Demonically Possessed Laptop

[Larry124]

I cannot imagine of all places where idea that from came at.

The easy fix is to and then everything will be ok.

Sigh. It’s never been the same since they switched from buckles to Velcro.

Here's another fix… int:

:smashlaptop:

[TheKiltedWonder]

I meant more with holy water and an exorcist, seing how its clearly demonically possessed...

[ccga3359]

Stop making payments and have it re-possessed.

[Archangel]

You might also be able to adjust the sensitivity of the pad. It sounds like your problem comes from accidentally touching the pad.

If your laptop is a few years old, it might be a matter of not being able to multitask. The internet puts more demands on computers than you would think and the memory get foggy. When that happens you have to wait for the cursor to catch up.

[Jerry]

"I did make one discovery. I seem to be plagued by a pesky netflix popup. Now I have noticed that when the advertisement tab in the task bar flashes, the cursor goes crazy. Maybe this thing is possessed,by a virus. Adaware can't seem to detect and remove it. Norton is loaded on this machine, but it is years out of date. And, since I rarely use this old laptop, I haven't thought it was worth the cost of a Stillwater to update it, or buy new antivirus software. Does anyone know of any decent freeware antivirus?

[The Supreme Canuck]

Oh, for a malware app, an anti-virus won't do. I'll suggest downloading Spybot S&D, though. Just Google it. It tends to catch things that AdAware doesn't.

[Archangel]

aha.

The hidden popup taxes the memory.

Try switching to Firefox or Safari which will let you choose to not allow popups.

[Coinneach]

This is a Windows computer, right? If it's several years old, and it's had the system updates from time to time, it could be that the processor can't handle things well anymore. If you've already added the maximum memory the computer can handle, you might try turning off some of the processes that get loaded on startup (Start>Run>msconfig).

When it comes time to use the laptop as a frisbee, I recommend formatting and scrubbing the hard drive (do both, like kilts, one is not enough), or take it to a service that will do that for you.

[James MacMillan]

Back to your original problem - It might just be dirty. old keyboards routinely get clogged up and the keys start doing strange things. Try taking it apart enough to blow some air in under the key pads. If you cant take it apart, or just don't want to, try running a vacuum hose repeatedly over the keyboard, slightly depressing the keys as you do so.

Can't hurt - Oh, do this with the power OFF.

[Livingston]

Having an HP laptop for work with the touchpad and the point stick, I know what you are talking about. I hardly ever travel with it or use it away from the docking station/keyboard/mouse at my desk but when I do, I have the same problem. Never thought about disabling the touchpad. I'll have to check that when I go in tomorrow.

I've always assumed it was just my laziness of letting my hands rest on the notebook and never thought to try to fix the issue, just watch out for it.