frozen arrow on touchpad

zsofia

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I can't use my touchpad. My arrow/cursor is frozen in the middle of the screen.

1) I can still use external mouse

2) I saw in similar post somebody suggested using memory tool scan from microsoft. I did find that but when I clicked on it the owner was not microsoft but some other name. I am tired of downloding stuff on my computer and find out later that they are spyware etc..

3) I purchased Norton 360 which does not help

4) I ran system restore, did not help. First when I ran system restore it gave me error message "unspecified error during system restore" I ran it in safemode and now I could restore. Then I had to do the updates again. Rebooted toshiba laptop agai and the cursor still frozen.

Could you please help? What help could I use from Microsoft Help ? Most diagnostic stuff I downloaded so far wants me to buy their product? What shall I do?
 

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Norton and vista usually dont go well together. I would use Avast or AVG antivirus, they are free.

Have you tried finding drivers for the touchpad? You could try to install new drivers or just reinstall current ones. Also have you tried turning the touchpad off and then on again? Is the touchpad on?

Just a thought


Jeremy
 

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System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core (2.5GHz)
    Motherboard
    Asus AM2, nFORCE 560 M2N-SLI
    Memory
    3838MB RAM DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 9800GT
    Sound Card
    Built in C-Media CM6501
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2208WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM HDD
    PSU
    600w
    Case
    Raidmax Sagitta II
thanks Jeremy.

How shall I go about finding drivers for the touchpad?

Yes, I tried turning on and off the touchpad. At least I think that 's what I did .
 

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thanks Jeremy.

How shall I go about finding drivers for the touchpad?

Yes, I tried turning on and off the touchpad. At least I think that 's what I did .
 

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I went to Synaptics Website and found driver detective.exe and then different offers for drivers. Are these safe to download??

Will they be self explicatory?

I am not sure how to handle .exe files. Once somebody walked me through what to do when I download .exe file but would not know by myself.
 

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I believe the drivers are valid from driver detective, but you can scan them first if you wish. All you really need to do is launch the .exe and then follow the instructions. Pretty straight forward.

If you are not comfortable doing it, DONT. Find a friend or co-worker or somebody to help you. Local repair shops could be somewhat cheap, really depends.

Jeremy
 

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System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core (2.5GHz)
    Motherboard
    Asus AM2, nFORCE 560 M2N-SLI
    Memory
    3838MB RAM DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 9800GT
    Sound Card
    Built in C-Media CM6501
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2208WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM HDD
    PSU
    600w
    Case
    Raidmax Sagitta II
Thanks Jeremy. My problem was that I accidentally pressed FN and FN9 and diasbled the touchpad drive. I managed to find out this problem by myself, but obviously did not at first find this drive through control panel. What I first thought was abeling the touchpad was just the pointer. I still do not know where I can find the drive from the menu I can only do it by pressing FN and F9.
 

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glad you figured it out. gotta love the easy fixes.

jeremy
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core (2.5GHz)
    Motherboard
    Asus AM2, nFORCE 560 M2N-SLI
    Memory
    3838MB RAM DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce 9800GT
    Sound Card
    Built in C-Media CM6501
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2208WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM HDD
    PSU
    600w
    Case
    Raidmax Sagitta II
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