Anyone know how to fix a “jumping cursor”?”
Hi. I researched this problem and apparently it’s commonplace amongst laptops. The good news is that some people have come up with some solutions to the problem. The bad news is that the jumping cursor problem can be due to a number of problems and settings, and so you will gave to figure out which solutions will work for you by trial and error. Here is what they are: SOLUTION ONE: UNCHECK HIDE CURSOR WHILE TYPING Go to control panel–> “printers and other hardware”–> “mouse” –> “pointer options”. Uncheck “hide pointer while typing” then click “ok.” SOLUTION TWO: CHANGE TOUCHPAD SENSITIVITY Adjust the touchpad sensitivity (or set it to inactive while typing) by going to Control Panel –> Mouse. Or just disable it entirely SOLUTION THREE: DOWNLOAD DRIVERS Download updated drivers for touchpad and mouse. SOLUTION FOUR: SCAN FOR VIRUSES Check for spyware, viruses. SOLUTION FIVE: SWITCH PORTS Switch from USB port to PS/2 port.
I have experienced somewhat similar behavior on my newest computer, both a jumping mouse (as you describe) and a wandering mouse (where the mouse pointer just spontaneously starts drifting slowly across the screen). Your problem sounds more severe than mine, but in any case, one thing to check is that you have the latest device driver for the mouse (or trackpad, if it’s a laptop). I have also had good luck with googling various phrases, such as “mouse drift,” “drifting mouse,” “jumping cursor,” “jumping pointer,” that sort of thing. Make sure you use the quotation marks or you’ll get a lot of irrelevant hits. If nothing else, this will show you that you’re not alone! Good luck.
