Does Your Pointer Move When Your Fingers Aren't On the Mouse Pad?

wow nobody mentioned the obvious solution to your problem.

Problem, mousepad sensitivity. Sometimes old touchpads (and even old laser mice) get dirty or used very often, and are susceptible to random jumps. These are usually small movements towards one corner of the screen with your pointer.

For laser mice you can simply clean out the area around the laser, removing dust/dirt particles, usually does the trick.

For a touchpad (what I believe you are describing you have), clean it well, all around the corners with a cotton swab, see if you can get any gunk thats underneath the plastic.

If this doesn't do the trick its likely your touchpad has a bad sensor, or is too sensitive. Consider turning down the sensitivity of the touchpad. Or taking it into a shop to get cleaned out from the inside out. They have to disassemble the laptop to get to that part. They may even be able to replace the whole touchpad.


But if you want my best advice.

Turn off the touchpad, plug in a USB mouse. problem solved.


Thanks, I'll try that.

Used to have that problem on another computer.

Reinstall drivers, try switching on/off pointer precision.

Google mouse pointer drift, you should find a few good links with suggestions.

Otherwise go the tinfoil hat route and format C, unplug all electrical devices and hide in closet.

Thanks, Himself, for the info. Just got up this mrng and will check out those links you gave.

Thanks, Himself, for the info. Just got up this mrng and will check out those links you gave.

If you cannot change it,
learn to live with it.

Peeps who think they can cure all are always welcome to present ideas.
Especially laughable solutions that show they have not read previous posts.

Mouse drift stops and you carry on w/biz as usual.

What system are you using first of all.


Well, that link by A/C 491704 is inactive. I'm using a MacBook Leopard OS.

Does anyone else experience this? I have a MacBook. The pointer sometimes starts moving erratically after I've taken my fingers off the pad. A guy in computers once told me that it means people are hacking into your system. Not sure if I believe this. I think it's just a computer glitch.

Thanks, Himself, for the info. Just got up this mrng and will check out those links you gave.

If you cannot change it,
learn to live with it.

Peeps who think they can cure all are always welcome to present ideas.
Especially laughable solutions that show they have not read previous posts.

Mouse drift stops and you carry on w/biz as usual.


I just ran Avast antivirus software, and it found 5 viruses and 109 warnings.

Thanks, Himself, for the info. Just got up this mrng and will check out those links you gave.

If you cannot change it,
learn to live with it.

Peeps who think they can cure all are always welcome to present ideas.
Especially laughable solutions that show they have not read previous posts.

Mouse drift stops and you carry on w/biz as usual.


I just ran Avast antivirus software, and it found 5 viruses and 109 warnings.


Holy crap, best of luck.

What system are you using first of all.


Well, that link by A/C 491704 is inactive. I'm using a MacBook Leopard OS.



TRY TYPING IT YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS BAR. MY GOD LOL SHALL i TYPE IT FOR YOU TOO.

i GAVE YOU A ANSWER HUN

SEE THE PLACE ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS WWW.GODLIKEPRODUCTIONS. TYPE IT THERE AND NO ITS NOT A CLICKABLE LINK .. TRY TRYEING IT

WWW.ESET.COM/ONLINESCAN

What system are you using first of all.


Well, that link by A/C 491704 is inactive. I'm using a MacBook Leopard OS.



TRY TYPING IT YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS BAR. MY GOD LOL SHALL i TYPE IT FOR YOU TOO.

i GAVE YOU A ANSWER HUN

SEE THE PLACE ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS WWW.GODLIKEPRODUCTIONS. TYPE IT THERE AND NO ITS NOT A CLICKABLE LINK .. TRY TRYEING IT

WWW.ESET.COM/ONLINESCAN


I am pc tech. Thats how I make my living, try eset if that doesnt fix it ( its also called nod32)

try www.m a l w a r e b y t e s.org and download and run their program i had to put spaces between the words so i do not get banned so youll have to put it togather and type it out in your address bar yourself.

Thanks, Himself, for the info. Just got up this mrng and will check out those links you gave.

If you cannot change it,
learn to live with it.

Peeps who think they can cure all are always welcome to present ideas.
Especially laughable solutions that show they have not read previous posts.

Mouse drift stops and you carry on w/biz as usual.


I just ran Avast antivirus software, and it found 5 viruses and 109 warnings.


Holy crap, best of luck.


Well, I've had the computer for almost 2 years and never ran antivirus software on it. That was stupid of me. I just cleaned them up though, so hopefully this will solve the problem.

What system are you using first of all.


Well, that link by A/C 491704 is inactive. I'm using a MacBook Leopard OS.



TRY TYPING IT YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS BAR. MY GOD LOL SHALL i TYPE IT FOR YOU TOO.

i GAVE YOU A ANSWER HUN

SEE THE PLACE ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS WWW.GODLIKEPRODUCTIONS. TYPE IT THERE AND NO ITS NOT A CLICKABLE LINK .. TRY TRYEING IT

WWW.ESET.COM/ONLINESCAN


I am pc tech. Thats how I make my living, try eset if that doesnt fix it ( its also called nod32)

try www.m a l w a r e b y t e s.org and download and run their program i had to put spaces between the words so i do not get banned so youll have to put it togather and type it out in your address bar yourself.


Thank you. Should I do this in addition the Avast antivirus software I just ran?

What system are you using first of all.


Well, that link by A/C 491704 is inactive. I'm using a MacBook Leopard OS.



TRY TYPING IT YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS BAR. MY GOD LOL SHALL i TYPE IT FOR YOU TOO.

i GAVE YOU A ANSWER HUN

SEE THE PLACE ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS WWW.GODLIKEPRODUCTIONS. TYPE IT THERE AND NO ITS NOT A CLICKABLE LINK .. TRY TRYEING IT

WWW.ESET.COM/ONLINESCAN


I am pc tech. Thats how I make my living, try eset if that doesnt fix it ( its also called nod32)

try www.m a l w a r e b y t e s.org and download and run their program i had to put spaces between the words so i do not get banned so youll have to put it togather and type it out in your address bar yourself.


Thank you. Should I do this in addition the Avast antivirus software I just ran?



I recommend doing so yes. xoftspy Se is another good one.

google it. but the mal one is asesome and eset will find alot more I bet you a dollar :)