely gone.
I was so excited to find this on the jumping cursor issue. Unfortunately, because I was not able to solve the issue with my Acer, I returned it and purchased a Lenovo Y I am still experiencing the problem, but it is not as severe as it was on my Acer. I am positive my palm is not touching the mouse like others have concluded. I downloaded touchfreeze a couple of days ago and thought I was clear until my cursor jumped again today.
I am so frustrated. Any other suggestions for me? This problem is really distruptive and causing errors in my documents and emails. I just got a Gateway laptop and the cursor has been jumping all over the place. I am in the middle of a big assignment and this problem has been slowing me down. I wasted a whole day until i decided to do a little research on it and found out about touch freeze.
The first thing I did is type you this note. I was really loosing my patience with this cursor problem. I gone through n number of solutions given in various forums untill I came across your blog.
Just installed this software and it seems it is working fine Thank you very very much. I am using Dell Latitude E I got the same problems with the jumping cursor which is very annoying. But after I download touchfreeze as you suggest, I no longer have the problem. No more jumping cursor. Thumbs up, great job, you are a star!
Hi, I am using Dell Inspiron. I have been using this laptop for 3 months now. Initially it had Windows 7. Later upgraded to Windows 8. I started noticing this mouse problem only a few days back, I was thinking I was doing something wrong, or the application I was using having issues. After In installed the utility, my problem is gone.
Thanks Jay. If I have any trouble down the road I'll try the above fix. Thank you! I thought it was simple fix whatever it was, but it was not downloading any software or doing anything too complex but it took me ages to find at the time. I wish I could remember what it was and where I found it.
That said, somehow I fixed it, but it started again in the last 24hours, and has made me furious. Of course, like everyone else I found most of the suggestions don't work. I too made sure I was not touching the touchpad when typing so it was definitely not that causing the issue. But I have just download TouchFreeze and it is working. Thanks again, and I hope it is a permanent fix.
I've had this problem on every laptop with a touchpad I've owned since the early 's. The problem is even more pronounced on my very new notebook. I've downloaded your solution and will try it! Well having read through this I see I am not the only person experiencing this issue. First it began happening on my older Dell Inspiron After 3 years! Thought it was a prob arisen with skeyboard so decided to buy new one spent enough on Dell already as it was. Have started first with the control panel mouse and that has really helped.
Problem is only minor now, albeit still doing it enough to annoy. So my next step is to slow down the cursor speed and see if that will fix it completely. If not I shall download that freeze software. It was a big pain for me this jumping cursor, but thanks to you it solved the situation, thanks for the good tip!!!! I need to type very fast and could not work properly because of jumping cursor. You are Great Providing this solution.
Many thanks!!! Thanks so,so much. It was driving me crazy! I tried to explain this on another forum to come check this out and it was still 'you have a sticky pad'. Well I tried. Too bad for them. Yeah for me. Had same problem with my Toshiba,soooo annoying. Tried your suggestion and it worked I will skip other suggestions and try the touchfreeze workaround after reading comments.
I'm sick and tired of Windows getting away with this. Why aren't they being sued??? I have to take anti-anxiety meds whenever I need to type something, otherwise my stomach gets so tight, I'm left angry and exhausted each time! I hate searching for Windows help, because they never have answers, and instead have forums of frustrated users offering ideas that never work. Thanks, by installing this software, the cursor jumping problem is resolved. I am having Lenovo G Thanks once again for posting this..
I had the same cursor jumping problem with me my Dell laptop OS 7. This software solved the problem. Thank you very much for the solution! It really worked! Just got a new HP Pavilion 6 laptop and from Day 1, the cursor was jumping all over the place. I tried unchecking the "enhanced mouse" prompt and I disengaged the touchpad but neither worked. This download did the trick. You're my hero :. I have already wasted my effort to get the keypad and even worse touchpads also replaced which never worked..
Thanks again for this solution. The jumping occurs if the arrow is located to the side or directly below any text you have entered within the dialog box. If the arrow is below and mid sentence and you brush the overly sensitive touchpad the cursor will jumped into that line of text directly above the arrows position.
Similarly, if arrow is located to the right and laterally to any line and you touch the pad the cursor jumps to the end of line. To avoid jumping, move the arrow to the lower right hand corner of the dialog box and the jumping will cease. Experiment and you will see what I mean. It is still an annoyance but place the arrow in the lower right corner not underneath or lateral to any line and jumping ceases.
