A very wierd typing problem....

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A while back I installed an SSD and installed W7 onto my laptop.
Since then there is a very strange problem - when I am typing every now and again the cursor moves back onto an earlier line, paragraph or even a few letters back - for example if I am writing 'the black cat stepped into the road' it might do this - 'the blacinto the roadk cat'
Sometimes I loose entire paragraphs or more as if I have deleted them, other times my last few words appear 1,2 or 10 lines further back.

This happens in Word, when emailing in Firefox or Chrome which are the main programs I use when typing - I have not noticed it when typing on forums.

Anyone got any ideas about this ?
So far there is no clue as to when it is going to happen - I just lost the last 3 paragraphs of an email having written 5, and then within a line my words were all mixed up and I was typing back in my previous sentence.
It is very annoying especially as I cannot touch type so often don't notice until several lines later...
 
Sounds like you are brushing the mousepad and it takes the curser back - can you adjust your mousepad sensitivity?
 
Got the same problem on my Acer laptop running Windows 7. Lots of info if you google it. Many people have the same problem. It is very annoying. As already mentioned some people say it is a too sensitive touch pad but others say it is windows 7 problem. Haven't been able to fix it on my laptop. If you find a fix please let me know.
 
I never cease to be amazed by you guys..!
Many thanks for the replies and the link 4wd - I have downloaded touchfreeze and am typing with it right now - so far it seems to be doing what it should and no scrambled message so far...!

Thank you very much - I'll post again in a day or two if the problem has or hasn't happened again.
 
I have the same problem thank you for the link. Will download it tomorrow and see if it fixes the problem. Thanks
 
Common problem and it's not clear whether this is W7 or an over-sensitive touch pad. I suspect the former. I've heard of registry hacks to fix this, but I'm not comfortable with that. Touchfreeze is the only 'easy' solution and it works for me.
 
always have this issue across platforms. wouldnt say its a W7 issue.

usually its the nubbin mouse in the center of the keyboard that causes the most issues but palms on the touchpad will also do it :)
 
neil_g said:
always have this issue across platforms. wouldnt say its a W7 issue.

usually its the nubbin mouse in the center of the keyboard that causes the most issues but palms on the touchpad will also do it :)
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Same here - first thing I do is disable the nubbin/nipple/touchstick....
 
I was pulling my hair out with the same bl***y problem until I discovered Touchfreeze, and have never had the problem since - it really does work!
 
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