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Posted 8/30/2010 10:44 PM
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When I type the cursor will often skip back to a previous point in the Paragraph causing constant typing corrections.

I'm Using Windows 7 Ultimate.

Please help, and thanks!

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Posted 8/31/2010 3:23 AM


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First make sure all your drivers are up to date,check on the manufacturers websites.
Also check on your pc/laptop manufacturers website for chipset driver/BIOS updates.

If you're not sure of any specific hardware details you could download and run one of these utilities to help.
SIW [System Information for Windows]:
http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit (Version 8.1m):
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Speccy - Advanced System Information tool for your PC:
http://www.piriform.com/speccy

Once you've finished the above,make sure you have all the latest important/high priority updates installed via Windows Update.


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Posted 9/1/2010 12:06 AM
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I did all of this, so far so good.

Thank you.

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Posted 9/1/2010 3:59 PM
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Unfortunately, it's the cursor still jumps and typing is extremely annoying.

Darn it.

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Posted 9/1/2010 4:18 PM


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Whats the exact make and model of your pc or laptop,whichever applies.

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Posted 9/2/2010 8:24 AM
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It's a Lenovo IdeaPad Y510
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Posted 9/2/2010 8:51 AM


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Are you using the built in touchpad,or a USB mouse.

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Posted 9/2/2010 9:28 AM
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I actually use both, depending on where I'm using the machine.

I notice in my device manager that the synaptics pointing device driver is not installed which is available from Lenovo's site for this model.

Shall I try that?

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Posted 9/2/2010 9:36 AM


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Yes indeed,try that next if you will.

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Posted 9/3/2010 2:07 PM
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I did so and it's been working flawlessly since! I believe I recall having to do this once before.

I think that was the ticket!

On a different note, IE8 doesn't seem to remember my login details on webpages and forms. Is there some tweaking I can do or should I use a different browser?

Thanks!

Chris

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P.S. I click to email notification of replies for my tweaks.com posts but it doesn't! ?

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