[AT] OT: netcook/laptop problems (was Re: Drag line engine ID wanted

[charlie hill]

Let me know how it works out Mike.  I'm trying to be much more deliberate in 
my "keyboarding" to see if that helps.  One thing,  I bought a notebook of 
the same manufacture but not exactly the same model from Best Buy  and set 
it up myself.  I never had a problem with it.   It ended up having an 
internal problem and I took it back.  They were out of the model I had and I 
took the similar one in exchange.  They had already had their Geek Squad 
guys do the set up on this one up and I can tell from the tones it uses to 
indicate certain actions that the kid that set it up thought he was being 
cool.  I suspect it has a lot of secondary functions set up in it.  They are 
fine for advanced users with nimble little fingers but maybe not so good for 
a 60 year old with fat hands.

Charlie

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From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:49 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: [AT] OT: netcook/laptop problems (was Re: Drag line engine ID 
wanted

> I agree with Howard. I was having a similar problem with a fancy HP
> laptop I rescued from the dumpster - the only thing wrong with it was
> that it was doing random odd things while I was typing, including having
> the cursor just wander all over the place. Just for the heck of it, I
> plugged in and used a regular keyboard, and the problem went away
> immediately. I am going to see if I can disable the touch-pad (I use a
> regular optical mouse, not the touch-pad, so it won't be any loss).
>
> Mike
>
> On 11/17/2010 10:25 AM, Howard Fleming wrote:
>> On 11/17/2010 08:34, charlie hill wrote:
>>> Hopefully one day prior to my throwing this new notebook computer in the
>>> river, I will figure out why it decides to send e-mails while I'm still
>>> typing them.<snip>
>>
>> If you have a touch pad on your laptop, I suspect that might be your
>> problem (ask me how I know.... :o).  Just brushing the top of it is
>> enough to cause interesting problems while typing.
>>
>> Howard
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