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    touchpad trouble

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by xbender, May 16, 2008.

  1. xbender

    xbender Notebook Consultant

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    hello, I have problems with my touchpad, and I was wondering if anyone experienced the same behavior and found a solution to that.

    I ticked, that I want touchpad to be turned off when the external device (mouse) is connected. when I connect a mouse, it does turn off. thats fine. But when my mouse is disconnected, and I turn on wireless or bt, the touchpad turns off too!! so basically I cannot be using wireless and touchpad at the same time if I have the option "turn tuchpad off when external device is connected" ticked (turned on). Does anyone know how to fix this? I have already reinstalled drivers for both, wifi and touchpad....
     
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    xbender Notebook Consultant

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    is anybody facing the same trouble? or has an idea, what can be the cause of it? thanks
     
    xbender, May 17, 2008
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    ok, so to the previously described misbehaviour of the bt and touchpad, I have one more problem now. I bought a new BT mouse and when I turn on my computer, it does not get automatically connected. I have to "Add device" every time I turn on or restart my computer in order to connect the mouse. Is there a way to make the connection permanent? (in way that when I turn on my dell, it finds the bt mouse automatically?)
     
    xbender, May 24, 2008
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    Hmmm... that's strange, my BT mouse stays connected all the time. That is, unless I turn it off. As soon as I turn it back on, it works without having to go through the wizard again...
     
    rahx, May 24, 2008
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