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Keyboard Craziness by zaher1988 on 08-03-2005 at 07:22 AM

Well hi, while i'm typing in the message box in any conversation window, suddenly i see i started to type at the begining , or in the middle of what i'm writting.

Means, if i was writting, HI how are u jack, miss you, for example, if i reach "miss" i find my self typing after "how".

thanks in advance


RE: Keyboard Craziness by multimillion2k on 08-03-2005 at 10:59 AM

Does this problem only occur in the message box? and how often does it happen?

And why do you miss Jack?


RE: Keyboard Craziness by user27089 on 08-03-2005 at 11:01 AM

Are you using a auto-talker with StuffPlug NG, the yoda talker does this.


RE: Keyboard Craziness by zaher1988 on 08-03-2005 at 11:13 AM

no i'm not using anything!! i would like also to inform u , that this also happens in WOrd, Note pad bla bla

and heheh , i dont miss jack :P it's just an example heheh.

and this problem is always presite.

thx


RE: Keyboard Craziness by multimillion2k on 08-03-2005 at 11:22 AM

So say you're typing "The cat eats fish & chips",  it may come out as "The cat & chipseats fish"?

I can think of 3 hardware-related situations where this could possibly happen:

a)Your keyboard has gone mad, or possibly you haven't set your keyboard correctly in the control panel, especially if you type in another languge.

b)you're using a laptop and the touchpad is extremely sensitive, it picks up the heat from your hand even when you're not touching it.
OR
You're using an optical/wireless mouse on any computer and that's causing trouble. You can tell cos the mouse cursor should be in the area where your typing has skipped to.

c)you have a device plugged in that is interfering, such as a joystick. I have a usb drum kit, and when I was playing Need for Speed it would cause havoc (XP recognises it as a joystick)


RE: Keyboard Craziness by zaher1988 on 08-03-2005 at 11:49 AM

well i'm using a portable, but i dont think that it's because the sensitivity of the mouse, because i had that issue before but i dont remember how i solved it. i think ur right in changing its settings, but what should i change, i just type english!.

thx in advance


RE: Keyboard Craziness by zach on 08-04-2005 at 07:34 AM

"b)you're using a laptop and the touchpad is extremely sensitive, it picks up the heat from your hand even when you're not touching it."
I think that it might be this too. You need to turn off the setting which makes it so you can also click by tapping the pad.


RE: Keyboard Craziness by zaher1988 on 08-04-2005 at 07:41 AM

but if u say it's because of the heat , why this doesn't happen always, i mean sometime, for months i dont face such a thing.


RE: Keyboard Craziness by multimillion2k on 08-04-2005 at 09:42 AM

I've been doing some reading, and it seem that the trackpads don't actually operate by heat. Not that this helps your situation.
Googling laptop + cursor + jump returns a surprising number of results, with almost as many theories as to the cause of the problem.

Perhaps you should visit the manufacturer's website or some laptop user's community and see if you can find out if there are others with the same or similar models who are experiencing the same thing you are.


RE: Keyboard Craziness by zaher1988 on 08-04-2005 at 07:27 PM

ok  will try