Why Does My Cursor Delete Two Characters at a Time?

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The issue described involves a typing anomaly where instead of a single blinking cursor, two highlighted spaces appear, leading to the deletion of two letters at a time when using the backspace key. This problem is likely related to the "Insert" function on the keyboard being activated, which can cause text to be overwritten rather than inserted. Pressing the 'Insert' key can resolve this issue and restore normal typing functionality.
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Hi, I don't know the technical term for this, but you know when you type, the line thing at the end of your text blinks on and off?
Whenever I'm typing on an internet page (email, search engine, etc), instead of a line that blinks on and off, there are two highlighted (black) spaces, and whenever I go back and press backspace to delete something, two letters (instead of one) are erased.

It's not a huge problem, but it is very annoying. Any suggestions would be welcome :)
 
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