Mouse problems when typing

I have a Toshiba laptop and when I am typing, and I don't even touch the
mouse, the cursor out of nowhere goes where ever the mouse pointer is. I
want to know how to temporarily disable and enable the mouse so that I am not
so frustarated when I am typing a paper for school or just typing an email.
I don't even have to touch the mouse and the pointer moves on the computer.
I have tried holding down the FN key and F9 at the same time because it shows
the symbol for the mouse, but it does nothing. Is there anyone out there
that would have suggestions as to how to fix this?

You can disable the tapping function of your touch pad. This will mean you
will have to use the buttons for clicking, right-clicking and
double-clicking etc but this is a small price to pay.

Depending on the manufacturer you'll either find an icon in the system tray
(right-hand end of the task bar) or you'll have to look in the Control Panel
for it. Sometimes it'll be an extra tab in the Mouse Properties; other
times there's be a separate Control Panel applet for it. Either way, once
you've found it you're looking for a checkbox that either says "Enable
tapping" or "Disable tapping", or something along those lines.

Good luck


"Laura" <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00FFCA33-DBB3-4C94-980E-2E6291E8A7DF@microsoft.com...
>I have a Toshiba laptop and when I am typing, and I don't even touch the
> mouse, the cursor out of nowhere goes where ever the mouse pointer is. I
> want to know how to temporarily disable and enable the mouse so that I am
> not
> so frustarated when I am typing a paper for school or just typing an
> email.
> I don't even have to touch the mouse and the pointer moves on the
> computer.
> I have tried holding down the FN key and F9 at the same time because it
> shows
> the symbol for the mouse, but it does nothing. Is there anyone out there
> that would have suggestions as to how to fix this?