Typing Problem Driving Me Nuts - Please Help?

[dougal]

On my laptop (Toshiba Salalite with Win-XP), when typing away in either MS Word or ANY email client, the curser will jump to another part of the document, for no ‘apparent’ reason.  First I assumed I must be hitting the Ctrl key by accident, but I think if that were so, then the curser would surely follow a pattern, and not end up mid sentence, and even mid word!!!!

This is driving me nuts!

Please – can anyone suggest what might be going on?

Thanks kindly.

[patio]

Disable the "snap to" function in mouse properties...

[dougal]

Mmmmm....  I don't have that option anywhere in mouse properties.  When i call up mouse properties from control panel, i get the Toshiba touch pad setup - not Windows Mouse properties?

[BC_Programmer]

Mmmmm....  I don't have that option anywhere in mouse properties.  When i call up mouse properties from control panel, i get the Toshiba touch pad setup - not Windows Mouse properties?

your touching the touchpad with your palm as you type.