Removal of key pad buttons

[schiehallion]

Good morning ABers.
I have a sony vaio vgn-fe31m that has served me well for sometime, but now when i type sometimes whole words are missed or dont even appear to start . it is very annoying and time consuming. the cursur just seems to disappear whenever it feels like. If i pause for more than 2 seconds it dissapears, or if im in midflow it will dissapear as well, Any suggestions to what this could be and how to sort it would be a great help.
Cheers
Frustrated Schiehallion

[schiehallion]

I have just noticed the title of my above post does not show any relevance to the problem, in my post i should have asked would removing the keys and giving the area below a good clean help if so how would i go about doing this.
Cheers

[ChuckFickens]

It's really fiddly to remove and refit laptop keys and it's very easy to break them doing so. (and to be honest it probably wouldn't help anyhow)

For the sake of £30 I'd probably just fit a new keyboard.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...s&hash=item41535da3a4

[schiehallion]

Thanks for that chuck it is worth looking at, if the key board is the issue. but how does the key board effect the disappearing cursur, once the curser works the letters work.
I only mentioned the key removal as i am clutching at straws
Cheers

[ChuckFickens]

Are you sure you are not brushing the touchpad with your palms while typing?

[schiehallion]

Positive Chuck i even sit back and watch it blink then disappear
Cheers

[ChuckFickens]

Try looking in your mouse options in the control panel for the "hide pointer while typing" option and disable it.

[schiehallion]

Have just tried that Chuck but no change it still the same the curser just disappears and my typing stops

[ChuckFickens]

Is there by any chance a folder on your C drive called Ldclient?

Also does it do this in all programs, or just selected ones?

[schiehallion]

Grrr i have just typed an answer post and the screen reverted to the answer page before i could submit it. i cant see a folder by that name Chuck. and the cursur issues happens whenever i need to type anything at all. whether it be here , email , word docs power point. it makes no difference. also i have just noticed my cursur somtimes jumps to random places in whatever text i have written.
Cheers