My Mousepad Is Working Again. It Had Stopped Working On 26Feb

[piggynose]

My mousepad stopped working on the 26feb, and was advised to buy an independent mouse, which i did. Then out of the blue, my mousepad decided to work again. Is this strange?

[bhg481]

You hadn't inadvertently switched it off, had you? Mouse pads are usually switchable, either by a button near the pad or a function key indicated by a symbol blatantly obvious to the laptop manufacturer but completely undecipherable to the rest of the world. You can usually switch it via Control Panel > Mouse as well.

[piggynose]

No, I went through this when i started a thread back in February. It just stopped working, there wasn´t a button to switch it on again. I even took it to a computer shop, and they said its broken and would cost a small fortune to repair, and that the independent mouse was the cheapest option.

[bhg481]

Yes, I responded to that post. I didn't know about the

Control Panel > Mouse > Device Settings enable/disable

method then. Have a look at it now, whilst thing are working, then you'll be ready for next time.

[piggynose]

thanx bhg, but having a spanish keyboard, its a pain in the rs trying to find the mouse in the control panel.

[hc4361]

It could be the driver became corrupt and automatically downloaded again later.

[hc4361]

Piggy, have you got the language set to English?

[piggynose]

hi hc4361, have i got the language set in english? dont think so, as its a spanish keyboard. is it possible to set it in english?

[hc4361]

Is it a Windows laptop? Don't see why not, you'd just have to remember where the keys are :)

[piggynose]

it would be nice if i could convert it to english.

[hc4361]

XP, Windows 7? Give us a clue

[piggynose]

Anyway since i´ve got my mousepad back, its been a pain in the rear, eg the cursor stops in mid sentence when i´m typing making a mess of several words, is there a simple solution?

[hc4361]

You can adjust the sensitivity in the settings

[piggynose]

clue? its windows 7, vista, 1GB.

[hc4361]

Change language:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/change-the-display-language

[piggynose]

hi again hc4361, i´m at this very minute trying to install it. It seems to be taking forever. or maybe it can´t be done.

[hc4361]

Install what? There is nothing to install.
And your laptop can't be Windows 7 AND Vista.

[piggynose]

you´re right i stand corrected, even though theres not much in it, theyre not the same. Mine is in fact is a windows 7 starter, 32 bit.
any road up, i went to the control panel, and after a lot of faffing, i was told to download something with an unicode, which i did, but i dont see anything different, yet.

[hc4361]

As it W7 starter you can't change the language easily :(

[piggynose]

i know, i tried a while ago, but somehow thought you had a new method. ah well, ce la vie.

[hc4361]

If I knew you had that OS I would never have suggested it. :( You do need to use google translate to understand the control menu though