Why is my cursor is jumping to another position within my document? ?

Question

I think my footpedal is causing my cursor (or insertion point, or point at which my typing is being inserted) to move, and when I look up at my work, I am typing 3 lines up, 4 lines down, whatever. I use a footpedal for transcription (USB). I have NEVER had a problem before. Just got my computer back from being fixed today. This is happening in Word and in Outlook. It is driving me NUTS. What is causing this?

Answer 1

Is the mouse dirty\damaged...

Why do you use a footpedal....i thought we are beyond the age of the PDP-11

Answer 2

It could be the same as my laptop using the touch pad therefore it is 'touchy'. It could be because you are using an infra red mouse therefore use one with a line to test the difference.

Alternatively check the remote control as a final precaution.

Nothing amazing but it did happen to me a couple of times.

Have you tried Vista or another XP service pack (3) ?