Internal Laptop mouse not working

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PCBlues

Hello,

I have a Dell laptop, the internal mouse has stopped working as well as
the plug in mouse. The curser shows and moves but there is no response when I
try to click on anything. There is a short period of time when I can use it,
that is before it has finished loading all the programs when it's first
booted up. I have no clue as to how to begin to fix this without access to a
mouse. Any and all help I would be so grateful for.

Many thanks!
 
PCBlues said:
Hello,

I have a Dell laptop, the internal mouse has stopped working as well as
the plug in mouse. The curser shows and moves but there is no response
when I
try to click on anything. There is a short period of time when I can use
it,
that is before it has finished loading all the programs when it's first
booted up. I have no clue as to how to begin to fix this without access to
a
mouse. Any and all help I would be so grateful for.

Many thanks!
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I would buy an external USB mouse (they cost very little!) and use it to
examine the many settings you will find under the Mouse applet in the
Control Panel. You could even use a PS/2 mouse if your laptop has a PS/2
connector.
 
Pegasus (MVP) said:
I would buy an external USB mouse (they cost very little!) and use it to
examine the many settings you will find under the Mouse applet in the
Control Panel. You could even use a PS/2 mouse if your laptop has a PS/2
connector.
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he says the plug in mouse doesn't work either...that would probably be a
PS/2 or USB wouldn't it ???
 
PCBlues said:
Hello,

I have a Dell laptop, the internal mouse has stopped working as well as
the plug in mouse. The cursor shows and moves but there is no response when I
try to click on anything. There is a short period of time when I can use it,
that is before it has finished loading all the programs when it's first
booted up. I have no clue as to how to begin to fix this without access to a
mouse. Any and all help, I would be so grateful for.

Many thanks!
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It might work in Safe Mode, since you say it works for a short time
during startup.. I suspect malware, but some unique software could be to
blame.

You can do most things without the mouse, using these keys:

Alt, Tab, cursor keys, spacebar, and Enter key.
 
Boot your PC into safe mode, usually by pressing F8 constantly during the
boot process, does it now work?
 
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