Windows 10: Mice and other pointing devices missing from laptop after Windows 10 install

Discus and support Mice and other pointing devices missing from laptop after Windows 10 install in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; This has really been bothering me for the last few days and has rendered my laptop basically un-useable. My touchpad does not work at all and nor does... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Jay V P, Oct 7, 2020.

  1. Jay V P Win User

    Mice and other pointing devices missing from laptop after Windows 10 install


    This has really been bothering me for the last few days and has rendered my laptop basically un-useable.

    My touchpad does not work at all and nor does plugging in a mouse via USB.


    I checked the device manager and the Mice and other pointing devices category was missing.


    I've been searching fixes for the past few days and none have worked. for the record, I have tried;

    restarting my laptop

    command prompt commands them all

    downloading drivers from my laptops website acer

    showing hidden devices in device manager

    uninstalling and disabling then reableing broken drivers

    reinstalling windows 10 twice

    updating my laptop

    device manager scan for hardware changes


    all of the above have led to no avail and I seriously need help. This all started after I performed a USB Boot Windows10 install. It was working as normal prior to that.


    Please any help would be appreciated

    :)
     
    Jay V P, Oct 7, 2020
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  2. Exter_dg Win User

    Mice and other pointing devices missing

    I had been facing some issues with my registry for a few months, and because of which I was not able to update my windows. Also, yesterday my mouse pointer started freezing randomly and frequently (and it won't start unless restarted, sometimes it didn't
    start after restarting too).

    I did a lot of things to solve this

    • Try updating windows
    • Tried updating device driver ( showed already on the latest version)
    Then I read that I should uninstall mice driver and restart and windows will install it again but it didn't install the driver.

    It was HID Complaint mouse(Before deleting it went under Human Interface devices (both hidden)) showing error code 45.

    The Lenovo site for my laptop doesn't have a touchpad driver (it was probably a Microsoft driver - HID Complaint mouse, not sure). I even tried instaling Lenovo drivers but that didn't work either.

    Finally, I made a live USB drive and did a clean install of Windows 10 (version 2004), but even after that, the mouse pointer along with the driver is missing.

    Also, when I run main.cpl after Win+R, it opens the mouse properties. However, the "Device" tab is missing from it and hence I cannot enable/disable it.

    Specifications

    • Lenovo Ideapad S340-14API
    • Ryzen 5
    • Radeon Vega graphics
    • 128 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
    • Windows 10

    How can I get my mouse back?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Exter_dg, Oct 7, 2020
    #2
  3. Mice and other pointing devices missing from Device Manager

    My laptop is set for auto update. After an update loaded today my touchpad quit working. I tried several thing to turn it on but nothing worked. When I went to my device manager there is no longer Mice and Other Pointing Devices, listed. How can I fix
    this?
     
    ThomasDelia, Oct 7, 2020
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  4. Mice and other pointing devices missing from laptop after Windows 10 install

    windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
    exodusprime1337, Oct 7, 2020
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