loss of mouse click use

[mdklassen]

>  I can buy  a refurbished  laptop for  £80

You could look on eBay for a computer similar to yours, marked as "selling as-is, for parts, non-working", and cannibalize it, for the touchpad.  Hopefully, very inexpensive ?!

[niloc]

yep  allready doing that  thanks 

[niloc]

I  bought a   wireless  mouse   works   perfectly,,  but   I have now   got another   problem  and its not the mouse  as it happens  with the   usb one I borrowed,    when I am typing   the words  are all jumbled   up  as the   vertical   line   that   denotes  where the next  character is  going to be placed   keeps   going back to  characters  ive already typed   so   if I'm  not reading and corecting  as i go  I end up with  it all being   jumbled!!!!!!!

[mdklassen]

> when I am typing   the words  are all jumbled   up  as the   vertical   line   that   denotes  where the next  character is  going to be placed   keeps   going back to  characters  ive already typed   so   if I'm  not reading and corecting  as i go  I end up with  it all being   jumbled!!!!!!!

You could have a "stuck" key on your keyboard (the "left-arrow" key).

Or, if your computer has a "touchpad" between the space-bar and the front-edge of the case, the palms of your hands could be brushing against the touchpad, and thus moving the mouse-pointer.

[niloc]

as  I have posted  in my previous posts  I have lost the use of my  left and right  touchpad buttons   so I am using a   seperate mouse  so its not  that,   and my  left arrow   isnt stuck    thankyou

[mdklassen]

>  have lost the use of my  left and right  touchpad buttons  

The touchpad area usually is divided into 3 sections:

+-------------+-----------------+

| Left Button |  Right Button   |

|             |                 |

+-------------+-----------------+

|                               |

| Touch-sensitive area          |

| (slide your finger/palm       |

| (here to move the             |

| (on-screen mouse pointer)     |

|                               |

+-------------------------------+

So, even when the "left" and "right" buttons are not working, it is possible that the 3rd area is still active, and is causing the mouse-pointer to move, when your palms touch this area.

[niloc]

I feel I  must reiterate   it happens  when I am  using   a USB   or wireless mouse   my hands are nowhere near   the left and right buttons,   plus my buttons are configured different to your diagram  they are   at the bottom of the  pad  and I one finger type  my palms are not in contact  with  any other part  of the machine

[mdklassen]

>  I one finger type  my palms are not in contact  with  any other part  of the machine.

Thanks for the additional information.

Does the "unexpected" movement of the mouse-pointer happen ONLY when you are typing, or does it happen when you are only using the external mouse?

If you attach an external keyboard to another USB port on the computer, and type on that keyboard, does the "unexpected" cursor-movement still occur?

[niloc]

not really sure   I've  only  noticed  it when im typing  I'll try and find out next time I use it,   I'm on a different  laptop at the moment because of this problem,,, I have not got an  external keyboard to try,  I'm  not going to the expense of buying one just on a whimm

[mdklassen]

> I have not got an  external keyboard to try,  I'm  not going to the expense of buying one just on a whim.

Any keyboard with a USB connector will work. 

Borrow one from a friend.

Or, take your laptop to a "big-box" electronics store, and try their keyboard on your computer.

If a sales assistant (sometimes hard to find in an understaffed store) approaches you,

tell that person that you are looking for one with the correct "feel", and that you need to try before you consider buying.