I agree with Jim. MS (and presumably other companies) sells small USB mice
for use with laptops. I have a wired USB model and carry it in my laptop
case--it works tons better than my touchpad. You can pick up a wireless
model for $20:
http://www.buy.com/prod/microsoft-wi.../10370530.html
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Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008
<monty1945@lycos.com> wrote in message
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> Sometimes the touchpad on the laptop gets "sticky," and when I try to
> move the cursor from one area to the screen to another, it just goes
> back to the initial spot. I can move the cursor as far as the
> boundary of the touchpad, but that's it. If I can't access the place
> on the screen I want to get to, then I have to use keyboard shortcuts
> to do things. After a while, it seems to just revert to normal. This
> also seems to happen if I open a PDF file. I'm using FireFox browser
> on a SP2 OS with a P3 laptop. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.