Why is my Touchpad not working on my Dell laptop?

The most common reason why the dell touchpad not working stops functioning is that the user ends up disabling the touchpad function by mistake. Most laptops have a function key dedicated to the TouchPad integrated with the F keys. The most common placement is on the F9 key.

Why is my Dell Inspiron Touchpad not working?

Inside Control Panel, navigate to Hardware and Sound, then click on Mouse and Touchpad. Next, click on Additional mouse options and see whether your Touchpad is enabled inside Mouse Properties. If it isn’t, click on Enable device under the Dell TouchPad tab and restart your computer.

How do I turn my Touchpad back on my Dell Inspiron?

  1. Press and hold the Windows ( ) key, and then press the q key.
  2. In the Search box, type Touchpad.
  3. Using the up or down arrows, highlight Mouse & touchpad settings, and then press the Enter key.
  4. Look for a Touchpad On/Off toggle. When there is a Touchpad On/Off toggle option:

How do I reactivate my laptop touchpad?

Using a mouse and keyboard

  1. Press the Windows key , type touchpad, and press Enter . Or, press Windows key + I to open Settings and choose Devices, then Touchpad.
  2. In the Touchpad settings window, click the Touchpad toggle switch to the On position.

Why is my touchpad not working on my Dell laptop?

Switch to the Dell touchpad tab and check whether your touchpad is enabled or not. (If the said tab is absent, click on ELAN or Device Settings tab and under devices, look for your touchpad)

How do I Fix my touchpad not working?

One of the solutions listed was “try uninstalling your touchpad driver: open Device Manager, right-click (or press and hold) the touchpad driver, and select Uninstall. Restart your device and Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver.”

How do I Turn my Dell touchpad back on?

If your touchpad is disabled, simply press on the toggle switch to turn it back On. If you do not find the toggle switch, open run command once again, type main.cpl and press enter. Switch over to the Dell touchpad tab if you aren’t already there and click on Click to change Dell Touchpad settings

What’s wrong with my Dell Inspiron 14 3442?

09-19-2014 12:28 AM Problem solved on my Inspiron 14 3442, windows 8. The problems come from incomplete driver pack for Chipset/Mainboard which provided on Dell’s website. It was also frustrating can’t use touch pad.