Tips: How to fix the issue of Touchpad not working for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista

For a laptop user, touchpad stops working could make you crazy when you are without a mouse. Well, the report reveals that HP, Acer, Asus, Sony, Samsung, LG, Thinkpad, Lenovo, IBM, Dell, Toshiba, etc. laptop users encountered touch screen/ touchpad problems like ‘Windows 10 touchpad gestures not working’, ‘Synaptics touchpad driver not working’, ‘touchpad/touchscreen not functioning’. You might be wondering why touchpad is not working properly? Generally, the common causes include inappropriate device setting, missing updates, and incompatible or corrupted drivers. In this article, it will teach you how to fix the touchpad not working issue in Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista.

Method 1: Check for touchpad settings

Certainly, a disabled touchpad could not work in your laptop. So the first thing is to check if your touchpad is enabled. We will take Windows 10 for example. Please follow the steps:

- Click Home> Settings> Devices> Mouse
- Click ‘Additional mouse options’ and then ‘Mouse Properties’.
- Click the tab on the right (named ‘ELAN’ or ‘Device Settings’)
- Check touchpad is enabled. If not, click on its name, and then on ‘Enable’.

Method 2: Use troubleshooter

Toubleshooter could help you to diagnose and find some common problems including touchpad freezes or working improperly.

- Click ‘Start’ and ‘Control Panel’ then
- Enter ‘Troubleshooter’ in the search box, and click ‘Troubleshooting’
- Click ‘Configure a device’ under ‘Hardware and Sound’

Follow this method step by step, you could repaire the problem of touch not working in your Windows operating system.

Method 3: Update touchpad driver

As we know an incompatible, outdated, corrupted, broken or missing driver could block the communication between the computer and touchpad. If you tried the above two methods, your touchpad is still not working, then the out of date touchpad driver might be the reason resulting in the issue. Using Driver Talent to update the best-match driver for you. It could scan to detect all drivers, then verify the problematic driver, fix them for you finally. All this just need one mouse click.

Now you might resolve the problem about touchpad not working, right? If the answer is negative, please leave your details in the comment and we will try to figure it out. For other Windows driver problems, you could obtain valuable tips from source center.