From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: October 10, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: laptop keyboard problems
>
> Leo,
> My laptop's touchpad mouse doesn't work if I'm not pressing a
> key on my keyboard. It is really weird, and I have no idea
> what to do.. Another strange thing about my laptop is that
> whenever I press the letter W on my keyboard, one or several
> r's shows after the w. This is me pressing the letter: wrwrwr
Sounds like a problem with the keyboard itself. You'll
need to get it repaired. A quick test would be to plug
in an external keyboard (say, a USB keyboard) and see
if that works properly (for the W problem). But I'm
betting you'll need to get your laptop repaired.
Thanks for asking,
Leo