disappearing pointer with windows 8 touch screen laptop

Anonymous
2012-12-16T17:25:30+00:00

I just got an ACER v5-571 touch screen laptop.  I have no mouse and use mouse pad to move the pointer.  It worked great until today.  The pointer is no longer visible.  I set to use the ctl key to see where the pointer is.  It shows me where the pointer is located by a big circle.  I tried to change some mouse settings.  The pointer is still not visible.  Any suggestion?

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Anonymous
2013-01-02T18:34:00+00:00

I solved the mystery of disappearing pointer.  Suddenly remembered a few days before the disappearing of pointers, I was planning to show a movie via the hmdi port.  In the dark I played with some of the function keys.  Apparently I pressed the "hide the pointer" key (fn F7), next to the "two screens" key (fn + F6).   After press "fn" + F7 again.  The pointer returned.  No wonder all other suggestions failed to work.  I don't know if this info will help you, just to share.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-06-16T23:30:36+00:00

    This did not solve the problem for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-30T09:33:08+00:00

    it was helpful but still no cursor

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-14T16:55:21+00:00

    I use Toshiba S55T-B5152 with Windows 8 and Touchscreen. I face the same problem to you guys on my first day using this pc. 

    My effective solution for this annoying problem is to edit the device situation in Mouse Properties (Mouse settings). I just need to click on Enable device for Elan Smart-pad (mousepad device) and my pointer appears again. 

    Wish it would help you guys.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-09T07:26:59+00:00

    I tried doing this it still did not work for me my lt is not even a month old this moma is not happy at all

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