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This problem is very freaky; I have never encountered this before.
As I am typing along, all of a sudden my cursor changes positions, usually
upward. Wherever it has decided to land itself, it begins typing from that
point. The message beomces garbled and undecipherable.
I looked at the sticky keys and they seem to be turned off. I also went
hunting in the keyboard settings, but I'm not sure what I am looking for.
I have a laptop...the touch pad is off...shouldn't be a problem there.
I might also add that the computer has just been worked on recently.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I don't know how this site works, but hopefully someone will know how to
help. I just want to be able to get through a pot or a mail without this
happening. (It has happened once here already.)
Thank you in advance...
Kathy

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OK....tping along and I just lost the whole letter...Grrrrrrrrrr...I do ot
have a wireless mouse or keyboard, and I did not find a Speech Recognition
tab in the speech section of the control panel. Is there a chance that this
has something to do with the touchpad...I lay my hands over it when I type,
but it is turned off...at the least the light is not lit..
Thank you for your time...I will be patient.
Kathy

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <5D190B1 this has something to do witht he touch pad8-C5DC-46AA-BEC9-8DC6022700F4@microsoft.com>,
> "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >This problem is very freaky; I have never encountered this before.
> >As I am typing along, all of a sudden my cursor changes positions, usually
> >upward. Wherever it has decided to land itself, it begins typing from that
> >point. The message beomces garbled and undecipherable.
> >I looked at the sticky keys and they seem to be turned off. I also went
> >hunting in the keyboard settings, but I'm not sure what I am looking for.
> >I have a laptop...the touch pad is off...shouldn't be a problem there.
> >I might also add that the computer has just been worked on recently.
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >I don't know how this site works, but hopefully someone will know how to
> >help. I just want to be able to get through a pot or a mail without this
> >happening. (It has happened once here already.)
> >Thank you in advance...
> >Kathy
>
> Two common causes of phantom typing and mousing:
>
> 1. Voice recognition has been turned on without your knowledge. The
> computer is hearing room noises and interpreting them as speech.
>
> 2. A wireless mouse or keyboard attached to the computer is receiving
> interference from another device.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Kathy wrote:

> OK....tping along and I just lost the whole letter...Grrrrrrrrrr...I do ot
> have a wireless mouse or keyboard, and I did not find a Speech Recognition
> tab in the speech section of the control panel. Is there a chance that this
> has something to do with the touchpad...I lay my hands over it when I type,
> but it is turned off...at the least the light is not lit..
> Thank you for your time...I will be patient.
> Kathy
>
> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>In article <5D190B1 this has something to do witht he touch pad8-C5DC-46AA-BEC9-8DC6022700F4@microsoft.com>,
>>"Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>This problem is very freaky; I have never encountered this before.
>>>As I am typing along, all of a sudden my cursor changes positions, usually
>>>upward. Wherever it has decided to land itself, it begins typing from that
>>>point. The message beomces garbled and undecipherable.
>>>I looked at the sticky keys and they seem to be turned off. I also went
>>>hunting in the keyboard settings, but I'm not sure what I am looking for.
>>>I have a laptop...the touch pad is off...shouldn't be a problem there.
>>>I might also add that the computer has just been worked on recently.
>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>I don't know how this site works, but hopefully someone will know how to
>>>help. I just want to be able to get through a pot or a mail without this
>>>happening. (It has happened once here already.)
>>>Thank you in advance...
>>>Kathy
>>
>>Two common causes of phantom typing and mousing:
>>
>>1. Voice recognition has been turned on without your knowledge. The
>>computer is hearing room noises and interpreting them as speech.
>>
>>2. A wireless mouse or keyboard attached to the computer is receiving
>>interference from another device.
>>--
>>Best Wishes,
>>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>
>>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>
>>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>

Yes it could be the touch pad. Don't rest on it.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User