eg system specs;
Note: If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.
But off-hand I would look into;
1] System Specs - is this laptop under-powered?
2] Malware
3] Too many processes running.
Mark
the cursor freezes periodically on my compaq laptop computer. i use the touch pad as well as a bamboo pen and touch drawing tablet. it freezes with both. it also freezes whether the tablet is plugged in or not. the tablet also lags when im drawing, which i thought was normal until i used the same tablet on another laptop and there was no lag.

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