If your laptop doesn’t have fancy options via a software to enable or disable the touchpad, you can look through Device Manger, listed under Mice and other pointing devices Touchpad. If it’s in the Off position, click on it to change to On.ĥ. From there you will see Touchpad as an option with a radio button to toggle on or off. If you’re working with a Dell laptop the first tab will have an option Click to change Dell Touchpad settings. Some HP laptops also have the first tab with check boxes of which the first will be to enable Touchpad.

If the touchpad is disabled, click on enable after highlighting the device in the list below. If you’re working with an HP laptop, the last tab will hold the option with Synaptics settings. You will be greeted with the option of a touchpad. On the listing of Devices and Printers click on Mouse.Ĥ.Ě new pop up window will come forth. Go to Control Panel>Hardware and Sound.ģ. Power up and log-in to your laptop running Windows 8.Ģ. This tutorial will show you how to enable the Touchpad on your laptop equipped with Windows 8.ġ.

We may know how to disable the touchpad but we sometimes forget how to restore functionality when the toddlers go to bed. Having them tinker with a touchpad and the mouse pointers subsequent motion might interest them further to the point of disassembling the laptop for the sake of science. Touchpads can be a hindrance to some of us who have toddlers running around the house.

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