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curser moves all over the place when typing in forms, hotmail & this text box

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stevethorpe770
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I upgraded at Christmas with a SSD & Windows 7. Since then when I try to type in text boxes such as this the curser will move back or forward a few lines. I've been advised turn off the firefox spell check but this hasn't helped.

I upgraded at Christmas with a SSD & Windows 7. Since then when I try to type in text boxes such as this the curser will move back or forward a few lines. I've been advised turn off the firefox spell check but this hasn't helped.

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Hasan
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Perform the suggestions mentioned in the following articles:

Check and tell if its working.

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

Try to disable hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

If disabling hardware acceleration works then check if there is an update available for your graphics display driver.