Has This Happened To Anyone Besides Me in Windows XP?

With just my luck the answer would be no.

Ok here's the deal. I'm current with all my updates. I go online and start typing when all of a sudden my cursor jumps to somewhere on the page or even worse stuff on the page gets deleted.

It's happened on two separate computers. The most current is a 3 month old Dell Laptop which is babied. It sounds like it's a keyboard problem but I don't buy that because I have never spilled any liquids on the keyboards. Also the problem is intermittent. It hasn't happened while typing this message which makes it sound like i'm making things up. I guess it's time to call the Ghost Busters.

 

Are you sure your palm isn't accidentally touching the touchpad or hitting a trackpoint.

 

Most likely your palm or thumb is accidentally touching the touchpad (it is a common thing). If you have a Synaptics touch pad and the Synaptics touch pad driver already installed, then there is an option called PalmCheck, enable that. You can download the driver from support.dell.com or from Synaptics.com

 

u r not alone in this. i finally drop the blame on myself and when possible, using an external REAL keyboard ... or be careful, not to hold down the shift key for a long period of time when typing in capital letters - combination keys that are what making me stump most of the time

cheers ...

 

Thanks everyone for your input...ouch no pun intended.

It's weird because what has already been mentioned makes perfect sense. On the other hand I have a habit of typing without touching the palm rest area because i'm not the fastest typer, but maybe I am without realizing it. I'll be on the lookout for this if it happens in the future.