Very annoying problem with Windows Vista.. Please Help. - GoFuckYourself.com

08-28-2009, 12:45 AM

Hello All!

New to the forum. I am running Windows Vista Home Basic on a Gateway Laptop that is less than a year old. I formatted my PC a few nights ago and put Vista Home Basic back on. I am having a very odd problem that has never happened to me before, I am going to try to explain the best I can below, hoping someone will understand and be able to tell me how to correct this.

Basically as I am typing in the middle of my typing whatever I may be typing it will just jump to somewhere on the screen. Like I am typing this sentence here and all of a sudden it will be a number of rows up and all of a sudden what I am typing is not where it was. This is lowing me down. It happens the most when I open a new window and start typing. Like I could open FireFox right now and start typing in a url and all of a sudden I will not even be typing in the browser it will be somewhere else! ::End Rant:: LOL
tact m
I hope I was able to explain this problem well enough for someone to understand and be able to help me fix this problem that is really slowing my performance down and messing my spelling up. If it would be easier to contact me please do, my contact info will be left below!

Thanks!

brassmonkey · 08-28-2009, 01:02 AM

Try this download the latest touchpad driver install,
and reboot.

PornMD · 08-28-2009, 01:04 AM

You sure you're not accidentally tapping the touchpad with your thumb when you type? I've caught myself doing it now and then. In other words, if you're typing and the mouse pointer is elsewhere and you accidentally hit the touchpad, you'll click back to where the mouse pointer is.

grumpy · 08-28-2009, 01:11 AM

sounds like a touchpad problem, prob like Pornmd said

tiger · 08-28-2009, 01:30 AM

Format again and install windows 7.

MrMaxwell · 08-28-2009, 01:35 AM

Try different versions of the touchpad driver.. it is probably sensing movement when your hand or arm is over the touchpad.. that fucking sucks, maybe you can adjust or calibrate it somehow
My womans laptop does that I fucking hate it

tranza · 08-28-2009, 06:10 AM

Just simple, use MacOS.

rowan · 08-28-2009, 06:21 AM

Speaking of annoying... is it normal for Vista to blank the screen for a second before it pops up the "do you really really really want to run this program" dialog? (which is also annoying)

signupdamnit · 08-28-2009, 06:25 AM

Check out the settings for the mouse/touchpad and disable the tap to click setting. It should be in somewhere like control panel. Check out this: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/921211.htm

Basically to test if this is the likely culprit tap twice on the touchpad and see if it clicks a link. If so, it's on and you should disable it.

This is a pretty common problem.

seeandsee · 08-28-2009, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HouseHead

Hello All!

New to the forum. I am running Windows Vista Home Basic on a Gateway Laptop that is less than a year old. I formatted my PC a few nights ago and put Vista Home Basic back on. I am having a very odd problem that has never happened to me before, I am going to try to explain the best I can below, hoping someone will understand and be able to tell me how to correct this.

Basically as I am typing in the middle of my typing whatever I may be typing it will just jump to somewhere on the screen. Like I am typing this sentence here and all of a sudden it will be a number of rows up and all of a sudden what I am typing is not where it was. This is lowing me down. It happens the most when I open a new window and start typing. Like I could open FireFox right now and start typing in a url and all of a sudden I will not even be typing in the browser it will be somewhere else! ::End Rant:: LOL
tact m
I hope I was able to explain this problem well enough for someone to understand and be able to help me fix this problem that is really slowing my performance down and messing my spelling up. If it would be easier to contact me please do, my contact info will be left below!

Thanks!

get windows7

HouseHead · 08-28-2009, 03:53 PM

Hope you figure it out

HouseHead · 08-28-2009, 03:54 PM

Is there any way for one to turn off the touchpad on vista if you are using a mouse

PornMD · 08-28-2009, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlissFul

Is there any way for one to turn off the touchpad on vista if you are using a mouse

Besides in Control Panel (Classic View) > Mouse, some laptops have a button somewhere around the touchpad that you can press to disable it. The two I've had have it just between the touchpad and keyboard.

AdultHardcore · 08-28-2009, 06:56 PM

Don't take this wrong but gateway sucks!

08-28-2009, 12:45 AM	#1
HouseHead Guest Posts: n/a	Very annoying problem with Windows Vista.. Please Help. Hello All! New to the forum. I am running Windows Vista Home Basic on a Gateway Laptop that is less than a year old. I formatted my PC a few nights ago and put Vista Home Basic back on. I am having a very odd problem that has never happened to me before, I am going to try to explain the best I can below, hoping someone will understand and be able to tell me how to correct this. Basically as I am typing in the middle of my typing whatever I may be typing it will just jump to somewhere on the screen. Like I am typing this sentence here and all of a sudden it will be a number of rows up and all of a sudden what I am typing is not where it was. This is lowing me down. It happens the most when I open a new window and start typing. Like I could open FireFox right now and start typing in a url and all of a sudden I will not even be typing in the browser it will be somewhere else! ::End Rant:: LOL tact m I hope I was able to explain this problem well enough for someone to understand and be able to help me fix this problem that is really slowing my performance down and messing my spelling up. If it would be easier to contact me please do, my contact info will be left below! Thanks!

08-28-2009, 01:02 AM	#2
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08-28-2009, 01:04 AM	#3
PornMD Mainstream Businessman Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 9,291	You sure you're not accidentally tapping the touchpad with your thumb when you type? I've caught myself doing it now and then. In other words, if you're typing and the mouse pointer is elsewhere and you accidentally hit the touchpad, you'll click back to where the mouse pointer is. __________________ Want to crush it in mainstream with Facebook ads? Hit me up.

08-28-2009, 01:11 AM	#4
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08-28-2009, 01:30 AM	#5
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08-28-2009, 01:35 AM	#6
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	Try different versions of the touchpad driver.. it is probably sensing movement when your hand or arm is over the touchpad.. that fucking sucks, maybe you can adjust or calibrate it somehow My womans laptop does that I fucking hate it

08-28-2009, 06:10 AM	#7
tranza ICQ: 197-556-237 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: BRASIL !!! Posts: 57,559	Just simple, use MacOS. __________________ I'm just a newbie.

08-28-2009, 06:21 AM	#8
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Speaking of annoying... is it normal for Vista to blank the screen for a second before it pops up the "do you really really really want to run this program" dialog? (which is also annoying)

08-28-2009, 06:25 AM	#9
signupdamnit Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,697	Check out the settings for the mouse/touchpad and disable the tap to click setting. It should be in somewhere like control panel. Check out this: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/921211.htm Basically to test if this is the likely culprit tap twice on the touchpad and see if it clicks a link. If so, it's on and you should disable it. This is a pretty common problem. Last edited by signupdamnit; 08-28-2009 at 06:27 AM..

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08-28-2009, 06:56 PM	#14
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