Re: Keyboard

So sorry Steve. I do not have a wireless keyboard or mouse, and I could not
find a Speech Recognition tab in the Speech section of the control panel. IS
there a chance that

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <5D190B18-C5DC-46AA-BEC9-8DC6022700F4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Kathy" <Kathy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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)
>
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