Recently two of my relatives complained of the same maddening problem: They’d be typing along on their laptops when suddenly the cursor would jump, resulting in garbled text or even an unwanted ...

Your Windows laptop touchpad can perform a number of different commands to help you navigate apps more easily. You can use three- or four-finger commands to see your desktop, switch between apps, open ...

Could you list your laptop's brand and model number? Some manufacturers have shortkeys, keyboard combo's or even dedicated buttons like my laptop to disable the touchpad.