so, I will be typing a email and all of a sudden, it will jump backwards and start typing from there. So I have to delete the last few letters and find the end of the text to continue.

I cannot find what I am doing wrong. I conciously keep my palm off the laptop when typing and it still happens.

Does anyone have a clue why this is?

Thanks.

 

i've had this happened to me on my wireless keyboard.

i just restart the computer, and it's fine.

 

My old laptop used to do that as well.

I was never able to figure out why either.

 

Does it jump to random lines(up or down) or does it stay in the same line you are typing and you just have to go to the end of that line?

 

are u accidentally hitting the "HOME" button????

 

This happens w/me sometimes when a thumb grazes the touchpad, which can highlight a word and create insertion point while I'm typing. Control-Z FTW.

 

Is there a touchpad pointing device below the spacebar? Lots of folks hit those with their thumbs accidentially when they type - there are sensitivity settings you can jack up to avoid it.

 

Seems like the problem is sorta common. I found alot of different articles...

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...8-b3356bfbb7c7

http://help.lockergnome.com/windows/...ict583938.html

http://discussions.blackboard.com/ji...essageID=91576

http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/t5/K...8458D1460485B8

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...p?soid=2255211

 

If you press ctrl and the left arrow it will move the cursor back to the beginning of the previous word. I would guess that you are accidentally using this combination or inadvertently moving the cursor with the touchpad (Dells are notorious for this).

 

The problem I always have is bumping the trackpad when pressing the space bar.

Edit: You should be able to turn on an option that ignores mouse input when typing.

 

Yup, you're hitting the touch pad barely. It's annoying as fuck.

I can't figure out how to disable mine as I use a mouse.

 

Vista OS: Control panel/mouse/tapping > check box to disable tapping while typing.

 

tell me about it..

will disable mouse pad when typing...