While typing, the keys change to different letters

Usually on email, as that is mostly what I use this computer for... I'll be typing and suddenly the keys I'm hitting are typing out diffferent letters. I haven't been able to figure out what I'm touching if anything nor made any sense of how it is changing, a mirror of the keyboard or whatnot... I have to shut down the email and reopen it to reset. This is happening more frequently, 5 times yesterday alone. Thank you, Barbara

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Is your shift key stuck in the down position? Try pressing it a few times to release the key.

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You can change the repeat delay times on your keyboard.
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your dell laptop are supposed to have a program on touchpad, if you dont have that in your system then the touchpad is jumping

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I found this on another site, and it worked on my Vostro 1510:

Try pressing shift + numlock (Scrolllock in blue) to toggle the Fn feature.

Normal numlock comes on, so press it again by itself to turn that off.

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SOURCE: My touch pad is SUPER sensitive, when I type...

From Dell:
Customizing the Touch PadYou can use the Mouse Properties window to disable the touch pad or adjust the touch pad settings.

Click Start , and then click Control Panel.
Click Hardware and Sound.
Click Keyboard.
In the Mouse Properties window:
- Click the Device Select tab to disable the touch pad.
- Click the Touch Pad tab to adjust touch pad settings.
Click OK to save the settings and close the window.

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