I have a Medion Akoya laptop which has the same 'cursor' problem - freezing, jumping around etc. I reported it to Medion who suggested the 'static' issue and the "power down; remove battery; hold power button down for 30 seconds; power up again and IT WORKS.
I sit with the laptop on a coffee table, no problems. Put it on my lap and almost as soon as it comes into contact with man made fibres off it goes. Whilst the battery removal works it's a bit inconvenient so if anyone has a permanent fix short of trailing an earth lead around I would be very grateful to hear.
Using Windows 8 on a new HP Pavillion. The cursor automatically relocating and scrambling text has just been one of the issues I'm having with this computer. I've downloaded touchfreeze and am hoping it solves the problem that HP and MS can't seem to correct. Further to my previous post on this issue, my Medion Akoya has a Sentelic finger sensing pad and you can disable the pad whilst you are typing by going into 'settings'.
This has pretty much cured my problem, but not completely and I too think that there must be a Windows element to this problem too. The moving cursor problem has been driving me crazy for years on both laptops I used.
I read through all the comments and posts and decided to try the touch freeze install, and so far it's working great! I am going to put this link on my church mission's website to help promote this temporary fix hoping to get you guys some revenue! I wish I had it but because of the ever increasing hunger and homeless problem our funding is at a record low, actually in the red or I would donate. See the link on our missions website within a day or so.
Thank You for solving this maddening problem! God Bless you all! Pastor William Barhorst. Installing "touch-freeze" seems to work for me as well. Easy solution: Stick a piece of paper over the touch pad while typing. Am using a new ASUS that I have upgraded to Win 8 and got jumping all the time - made typing pretty well impossible at any speed - tried all suggestions without success until used touch freeze this works brilliantly- thankyou so much.
Same problem happened to my Lenovo E I have install touchfreeze few minutes ago. Now seems jumping cursor problem will never disturb me again. It works well. Bless you. The touch freeze download fix appears to do the trick. My mouse is such a pain though because it's practically the opposite. It'll sit still when I'm typing but the second I want to actually use it to move around the page of whatever it is I'm on including anything from Chrome to PowerPoint It'll jump around and sometimes even crash my computer entirely.
Also I don't know if it's just me but the mouse -when 'spazzing out'- will move left and right when I hover my hand an inch or so over it without even touching it as if the static electricity is controlling it I had this problem on my new Sony Vaio and installed touchfreeze a couple of weeks ago and it fixed the problem. But now it is back! Bloody hell. Hey John, Very happy with a solution you have come up with.
Thanks John. Hats off for the valuable search. I have had this issue on dozens of laptops, all makes and specs. As stated above, an external keyboard solve it. I had been struggling for past few weeks to find a way to solve this irritating jumpy cursor issue with my Lenovo X new laptop. It was a typing nightmare for me apart from being loss of time. This 'touchfreeze' did wonders in just 2 mins! And I could type this text without any problem Thanks a ton I will recommend this to everyone else facing similar problem.
Thanks for the info. My HP laptop Pavilion dmus has the jumping cursor problem whenever typing in Yahoo web-based email or when typing comments in Facebook. I use an external wireless mouse. Turning off the touchpad did not help.
Unfortunately, Touchfreeze has NOT solved the problem! I am having the same jumping cursor issue using win 8 on a Lenovo g e2. It is a real pain in the neck I was hoping for a solution that doesn't include third party software, but now that I've installed it and tried it, I don't see any reason why not. For the past month I've been using a Dell Inspiron Mini with win7 and my hair started turning gray and falling off.
TouchFreeze solved the problem entirely. And now for some sentimental stuff, because these feelings are just too intense. If I ever met you in person, dear author of this post, I'd buy you any drink, any meal, in fact, anything you'd feel like that I could afford! You probably already know this, but I'll emphasize it anyway just in case: you have probably just prolonged my life for a few blissful years.
And now I'll start spamming saving lost souls suffering from this horrible affliction. I installed TouchFreeze and it just about eliminated the issue. I tried to insulate the keyboard wiring using anti-static plastic like I'd seen in a video but that didn't work. Made a donation to the creator of the app..
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