My screen keeps freezing ie no pointed cursor ...

[Anonymous]

... so I switch my laptop off at the on / off button ... & loose what I'd been typing

which must be one of the 1st things we were taught not to do when I did some word processing over 22 years ago

Any ideas ? 

[Bambino]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@viridis wrote:
It's a thing built into Windows 10, I had the problem too on install on my hp laptop.
Basically it stops the cursor moving whilst you are writing and prevents accidentally tapping on the touchpad and moving the cursor. Sound like a good idea but in reality is crap and annoying

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Oh its a Win 10 problem? What a silly idea. (No wonder it's never happened to me on Win 7....)

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That's a really crap idea. I use a mouse with my laptop (also Win 7) and all I need to do is disable the touchpad using Fn and then the appropriate F key. Why does microsoft complicate things, especially for users who aren't tech savvy, by introducing a feature like that?

[Anonymous]

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@viridis wrote:
Wait!!
Jane can you confirm, the issue is that when typing, if you try to use the mouse, it does nothing for about 5 seconds.
Each time you write it's like the mouse freezes out?

If so I know exactly what's wrong.

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The screen showed no mouse icon = no arrow cursor or blinking cursor ..... this has happened to me twice now, but I'll do as you suggest & see how far I get 

[Anonymous]

@viridis I can't find the search mouse thing at the bottom of my screen ... & ... I have looked carefully 

[viridis]

Bottom left of screen, type mouse in the white square

[Anonymous]

I havn't got a white box in bottom left hand corner of screen

I have white windows 4square symbol

next going right is    = ... I'm Cortana, Ask me anything

Sorry to be awkward it's not intentional 

[Anonymous]

@viridis I think I've done it ... gone into settings at bottom right hand corner of screen ... & ... found all sorts of info stuff about the mouse ... have adjusted it to I hope what you've said ... feeling upbeat, thank you viridis

[Anonymous]

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@viridis wrote:
It's the new mouse timeout timer.
Jane do exactly this and report back..

Search Mouse in the searchbox at the bottom of the screen;
Choose Mouse & touchpad settings from the results
Choose Additional mouse options
Click the ClickPad tab, then click Settings…
Click the Advanced tab
Set the Filter Activation Time slider all the way to 0.

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@viridis I've bookmarket this post for future use, thank you

[Cleoriff]

Well done Jane. Something I have learnt today about Win 10....Fingers crossed it continues working ok now...

[Anonymous]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Well done Jane. Something I have learnt today about Win 10....Fingers crossed it continues working ok now...

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thank you for your encouragement @Cleoriff

[Anonymous]

@viridis I have marked your post as ' Solution found' & have bookmarked if for future use ... my memory lets me down you see