Re: OT: keyboard/cursor/caret problem

Tom de Neef wrote:
Sorry to bother you with this off topic subject but I've run out of ideas.

Ever since I installed Vista on a laptop I have a weird keyboard behaviour. When typing in text, the caret will sometimes jump to the position of the cursor and text entry then continues there.
It happens in Delphi, but also in Wordpad and Word.
I can find no systematic. It seems to happen more often after some keys than after others, but there is no clear pattern.
I've installed the latest drivers for the computer. Unfortunately I installed an OEM version of Vista. Can get no support from MS or Dell. Since it is a laptop I can not change the keyboard.

Anybody any suggestions ? If not a solution, then maybe an explanation for this behaviour.

Perhaps as you're typing your thumb or palm is brushing against the touchpad below the space bar. I think most laptop BIOS configuration programs let you disable the touchpad altogether. The mouse control panel might have some way for you to adjust the sensitivity. I think some brands even have a feature that tells it to ignore events from the touchpad while you're typing.

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Rob
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