virus or material at fault ?

Hello !

I've had this problem since weeks ago, that I've tried getting rid off with
a full reinstallation of the system, as was advised by the technical support
of the company that sold me this laptop: automatic scrolling of IE or
Outlook to the end of the page when using arrow up or the "PgUp" key, or
seeing the cursor move to the end of a line text in notepad or wordpad, or
whatever, when using the left key or the touchpad to move it. The "up" arrow
also is a problem sometimes when starting the system, because it will
automatically scroll down the Windows XP recuperation station, instead of
starting normally with windows. Sometimes, it seems to whimsically get
worse, as when in order to use the touchpad to click links or do anything, I
have to press "escape" or it won't work.

Yesterday, the 2nd reinstallation I've tried, the same problems began, even
though, in case it was a virus caught on the internet, I activated the
firewall before even going online. First thing I did was downloading any
critical windows/norton update available.

Could it be that in case this was a virus, it infected my personnal files
(pictures, music, docs) and that when copying them back onto the drive, I
thus reinfected myself ? By the way, after I started successfully copying 1
1/2 of my data CDs, the DVD-Rom drive wouldn't want to read CD-R or CD-WR,
only Norah Jones made it to the player...

Could the material be at fault, or is this a virus ? Which could it be, and
how to get rid of it ?

Thanks for any enlightening advise and/or info , any help will be muchly
appreciated (lambda user here),

~~kiyoaki

Assuming you know your touchpad if funtioning correctly (it
really sounds like it's not), the a clean reinstall might be
in order. BACK UP your data, because that will reformat and
wipe out the hard drive! This is a last-gasp, final
desparation step, so use it wisely. Since you've tried
reinstalling twice though, this might be what you need.

But ... I'm still suspicious of that touchpad. I think I'd
try installing a mouse and see if you could duplicate
anything. Or, if it's a non-integral touch pad, try
connecting a different one.
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"kiyoaki" <lng.DeleteThis@wrongnumber.cc> wrote in message
news:40c9aa5a_2@news.bluewin.ch...
> Hello !
>
> I've had this problem since weeks ago, that I've tried
getting rid off with
> a full reinstallation of the system, as was advised by the
technical support
> of the company that sold me this laptop: automatic
scrolling of IE or
> Outlook to the end of the page when using arrow up or the
"PgUp" key, or
> seeing the cursor move to the end of a line text in
notepad or wordpad, or
> whatever, when using the left key or the touchpad to move
it. The "up" arrow
> also is a problem sometimes when starting the system,
because it will
> automatically scroll down the Windows XP recuperation
station, instead of
> starting normally with windows. Sometimes, it seems to
whimsically get
> worse, as when in order to use the touchpad to click links
or do anything, I
> have to press "escape" or it won't work.
>
> Yesterday, the 2nd reinstallation I've tried, the same
problems began, even
> though, in case it was a virus caught on the internet, I
activated the
> firewall before even going online. First thing I did was
downloading any
> critical windows/norton update available.
>
> Could it be that in case this was a virus, it infected my
personnal files
> (pictures, music, docs) and that when copying them back
onto the drive, I
> thus reinfected myself ? By the way, after I started
successfully copying 1
> 1/2 of my data CDs, the DVD-Rom drive wouldn't want to
read CD-R or CD-WR,
> only Norah Jones made it to the player...
>
> Could the material be at fault, or is this a virus ? Which
could it be, and
> how to get rid of it ?
>
> Thanks for any enlightening advise and/or info , any
help will be muchly
> appreciated (lambda user here),
>
> ~~kiyoaki
>
>