byte_king Posted March 15, 2011 ID:400434 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Hello,Today, I finally recieved a new 64 bit laptop to replace a computer that should have been put out of its misery long ago (sentimentalism kept it running ), everything is great with this new comp, but I can't use the touchpad. It worked fine for like 5 minutes than it stopped completely. I can use a mouse ok with it, however.It is an Inspiron 5030. Any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainard Posted March 15, 2011 ID:400446 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Hello byte_king,Have you reinstalled the driver for the laptop's touch-pad?Also, perhaps reverting to a restore point that the touch-pad was completely working can be an option.I would first check the properties in your hardware manager to ensure the device is working properly.Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
byte_king Posted March 15, 2011 Author ID:400462 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Hello,I reinstalled the drivers and it seems the touchpad driver was missing for whatever reason, somewhere in all the updates it must have gotten deleted along the way (how, I have no idea). I will let you know if it works once I restart how it goes, though that may not be for a few hours yet. Thanks for your suggestions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainard Posted March 16, 2011 ID:400476 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Sounds good, hopefully it is just a missing driver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted March 16, 2011 ID:400889 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Sometimes windows update will replace some of your drivers.... I usually do not allow those to install cause it may cause issues. I always get my drivers from the manufacture..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haider Posted March 17, 2011 ID:401054 Share Posted March 17, 2011 +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThexDarksider Posted March 21, 2011 ID:402795 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Sometimes windows update will replace some of your drivers.... I usually do not allow those to install cause it may cause issues. I always get my drivers from the manufacture.....Word. Did I tell you how Windows Update screwed up my netbook? I didn't have printer drivers and thought WU would help. I was so wrong. Instead of finding, downloading and installing the drivers, it kept filling up my system drive more and more, until I blocked wuauclt.exe from running, using a 3rd party product (prefer not to disclose which one). I had about 500 MB free on my system (C:) drive, and after that fiasco, I was left with only about 80 MB. I had to transfer much data to my other drive, and I never found what did wuauclt.exe actually spew. Of course, I never got the printer to work on there so I just installed Linux and it worked straight away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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