Hi Teri, I suspect a bug, but it could also be a corrupted mouse driver file. To check for a bug, reboot into Safe Mode and run a full Malwarebytes scan. To check for driver corruption, check to see if there's a more recent driver available and install it. :) Peace, Gman http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php "The entire future of humankind is yet to be written" ----- Original Message ----- From: "LiL OL Me" <mytoybox1@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:02 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- " The jumping courser mystery " > Hummm ... this problem came out of nowhere and baffles me . > I can be typing in an E-Mail when suddenly the courser jumps in the middle > of another line that's already written . Or it jumps out of the message > body > completely . Or starts a new line out of the blue . > > Usually I can catch it and place it back at the end of the line being > written ... but of course some obscene words are uttered . > > I am running Windows Vista Service Pack 2 on an Acer laptop . I have a > Malware Bytes Anti Malware program installed as well as Spybot Search and > Destroy and Windows Defender . My firewall and virus control is Trend > Micro > PCcillin . > > If anything I am overly protected almost to the point of over kill . > > Teri Lee --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------