Windows 10: My touchpad keeps turning itself off once I start up my laptop. It is seen as on in...

It’s been like this for quite a while and I can’t find anything on how to fix this. It’s turned on in settings and even if I uninstall the driver and restart my laptop, the problem still persists. I watched TechFixIT’s video on this and none of the solutions worked. Its not the touchpad itself being broken. I know that cause whenever I open up my laptop, I can see the touchpad symbol with a red cross over it, meaning it disables itself upon opening. 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

 

I want to disable touchpad on Dell laptop


These 7 steps allowed me to disable my touchpad (Dell laptop, Windows 10):

1. Win Start button
2. Type in "device manager"
3. Select Device Manager to open it
4. Click down arrow to left of "Mice and other..." to expand
5. Right click Dell Touchpad
6. Disable device
7. Yes

 

Turn Off Laptop Touchpad

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