# How to fix cursor jumping around **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 24, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585 "2011-07-24T08:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/1 "2011-07-24T08:27:21Z")
Shit does it on Facebook and a couple other sites, drives me mad. I know others have had the issue so it’s not just me. What’s the fix?! ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/2 "2011-07-24T08:36:52Z")
Turn your computer off ---
**Author:** ![k2024egcoupe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/k2024egcoupe/32/6617_2.png) [@k2024egcoupe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k2024egcoupe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/3 "2011-07-24T08:38:04Z")
are you using a lap top? ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/4 "2011-07-24T08:44:04Z")
> [@FS: 2000 Civic Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2000-civic-si/44125/4): > > are you using a lap top? yes ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/5 "2011-07-24T08:50:11Z")
clean the pad ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/6 "2011-07-24T08:51:43Z")
> [@feb 29th](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/feb-29th/44126/5): > > clean the pad That would cause it to randomly place itself ‘back’ into words that I just typed? ---
**Author:** ![lconrad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lconrad/32/6314_2.png) [@lconrad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lconrad)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/7 "2011-07-24T08:58:54Z")
this drives me crazy… i just punch the pad…fixed for a little bit!! ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/8 "2011-07-24T09:00:18Z")
Sounds like you need to enable “palm check” in the touchpad settings… ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/9 "2011-07-24T09:03:51Z")
> [@WTB: Mustang or Vette](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-mustang-or-vette/44114/11): > > Sounds like you need to enable “palm check” in the touchpad settings… Literally NO idea on how to find that. ---
**Author:** ![k2024egcoupe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/k2024egcoupe/32/6617_2.png) [@k2024egcoupe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k2024egcoupe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/10 "2011-07-24T09:05:52Z")
> [@OFFICIAL '07-'08 BUFFALO SABRES SEASON THREAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-buffalo-sabres-season-thread/36504/1707): > > Literally NO idea on how to find that. i did a few google searches about your situation, there are multiple solutions but you may have to try more than one. type “courser jumps in facebook” in google ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/11 "2011-07-24T09:06:46Z")
> [@I'm f\*cking ben affleck](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-f-cking-ben-affleck/43983/22): > > i did a few google searches about your situation, there are multiple solutions but you may have to try more than one. type “courser jumps in facebook” in google Thanks. Yeah, I had the problem about a year ago, but it was global. Now, it’s just on Facebook and other similar sites. ---
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/12 "2011-07-24T09:12:04Z")
i use a usb mouse with my laptop. i hate the pad. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/13 "2011-07-24T09:12:50Z")
> [@Free stuff](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-stuff/44120/6): > > i use a usb mouse with my laptop. i hate the pad. I hear you, but I think its totally unrelated to the pad as I’m confident that I’m not touching it when this happens. ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/14 "2011-07-24T09:13:50Z")
Yea, I don’t know about that. LOL ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/15 "2011-07-24T09:14:17Z")
> [@Who Do You Want to Race/See Race '08](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-do-you-want-to-race-see-race-08/42389/388): > > Thanks. Yeah, I had the problem about a year ago, but it was global. Now, it’s just on Facebook and other similar sites. Dont you have a program on your pc so that it cursor doesnt work while you type? If so, that could be part of it, and why its only messing up on FB. I remember running that for a day, because someone on here suggested it awile ago… ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/16 "2011-07-24T09:16:48Z")
![http://www.whiskeytangofirearms.com/images/P/WNXB12L00_1.jpg](http://www.whiskeytangofirearms.com/images/P/WNXB12L00_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/17 "2011-07-24T09:39:15Z")
> [@FS: COD 4 PC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-cod-4-pc/43967/9): > > I hear you, but I think its totally unrelated to the pad as I’m confident that I’m not touching it when this happens. same thing happened to me until i got the mouse. ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/18 "2011-07-24T09:53:52Z")
PALM THE FUCK CHECK. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/19 "2011-07-24T09:55:05Z")
> [@jdaniels"](#): > > PALM THE FUCK CHECK. Like I said, ZERO idea on how to turn that on. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fix-cursor-jumping-around/259585/20 "2011-07-24T13:44:13Z")
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