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Open up the properties for the Touchpad device, and try to install a driver from local disk (do not search online, that won’t help). Choose USB input device as the driver, do not use the apple driver just yet. After the installation is finished, your touchpad will work.

This page covers the most common ways to resolve a non-functioning laptop touchpad. If you cannot resolve the issue for your laptop's touchpad after trying the solutions on this page, the touchpad is probably not working due to a less common cause. In this case, we recommend taking the laptop to a computer repair shop for further analysis.

Operating system not responding

The first thing to check is whether the computer and the operating system is not responding as well. It could be that the computer is frozen, meaning it is not responding to any commands you give it. In this case, the touchpad would also not be working.

To check for this issue, try pressing the Windows key to see if the Start Menu opens.

Fn key combination

Some laptops have an Fn key + function key combo to enable and disable the touchpad. If your laptop has this feature, press the button or keys to turn the touchpad on and off a few times.

External device

Some USB input devices automatically disable the touchpad when connected. As a troubleshooting step, turn off the computer, disconnect all external devices, then start the computer again to ensure one of them has not turned off the touchpad. If this fixes your problem, you can reconnect the USB device to continue troubleshooting or changing settings discussed in the next sections.

Check touchpad settings

Note

We recommend you connect a USB external mouse or use the laptop's TrackPoint (if available) to perform the steps below. If you cannot get an external mouse to function, see: How to navigate Windows using a keyboard.

Look at your mouse/touchpad settings, as they may keep your touchpad from working or disable the touchpad entirely. To access the mouse settings, follow the steps below.

Windows users - Touchpad settings

Press the Windows key, type touchpad, and select the Touchpad settings option in the search results.
In the Touchpad window, make sure the Touchpad On/Off toggle switch is set to On. If it's Off, change it to be in the On position.

Windows users - Mouse settings

Press the Windows key, type Control Panel, and then press Enter.
Click the Hardware and Sound option.
Under Devices and Printers, click the Mouse option.

Tip

If the Control Panel View by option is set to Small icons, click the Mouse option in step 2 above.

In the Mouse Properties window that opens, locate your touchpad settings. They are usually under the far right tab next to Hardware (the name of the tab varies from manufacturer to manufacturer).
Ensure there is a check in the box next to Enable touchpad.
Adjust any other settings to your liking, then click Apply, then OK.
Test your touchpad.

If you do not see a touchpad tab in the Mouse Properties window, try the following steps.

In the Mouse Properties window, click the Hardware tab.
Check for an entry in the Devices list named HID-compliant mouse. If you have a USB mouse connected to your laptop for troubleshooting purposes, you may see two HID-compliant mouse entries. Click on each entry to find the one that does not have USB in the Location property.
When you find the HID-compliant mouse entry for the touchpad (the non-USB entry), click the Properties button.
In the HID-compliant mouse Properties window, check the Device status to see if it states, 'This device is working properly.' If it states anything else, then there is a problem with the touchpad.
If the touchpad device is not working properly, you can try updating the drivers. Click the Change settings button, click the Driver tab, then click the Update Driver button. Click the Search automatically option to allow Windows to look for an updated driver on the computer and on the Internet.

Note

If you do not see a non-USB HID-compliant mouse device on the Hardware tab, the touchpad may have been disabled in the BIOS (see the BIOS setup section below). If the touchpad is not disabled in BIOS, Windows may have issues (see the defective hardware section).

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Apple macOS users

For macOS, access the System Preferences in the Apple menu at the top of the desktop screen. For MacBook Pro, click the System Preferences icon at the bottom of the desktop screen.
In the System Preferences window, click the Trackpad icon to open the Trackpad settings.
Adjust any trackpad settings you prefer to change.
Test the trackpad to see if it works.

Checking Device Manager and updating drivers

Note

If the touchpad still isn't working, the Windows Device Manager can tell you detailed information about hardware issues and help you update drivers. For example, if there's a yellow exclamation mark or red X next to it, there's a hardware or software issue. To locate the touchpad in Device Manager, follow the steps below.

Press the Windows key and type device manager, then press Enter.
Under Your PC, the touchpad is either going to be listed under Mice and other pointing devices, or under Human Interface Devices. If it's listed under Human Interface Devices, it likely is named as HID-compliant touchpad or similar. Double-click one of the two to locate the touchpad.
Locate your touchpad and right-click the icon and select Update Driver Software.

