Re: Window Blinks

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I have an IBM ThinkPad and when I'm using a mouse I disable the touch
pad to prevent such problems.

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"The Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Sandra,
| Don't feel like the lone stranger. My 2-yr old Dell laptop doesn't
have a
| problem with the screen flickering, but the erratic cursor movement
you
| describe is similar to mine. I have a new Logitech Laser mouse, but
had the
| problem with the old MS cordless optical mouse. I've noticed that
the
| cursor jumps from where I'm typing, to a position where the PC knows
the
| mouse to be. For example, if I begin typing and physically move the
mouse,
| some time later - seconds or minutes - the cursor jumps to the new
mouse
| position. I've noticed it apparently happens when I drag my the
edge of my
| hand across the 'touch pad' below the keyboard. It's as though the
touch
| pad is overly sensitive, and positions the cursor to the new
location - like
| it SHOULD do if you moved the cursor and then tapped the touch pad.
When I
| get a little time, I plan to ask Dell about it. In the meantime,
I've found
| that by keeping my fingers arched and avoiding making contact with
the touch
| pad, the problem occurs much less frequently. And for whatever
reason, it
| seems to be more of a problem in O/E than Word, etc. One other
little quirk
| is that (infrequently) when I mis-touch the touch pad and another
key, the
| message gets sent before I'm finished composing it - like what
should happen
| when you key the Alt+S combination. After the 3rd time that
happened, the
| results of my frustration is what caused me to replace the MS mouse.
| Let me know if this correlates to your situation.
|
| The Toyman
| ________________________________________
|
| "Sandra" <sanandra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:ieu8e.3741$Jg7.2226@xxxxxxxxxxx
| :I don't know if this is the right list to ask this question, but
this
| : problem happens only when I am reading this list.
| :
| : The page will flicker, like it's blinking, like I clicked the
Refresh F5
| : button, about once every couple seconds.
| :
| : Also, when I am typing in Outlook Express, the cursor will
suddenly jump
| : several lines back, or ahead. I even have a problem _finding_ the
cursor
| : many times, and the scrolling bar along the side goes up and down
| : erratically whenever it wants and I cannot control the page. I do
not know
| : if these symptoms are all connected, if they are a hardware
problem,
| : (although this notebook is only two months old, or Microsoft
software, or
| : just an outlook express setting, but the 'scrollbar jumping and
cursor
| : disappearing ' occurs on all windows.
| :
| : But I've only noticed the 'blinking' when reading this list.
| :
| : I would much appreciate if anyone would know what causes this ?
| :
| : Thank you in advance,
| : San
| :
| :
|
|


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