cursor moving to top of screen all the time

[lenny109]

Hi,
I have a Toshiba Sat Pro M10 laptop with a cursor problem. Every few minutes
the cursor moves to the top of the screen and sometimes the bottom of the
screen. It stays there and I can move it back up/down but it fights against
me and goes back to the original top or bottom position. I am able to move
it left or right only. Then after a couple of minutes it then seems to free
it's self and all is well again.

I have plugged a USB mouse into the machine but this makes no difference. I
have also reformatted and reinstalled the OS (XP Pro) but again exactly the
same issue a few minutes later. I am 100% sure that it isn't a virus or
malware but would like to know if it can be cured as the laptop works great
except for this frustrating problem.

Cheers
Lenny

 

[SC Tom]

"lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
newsdadnQtyeZ81tOTWnZ2dnUVZ8radnZ2d@pipex.net...
> Hi,
> I have a Toshiba Sat Pro M10 laptop with a cursor problem. Every few
> minutes the cursor moves to the top of the screen and sometimes the bottom
> of the screen. It stays there and I can move it back up/down but it fights
> against me and goes back to the original top or bottom position. I am able
> to move it left or right only. Then after a couple of minutes it then
> seems to free it's self and all is well again.
>
> I have plugged a USB mouse into the machine but this makes no difference.
> I have also reformatted and reinstalled the OS (XP Pro) but again exactly
> the same issue a few minutes later. I am 100% sure that it isn't a virus
> or malware but would like to know if it can be cured as the laptop works
> great except for this frustrating problem.
>
> Cheers
> Lenny
>
Plug in your USB mouse, then go into Control Panel and disable the Toshiba
touchpad and see if that makes a difference. If that cures it, try
uninstalling and reinstalling the Toshiba software for the touchpad; if it
goes back to having problems, it's MTL the touchpad itself. Is it under
warranty, by chance?
--
SC Tom

 

[checker]

The normal cure for this problem is to use a "Synaptics driver"

More info here:
http://www.synaptics.com/support/drivers





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"lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
newsdadnQtyeZ81tOTWnZ2dnUVZ8radnZ2d@pipex.net...
> Hi,
> I have a Toshiba Sat Pro M10 laptop with a cursor problem. Every few
> minutes the cursor moves to the top of the screen and sometimes the bottom
> of the screen. It stays there and I can move it back up/down but it fights
> against me and goes back to the original top or bottom position. I am able
> to move it left or right only. Then after a couple of minutes it then
> seems to free it's self and all is well again.
>
> I have plugged a USB mouse into the machine but this makes no difference.
> I have also reformatted and reinstalled the OS (XP Pro) but again exactly
> the same issue a few minutes later. I am 100% sure that it isn't a virus
> or malware but would like to know if it can be cured as the laptop works
> great except for this frustrating problem.
>
> Cheers
> Lenny
>

 

[checker]

Forgot to mention that the synaptics driver is commonly used to solve
conflicts between the touchpad and the mouse, the mouse should disable the
touchpad completely, and if it doesn't, the driver should be replaced with
the Synaptics driver that should work with or without a mouse connected and
add more features than the regular driver.


Make sure you download the specific version for your Toshiba Satellite Pro
M10 or for the specific OS if not available for the laptop model
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...p?ofId=AskIris&searchString=synaptics&x=5&y=4

Mouse pointer jumps around as you type
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...p?ofId=AskIris&searchString=synaptics&x=5&y=4




"checker" <checker@quickmail.em> wrote in message
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> The normal cure for this problem is to use a "Synaptics driver"
>
> More info here:
> http://www.synaptics.com/support/drivers
>
>
>
>
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