"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Nancy wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a problem that I can't figure out how to fix. I have this new
>> Acer
>> laptop with Vista. When I try to type the cursor just suddenly places
>> itself in the middle of a previous line. For instance I will be typing
>> and
>> all of a sudden the middle of "sudden" will insert itself 2 lines up. I
>> tried updating the touchpad driver but it still does it. Any hints? I
>> have heard of another person who has the same problem and never found out
>> what causes it.
>
> A few suggestions:
>
> 1. You may be hitting the touchpad with your palm while typing. This is a
> common occurrence with laptops. Some laptops have the ability to disable
> the touchpad when you know you're going to do a lot of typing. Refer to
> the
> Acer manual or website for how to do this.
>
> 2. Adjust the sensitivity of the touchpad from the Control Panel applet.
>
> Malke
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Hi Malke,

OK, I went into control panel and then to mouse properties. I cannot find
where to change the mouse pad sensitivity. I do recall such options before
I updated the driver since the icon used to be in the task bar. But now it
isn't there. How can I find these settings?
Thanks,
Nancy