Sending Messages And E Mails In Yahoo

[Ex Libris]

I have a new laptop with Windows 8. When I try to send a message with Yahoo I find the keyboard is sticking and will only type 4 or 5 letters before stopping. Messages sent in Outlook are ok so far.
Also happened when I was typing this !

[sandmaster]

I get this problem. I think it is because there are so many adverts downloading on Yahoo. I now use an adblocker. It has greatly improved matters.

[Buenchico]

It's the word 'new' in your post that suggests the most likely cause of your problem to me.

As far as possible, leave your laptop switched on (and online) for a week or so. That's because the problem you've described tends to come about when Windows is downloading and installing updates, which has a nasty habit of hogging all of a computer's resources. (So, for example, you start typing something and then everything comes to a halt).

Because Microsoft produce updates at an amazing rate (basically admitting that they've sold you a defective product in the first place, in my opinion), a new computer often needs to download and install several hundred updates before it's fully stable and working properly. Once it's done that things should get back to normal.

[HansUrbancka]

By all means follow Buenchico's advice, but if your laptop is capable of running directly off mains electricity, I suggest you remove the battery to prevent over-heating.

Hans.

[HansUrbancka]

@methyl........Only goes to show that I am far from modern.

Obviously the following link is unreliable. :-

http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/usingyourlaptop/f/Should-I-Remove-The-Laptop-Battery-When-It-Is-Plugged-In.htm

Hans.

[Ex Libris]

Thanks for the advice. It is a ToshibaC50-B-14D bought 2 weeks ago. It did update with 109 updates which took 18 hours. It's Windows 8.1 Hope it will "settle in"