I have a COMPAQ Presario v2000, and a Sypnatics PS/2 Port touchpad. I've been having this problem for quite a while now. . . But, since I have had the problem, I have been using a USB mouse. But, anyways; when I try to use my touchpad, it barely moves. Some days, when I use the touchpad the cursor won't go towards the left of the screen. Other days, it will just barely move at all. Sometimes, when I use the touchpad; the cursor will just start going up and down by itself.\n\nIs there any way to fix this problem? Thank you.\nIf needed contact me on Yahoo Messenger. Screenname is flipz_mq\n\n-Mark.
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Reinstalling isn't always the answer. It may be that your touch-pad is faulty. You have to realize that touch-pads are extreemely sensitive not only to touch, but to temperature and moisture(humidity) too. you will need to order a new touch-pad, either from Compaq or another PC parts site, and just replace the old one. it's just as easy as replacing any other part. ps/2 parts are just plug and play.
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Not surpised the helpdesk could not help. I doubt if anyone will be able to pinpoint the exact problem - with IT often even the experts just uninstall and reinstall in the hope it solves the problem. I imagine there is a conflict with a shared dll. I would try reinstalling your mouse as a device (so it links to all software at same time). Ensure you temporarily stop background operations running (such as Antivirus software) before you do this. Good luck.
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1) Check for mouse errors by trying one from another PC...\n2) The port it plugs into may be damaged as well, so try (perhaps) a USB mouse...\n3) Run a firewall program to insure against outside access to your PC\n4) Make sure all your OS updates, AV updates, and spyware updates are current and checked
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Not really. Something similar happened with an old Toshiba notebook I had. If you don't want to replace the trackpoint, I suggest you disable it (via the software or Control Panel) and use a USB optical mouse instead. A cheap and easy solution.
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my friend has the same problem on his laptop.maybe there is a place  where settings for the right mouse button dialogue box could be changed. i dont know. if you get the answer please tell me.
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1. there may be a driver conflict. delete any other driver than the one that came with it in device manager.\n\n2. the driver is no good. delete it and let windows use the generic driver.\n\n3. the mouse is bad. return it to the store. that happened to me with a tablet mouse. i had to return it twice.
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When your mouse veers off to the side and jitters there, that seems to me that your external mouse is conflicting with the mouse installed into your laptop there.\n\nIf you can, try disabling the mouse on your laptop and stictly use the external mouse.  Another options is to make sure that you're not touching the other mouse when you're using the external mouse (or verify that the internal mouse isn't stuck to the side or something).\n\nLastly, being this has happened to you with two different external mouse, try installing the manufacturer's drivers for the external mouse.  Yet since this has happened twice, this may not help at all.
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try reinstalling the mouse software if any came with the mouse. on windows, you can click start, settings, control panel and mouse and see if any settings there changed.\n\nthis is assuming you have a Windows machine.\n\nif you don't have software with your mouse, go to the manufactures website. and see if you can download one that matches your mouse model.
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Let me guess... you have a touchpad below the keyboard of your laptop.  Usually the cause is that you are accidently bumping the touchpad, and it causes the cursor to jump.\n\nGo into the Control Panel and click on the Mouse icon.  Normally there will be a way to adjust the sensitivity and other settings for the touchpad so that it will make it harder to accidently bump it.  If you use an external mouse, you can disable the touchpad if you want.\n\nIf you disable the touchpad, and the cursor still keeps jumping, you may have a short under the keyboard or palm rest.  (Very common in certain Dell laptop models).  You might have to have the keyboard and palmrest (holds the touchpad) replaced.
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Check and/or change the batteries.\n\nMake sure there are no obstructions between the mouse and the sensor connected to your computer.  You should be able to draw a straight line between the two without having to pass through any desk, books, monitors, dead cats, etc.
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If you have a wheel mouse, hold down the control key and turn the wheel. Wait a sec for the results. It might take a few attempts but should work fine. Also some keyboards have a zoom function that will change it
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IBM invented these eraser head style mice many years ago.  You might reinstall the driver and that might fix the problem.  You might try to change the bios mouse settings.  When the computer boots up press ESC to access the bios. \n\nDoes it do this if you are using an auxiliary mouse (PS/2 or USB)--in other words does it happen if you keep your hand and fingers away from the tracking devices-and is the area free of static electricity?
