Touchpad not working on Windows 8

Anonymous
2012-11-08T17:55:00+00:00

My touchpad is not working after upgrading to Windows 8 Professional. I have a Lenovo Ultrabook u300s, the

touchpad i believe is Cypress Trackpad. The mouse cursor simply doesnt move but I notice if I click the button it will response. I have installed the latest driver from manufacturer support website. The only way

i can get it work is to remove the driver, but the standard drivers by Windows doesn't have the palm detection. Notice also the key button (F6) to disable the touchpad doesnt work anymore

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Anonymous
2013-04-05T10:02:45+00:00

Hi 

I just had this problem with my Packard bell windows 8 laptop, i tried different ways to sort it and nothing worked. i went onto my laptop settings and i had locked my touch pad without realizing and now it works fine, might be worth checking. hope this helps.

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Anonymous
2013-05-04T03:48:15+00:00

This was so simple to fix. Anyone who is having this problem, just look at your function buttons on your laptop. If yours is anything like mine, then you have to press fn before pressing f2. If so, then, look at the keys and there is one with a little image of a mouse/no-mouse. On mine, it is key f5. When pressed without the fn button it locks the mousepad. With that said, I inadvertently locked my mouse after trying to press f5 to refresh a webpage. Hit it just once, and the lock comes off.

That is a seriously pesky feature...

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-07-21T17:00:30+00:00

    i only pressed F6 on my packard bell and the mouse was re-enabled

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-08-01T03:11:05+00:00

    Man i gotta thank you I have done so many things to my comeputer wasted hours of time AND ALL I HAD TO WAS PUSH THAT **** BUTTON! lmao anyways thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-08-05T13:58:12+00:00

    Try the following, (worked for me):

    Sign onto the computer using the affected account(s) with an external USB mouse plugged in.

    In the icon tray, find and right-click the 'touchpad' icon.

    Select 'Pointing Device Properties'.

    Click on the 'Device Settings' tab.

    If the device is showing 'disabled', enable it.

    Make sure the option to disable the touchpad when an external pointer is plugged in is unchecked.

    Click apply.

    Cheers

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