Windows 10: The touchpad on my Surface laptop 4 running windows 11 keeps stopping working, then starts...

Followed the instructions I received from an independent advisor on Microsoft after following link below.https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-touchpad-problems-in-windows-30b498e5-0caa-9740-2b21-336ea75ee756#WindowsVersion=Windows_11Tried uninstalling the touchpad and rebooting my laptop. The touchpad must have reistalled as part of the reboot as the touchpad did work, BUT only initially.The touchpad still ONLY works intermittently. I often use spreadsheets and right click so that recent documents are displayed on the pop up menu.It will work sometimes and then only seconds later, i

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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

 

surface pro 4 touchpad not working

hi

I had this problem for a while now. my surface pro 4 type cover touchpad doesn't work. it used to work. my windows 10 has the latest updates installed. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers which
I downloaded from Microsoft's website. my mouse works fine when I connect it to the device and my type cover touchpad also works on other surface pros. I used the troubleshooter for hardware devices and it also didn't help. what should I do?!

update:

I opened device management and under mouse and pointer devices found 4 HID compliant devices and uninstalled them all and suddenly my touchpad started working but after a restart it stopped working again.
I tried disabling the same 4 HID compliant devices and its working but this is a temporary solution. I'd like to know what is the problem and how to fix it?

 

surface pro 4 touchpad not working

Hi Mehrnaz,

Based on the description, it seems that you have done all the necessary troubleshooting steps to fix the issue with the touchpad. You may also check this

link for additional troubleshooting steps. If the issue persists, we suggest that you get in touch with the device manufacturer's website to have the most updated version of the driver.

Feel free to get back to us if you need further assistance.