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As well as the other answers...\n It sounds like one or more keys on the laptop are being\nshorted out, and the problem is getting worse. I have had this\nhappen on a few keyboards, for various reasons. \n If you can go to the Compaq website and find how to remove the keyboard, often just releasing two or more slid buttons \nat top or botom, or sliding keyboard up or down, and gently lifting, to expose a ribbon cable, which you usually snap out a wedge release and pull out cable, etc.\n THEN, you can examine the keyboard, or plug in an external\nkeyboard, without interference from the "suspect" keyboard.\nSince the touchpad, and the self-suspend mode are also\nmalfunctioning ( these may be keyboard controlled ! ), there\nmay be a larger problem with the I/O connctor from the laptop top, to the motherboard. I suspect mechanical problems. Could the keyboard have been squished, and had buttons pressed too hard, which had caused contacts to \ntouch at random? There is a number of keyboard -design peculiarities I have run across with DRY contamination- whereby the traces on the circuitboard itself, particularly\nsilver painted ( probably multi process electroplating )\nor black carbon paint traces, will produce a fine powder,\nwhich drifts across the circuitboard, gradually shorting the\ntraces, causing random inputs. This dry silver, or black powder can be virtually invisible to the naked eye, and must\nbe cleaned off with a damp cloth, gently... It is the exact same powder that shorts out many remote controls for TV etc. and shorts out many game pads...\n Based on the behaviour of the keyboard, and the fact that nothing is wet, this would be my first bet.\n Laptop keyboards are "one-of a-kind " and there are no rules, as manufacturers boldly try every new idea to make them thinner and lighter... \n I dont think that the keys themselves are at fault, and that you have to look at the actual traces UNDER the keys...\nIt is a bit difficult, and you must proceed slowly and carefully...\n With ordinary Desktop keyboards, my advice on this ANSWER \nforum, is as follows... and some of the same advice still applies...\n\nMost of the answers already have some merit.\nI have a couple of older keyboards that I really like\nthe key action, the placement, and the key sizes.\n(the backspace is two keys wide, The ENTER is two buttons wide and two buttons tall, such as an IBM Selectric, etc.) \n There are about 5 different kinds of keyboard construction.\nThere are also dozens of rare models, and depending on what\nkind it is, you either can take it apart fairly easily,\nor you should not even open the case! One type of IBM board\nhas a coil spring under each key with a rocker arm. The spring is like the one in a ball point pen, and all are loaded, so that if you take the top and bottom halves apart, you end up with hundreds of springs and parts flying all over the room.\n However. 99% of keyboards are not as complicated. Many keyboards have screws on the back. If so you can use a phillips screwdriver (star) and remove them. The top and bottom of the keyboard usually have snaps that generally open from the front first, and hinge on the back. Gently pop the two halves.  If there are no screws then the halves just pop.\nUse a flat screwdriver to pop along the seams. Every couple of inches there will be a snap.\n You will generally see one of 2 basic types today.\nThere will be a green cirucuit board with copper traces on it, covered by a rubber sheet with buttons in it, or you will find each key has a tiny rubber button -- open the keyboard upside down, so the keys and buttons are held\nin place...\nNote that the SPACE bar, the ENTER and other wide keys may have two buttons, and a wire or plastic bar underneath that has an arm on each end to keep the wide key from wobbling from side to side. These vary quite a bit in how they snap in place. You have to figure out how to unsnap them - usually by springing in the two ends which ar
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Usually it's because of the mouse. If it jumps even when you don't move the mouse, try replacing the mouse. Otherwise, you may need to clean it.\n\nUmm... on second thought, it looks like you are actually talking about the keyboard cursor (also called caret)\nIn that case, it depends where you type - if you're talking about this website, it has limits for message lengths (e.g. for questions, comments, etc), and when you exceed the limit, the caret may jump back.
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try to hold control button down and roll the mouse wheel at the same time. that may work, good luck..
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if you can, try keyboard on another computer to see if it's the keyboard causing the problems, if the keyboard is fine,- did it have driver disk as some do? if so reinstall the drivers. is it wireless? if so replace batteries or move it closer to sensor. or is it down to you beating it senseless after a medal of honour defeat or something?
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If you didn't drop the stylus...\nFirst reinstall the driver...and try it again.\nAny electronics shop can help you find it... or you can get in touch with http://support.gateway.com/support/customer_care.asp