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    Touchpad disable issue

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gevakumon, Oct 21, 2009.

  1. gevakumon

    gevakumon Newbie

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    Hello, i recently got a new studio 1555, i wanted to disable my touchpad while using an external mouse so i use the feature in the touchpad properties that disables the touchpad once an external pointing device is connected. The problem is, once i disconnect the mouse the touchpad does'nt turn on again, is that normal behavior? should'nt the touchpad come back to life once i disconnect my mouse?


    Thanks,

    Geva.
     
    gevakumon, Oct 21, 2009
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  2. jawedib

    jawedib Notebook Consultant

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    i don't think so.. if you turned it off, you'll have to turn it back on before unhooking the external mouse. But why disable the touchpad? if you're not using it and using an external mouse, the touchpad won't do any harm if its on.
     
    jawedib, Oct 21, 2009
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  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    When you type on the keyboard, your thumbs often brush against the touchpad and can interfere with typing; it's pretty annoying.

    gevakumon: it shouldn't be doing that; my touchpad always re-enables itself when I disconnect my USB mouse.
     
    Mastershroom, Oct 21, 2009
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  4. jawedib

    jawedib Notebook Consultant

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    aah.. I guess i am so bloody used to avoiding the touchpad! :D
     
    jawedib, Oct 21, 2009
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  5. gevakumon

    gevakumon Newbie

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    well, mastershroom, seems like we got the exact same machine, and as i expected mine's behavior isn't normal, got any idea on how to fix it?

    (already updated the driver...)
     
    gevakumon, Oct 21, 2009
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  6. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    When you updated the driver, did you just install the new one, or did you completely uninstall and remove the old one first, reboot, then install the new one and reboot again?
     
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    OK, problem solved, i saw that beside my mouse that was connected in the device manager i had another two "HID COMPALIANT MOUSE" entries for some reason, i disabled them both and now it works (by the way, i tried the same thing on Vista and it didn't work, installed win7 today and tried it again, here the fix works.)

    Thanks!
     
    gevakumon, Oct 31, 2009
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