mouse pad works sometimes

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Is there a particular service to look for as to why a mouse touch pad
would stop working?


thanks,

Thufir
 
thufir said:
Is there a particular service to look for as to why a mouse touch pad
would stop working?
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You never mentioned the type of computer. Could be a laptop with its
touchpad. Could be a mousepad sitting on your desk alongside the
keyboard. Could be a mousepad built into a keyboard.

If it is a built-in mousepad (laptop or keyboard), does it have a
button along its edge that you press to disable it? For users that
want to substitute a mouse for a touchpad, the enable/disable button
for the touchpad precludes it from interfering with the operation of
the mouse because, say, the user's hands got too close to the touchpad
and made the cursor move or issued a click when the user wasn't even
touching the mouse and expected no such mousing action.

Is the touchpad listed in Device Manager? Is it enabled there?
 
Is there a particular service to look for as to why a mouse touch pad
would stop working?
Click to expand...

You never mentioned the type of computer. Could be a laptop with its
touchpad. Could be a mousepad sitting on your desk alongside the
keyboard. Could be a mousepad built into a keyboard.

If it is a built-in mousepad (laptop or keyboard), does it have a
button along its edge that you press to disable it? For users that
want to substitute a mouse for a touchpad, the enable/disable button
for the touchpad precludes it from interfering with the operation of
the mouse because, say, the user's hands got too close to the touchpad
and made the cursor move or issued a click when the user wasn't even
touching the mouse and expected no such mousing action.

Is the touchpad listed in Device Manager? Is it enabled there?[/QUOTE]

All good stuff.

Has it stopped working altogether, or is it intermittent - or only in
some applications?
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