Hi Paul,
Apart from what Bob has suggested, you may try to update the touch-pad driver to the latest version from HERE. This should take care of the problem.
Hope this helps.
Thanks and Regards,
Appu S
Greetings,
I have a Dell Latitude E5510 running Windows 7 64bit. Lately the cursor has been jumping while I type. It doesn't matter if I am in email or Word or Firefox. I ran Maleware bytes and virus check to see if I picked up any thing, both were clean.
Any ideas what is causing this or how to fix it?
Paul

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