digi-quest with Danyll Wills [email protected]

Writing on my nearly three-year-old Dell laptop

is extremely annoying as the cursor keeps jumping back to wherever the mouse is. I've replaced the keyboard and installed a new hard drive but the problem persists. What causes this and what

can I do?

Graeme Still, Ap Lei Chau

DQ: This seems to be a hardware problem, not a software issue. I have had a similar experience and found the trackpad just below the keyboard was the culprit. As a touch-typist, I use both hands and nine fingers (my left thumb does nothing). That means

my palms occasionally touch the trackpad. Tapped with just a small amount of force, the machine