Why cursor bleep suddenly changes position

[sereneheart81]

Hi, I have this irritating problem lately (only started having this problem after changing into Windows Vista & Compaq laptop).
While typing a sentence, the cursor will suddenly jumped to somewhere in the middle of the sentence, resulting in me typing in the middle of an 'already typed' sentence. Usually, I will not be able to monitor where my words are since we just type continuously. So with this problem, a lot of my sentences are disrupted and I find it extremely irritating.
Anyone knows why this happens and the solution ?

Eg > I am typing -"Today is a lovely day and..."
The cursor jumps to middle > "Today is a  <cursor> , and I intend to talk a walk ..lovely day and "


Rgds
Serene

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I sometimes have this problem when I accidentally touch the mouse pad with my hand.
Do you think you might be touching the mouse pad unintentionally (assuming this is a new laptop)?

[cryhelp]

Go to control panel, click mouse icon, go to device settings tab and disable touch pad or check box to hide cursor while typing.

[flipflopjd]

Just click the button at top of touch  pad it freezes the mouse.on Compaq laptop.
it took me a while to figure it out on mine
 

[cryhelp]

Thanks for the info flipflopjd

[sereneheart81]

Thank you all for the help rendered. I no longer have the problem. 

[cryhelp]

Good news.  Good Luck.

[CBMatt]

I sometimes have this problem when I accidentally touch the mouse pad with my hand.
Do you think you might be touching the mouse pad unintentionally (assuming this is a new laptop)?

This actually stumped me for quite awhile on my ex-girlfriend's laptop.  I couldn't understand what was going on until I realized that my wrists were hitting the touchpad.