How to Troubleshoot an Intermittent Touchpad

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Tip 1 - How to Troubleshoot an Intermittent Touchpad | eHow

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Katherine Morgenstern | permalink

A trackpad is a convenient mouse-substitute for a laptop, adding touch sensitivity to the input suite. Like any other component, a trackpad has a chance to fail or stop working, but being integrated with the other hardware of a laptop, it can be more difficult to determine what might be wrong with a trackpad.

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_5993213_troubleshoot-intermittent-touchpad.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Mouse, touchpad, and keyboard problems in Windows - Windows Help

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kelello Chabedi | permalink

Troubleshoot problems you might be having with your mouse, keyboard, or touchpad in Windows.

For further reading: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/mouse-touchpad-keyboard-problems-in-windows ^[2]

Tip 3 - Fix: Touchpad left click will intermittently not work in Windows 8.1

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Andrzej Pakula | permalink

If you have a laptop with a touchpad (trackpad) and you upgraded to Windows 8.1, you may have noticed that occasionally, the left click of the touchpad does not work. For example, it may not work at startup at all until you press some key on the keyboard after which it starts working. Or you may be unable to move the mouse pointer right after you type something. Sometimes, the left also won't work unexpectedly in games. Let's see how to fix. The problem occurs due to a new setting introduced in Windows 8.1 inside PC Settings for touchpads. The fix is simple. Open PC Settings: Keyboard users can open PC Settings by pressing Win+I and then clicking the PC Settings link at the bottom. Touchscreen users can swipe in from the right edge of the screen to show the Charms, tap the Settings charm and then tap PC Settings. Mouse users can move the mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen and then upwards touching the right edge to show Charms. Click the Settings Charm and then click PC
Tags: left click,touchpad,touchpad click delay,windows 8.1

For further reading: http://winaero.com/blog/fix-touchpad-left-click-will-intermittently-not-work-in-windows-8-1/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Chromebooks Hit By Touchpad Issues After Stable OS Update

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ruth Hennessey | permalink

A large number of Chromebook owners are reporting touchpad issues after updating their devices to Chrome OS 35, released to the stable channel last week.

For further reading: http://www.omgchrome.com/chrome-os-35-tap-click-issue/ ^[4]