My touchpad was working just fine then I began using a wireless Microsoft mouse at my desk. Then today I thought of trying it out once more and I noticed that my touchpad had stopped working without me noticing when
. I have searched online for solutions and all I saw was the fn+f7 solution. On my model, this fn+f7 solution doesn't work, instead that is a shourtcut key to dimming the backlight of my screen. My touchpad has a switch above it which is probably the replacement of that fn+f7 solution. I turned it on and the touchpad was still not responding to my input. I restarted and disconnected the mouse, still no benefit. I checked under device manager "Mice and other pointing devices" and I noticed that the touchpad icon was not there, i.e. the computer was only recognizng the external mouse, not the built in touchpad. I looked under the "uninstall a program" menu and I saw a program called touchpad in there but I don't know why it is not in the device manger. hOW CAN i FIX THIS without having to take my Laptop to HP????
Is this a sign that computers have feelings, because it's appears that when you leave the touchpad for about a month because you are using a mouse, the touchpad stops functioning; it feels that it is no longer needed
. I have searched online for solutions and all I saw was the fn+f7 solution. On my model, this fn+f7 solution doesn't work, instead that is a shourtcut key to dimming the backlight of my screen. My touchpad has a switch above it which is probably the replacement of that fn+f7 solution. I turned it on and the touchpad was still not responding to my input. I restarted and disconnected the mouse, still no benefit. I checked under device manager "Mice and other pointing devices" and I noticed that the touchpad icon was not there, i.e. the computer was only recognizng the external mouse, not the built in touchpad. I looked under the "uninstall a program" menu and I saw a program called touchpad in there but I don't know why it is not in the device manger. hOW CAN i FIX THIS without having to take my Laptop to HP????Is this a sign that computers have feelings, because it's appears that when you leave the touchpad for about a month because you are using a mouse, the touchpad stops functioning; it feels that it is no longer needed
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion dv3510nr Entertainment Notebook PC
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz
- Motherboard
- Inventec 1505
- Memory
- 4.00GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
- Sound Card
- IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic PnP Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD3200BEVT-00ZCT0
- Keyboard
- Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard with
- Mouse
- Alps Pointing-device