I bought a Compaq laptop, with Vista a few months ago, and noticed at the time the cursor would jump around from the spot I tried to move it too - often clear across the page. I thought it was just my not being familiar with the touch pad, and forgot about it as I had also bought a wireless mouse. The mouse is now acting up (dies after a few click) so I want to go back to the touch pad. Is there some place in Vista to adjust the cursor movements, or is this something that a tech should work on? Bea __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.

Hi Bea I have had similar problems with my desktop and the cure was to buy a plain mousemat! The mouse was so sensitive it was picking up the patterns on the desk and flitting all over the place. In your case, your mouse may simply need new batteries. But if the laptop is still under warranty I would go back to where you bought it from and get them to check out the touch pad. Don't let them tell you it isn't their resposibility, as under the Sales of Goods Act it is up to the seller to either put the problem right, refund your money or offer a replacement. I wouldn't tell them that the fault has been there since day one though, as they may say that you should have brought it straight back! Regards Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bea" <bea1935@yahoo.ca> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: [COMPUTERS] jumping cursor > > I bought a Compaq laptop, with Vista a few months ago, and noticed at the > time the cursor would jump around from the spot I tried to move it too - > often clear across the page. I thought it was just my not being familiar > with the touch pad, and forgot about it as I had also bought a wireless > mouse. The mouse is now acting up (dies after a few click) so I want to go > back to the touch pad. > > Is there some place in Vista to adjust the cursor movements, or is this > something that a tech should work on? > > Bea > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your > favourite sites. Download it now > http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message