Windows 10: Avita laptop touchpad does not function/respond

Laptop mouse pad does not respond, hence forced to use external wireless mouse. Help

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I want to disable touchpad on Dell laptop


Hello everyone,
My laptop's touchpad works and I don't want it to, because I prefer a mouse. It's a Dell Inspiron 11 3000 series on windows 10 OS.

What I have tried that hasn't worked:

• start<settings<devices<mouse & touchpad<additional mouse options. This opens a window called Mouse Options which has 5 tabs up top, none of which involve the touchpad. The Hardware tab shows 2 devices: the mouse itself, and the USB. No touchpad there.
• windows key+x<mobility center. No touchpad to be found.
• various function keys. No options for touchpad on/off.
• device manager<mice and other pointing devices. Again, only the mouse and usb show up. It appears the touchpad is working without a driver, which is a little spooky.

Any other suggestions? I could try downloading a third party driver, but that seems like a step in the wrong direction.
Thanks

 

SOLVED: Laptop Touchpad fully functional, but not in Universal apps

OK - sorted it finally :

• in step one/two above you delete the existing Synaptics drivers then have to reboot
• unfortunately when the PC restarts it installs some generic touchpad drivers which have the basic functionality
• So although step4 (run setup) appears to work, it hasn't actually done anything as the generic drivers are already there

So what you have to do is this...

• In device manager, select the mouse device and click update drivers.
• Then select Browse My Computer > Let me pick from a list > Have disk button, and select the folder with the new Synaptics drivers (I'm running 32-bit windows so selected ..\WinWDF\x86).
• The green progress bar shows the drivers are loading, then when it's all done you now have the new functionality installed - RESULT!!!
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Creators Update disabled swipe function on touchpad (laptop)

Hi Judi,

There are many reasons why the Touchpad won't respond to your swipe gestures. One of these is due to outdated or incorrect drivers. For us to isolate the case further, supply more information by answering the listed questions:

• What is the make and model of your laptop?
• Have you made any recent changes to your device aside from installing the Creators Update?
  

To further address your concern, we suggest updating the Touchpad driver from your manufacturer's website. To do this, press Windows key + X > Device Manager > Locate Touchpad driver > Right-click on the driver icon > Update driver software > Click on “Search
automatically for Updated driver software” option. This method will help us in isolating if it's a driver-related issue or not.

Let us know these details so we can assist you further.