It's really annoying. I would be working on my computer, then suddenly it changes to a different workspace, forcing me to change it. I disabled all the hotkeys to switching workplaces, and this seems to happen even when I'm not using the keyboard. What could be the problem? Is there a way to disable the workspace function as a whole?

hotspots may be configured in your theme to switch desktops when you get to the edge of the screen with your mouse for so long or your VWM module may be setup to do that. You can disable it by commenting out all associated modules, hotspot and/or vwm.

Thanks, that did the trick. =)

that drove me crazy when I first started using the sputnik remix theme a year ago. :P first time I had come across hotspots!