hey guys - new fellah here - I have a wierd ONE for you - my laptop is apparantly senile now.

The problem started when I was using ubuntu (hardy heron). For no apparant reason and completely at random an auto clicker (I have never installed an auto clicker) starts clicking at random but with rapidly decreasing intervals between clicks. Typing SOMETHING, web browsing, watching a film, etc all become impossible. I was under the impression it WOULD be sorted by re-installing ubuntu, but no. Then I thought it was a problem with ubuntu itself - so I switched back to xp. This didn't work EITHER. I put this to you - is this a fixable problem? Or is my laptop just a big paperweight now?

thanks - garthTry disabling the touch PAD and use an external mouse. The touch pad can usually be turned off with a special button somewhere. It is also common for it to be one of the F keys. Find the one that has a picture of a touch pad and press Fn+F key to turn it off.A great idea would be to Post how this dual-boot system was set up in the first place...
We know so far it has XP and Ubuntu...but how ? ?