Note

If you see two entries named HID-compliant mouse, right-click on each and select Properties. In the Properties window, on the General tab, check the Location value. If the Location is 'on I2C HID Device,' that is the touchpad device on your laptop.

Click Search automatically for updated driver software and follow the steps (if the drivers are out of date).

Tip

Right-clicking the touchpad icon gives you the option to either enable or disable it, depending on the device's status. If disabled, re-enable, and test the touchpad. If it's already enabled, change it to disabled, then re-enable it. Sometimes toggling this setting 'resets' and fixes the touchpad.

Note

If you do not see the touchpad device listed in the Device Manager, it may be disabled in BIOS (see the BIOS setup section below). If the touchpad is not disabled in BIOS, Windows may have issues (see the defective hardware section).

Check BIOS setup

Make sure the touchpad is not disabled in the BIOS setup. Once in BIOS setup, check the hardware device settings and if the touchpad is disabled, re-enable it and restart the laptop.

Corrupt operating system files

Another possible cause for a malfunctioning touchpad is corrupt operating system files. While you would notice other issues as well due to corrupt system files, this could result in the touchpad not working.

Fixing this requires you to activate a restore point at a date before the touchpad stopped working, or you may need to perform an operating system repair installation. The repair installation requires you to access a restore partition on the hard drive or use an operating system install disc.

Defective hardware

Finally, if the touchpad still is not working correctly or at all after trying the troubleshooting steps above, it may be defective. Contact the computer manufacturer for further suggestions or take the laptop to a computer repair shop. It could require replacement of the touchpad itself or another hardware component. If the touchpad cannot be fixed, you could connect and use an external mouse as a workaround.

Additional information

See our touchpad definition for further information and related links.

Creators are freaking out about YouTube’s new terms of service because of a clause that they’re interpreting to mean “Hey, deadbeat, kiss your content goodbye: it’s not making us enough money.”

This is the scary bit from a preview of the new ToS, which go into effect on 10 December 2019:

YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the service to you is no longer commercially viable.

A representative comment from the multiple YouTubers who’ve tweeted out that clause:

So according to Youtube’s new Terms of Service, if your channel isn’t making them enough money, they’ll just terminate it.

To all of the smaller content creators out there, it was nice knowing ya.

In a nutshell, that’s not going to happen. Google isn’t suddenly going to start shutting down channels that aren’t making money. Google released the updated YouTube Terms of Use on Sunday in order to, well, update them, plus to make them easier to read. A YouTube spokesperson says nothing’s changing:

We made some changes to our Terms of Service in order to make them easier to read and to ensure they’re up to date. We’re not changing the way our products work, how we collect or process data, or any of your settings,

So much for “easier to read”

Unfortunately, as plenty of people are pointing out, the clause is as clear as mud. Its placement is part of the problem: it’s from the Account Suspension & Termination section, which has understandably led people to conclusions about Google potentially terminating access to, say, people who are choking ad revenue with ad blockers, or to small/new content creators who aren’t pulling in a slew of ad impressions.

In response to multiple media inquiries, Google responded by explaining that the clause isn’t new. The language about “commercial viability” hasn’t been updated. It’s been in the ToS since early 2018:

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[Google isn’t] changing how we work with creators, nor their rights over their works, or their right to monetize.

Rather, the clause gives Google more leeway to determine whether it should remove particular YouTube or Google services if they find that it just doesn’t make commercial sense to keep them around.

Google told The Verge that the clause gives YouTube the “sole discretion” to terminate an account, whereas before it said that YouTube must “reasonably believe” it should do so.

Google tried to set the record straight on Monday with this tweet:

To clarify, the 'commercially viable' section is not about terminating an account bc it’s not making money / not in YPP. It’s about discontinuing certain features or parts of the service bc they are outdated or have low usage. This does not impact creators or viewers in new ways.

— TeamYouTube #StayHome (@TeamYouTube) November 11, 2019

As you can see from the responses to that tweet, plenty of people aren’t convinced. If that’s what Google/YouTube really means, the leery are saying, then why doesn’t it just say that?

BS. If that's what was meant, that's what it would say. This is you opening the option to just start unpersoning people from your services if you dislike their content.

— KelbPanthera (@KelbPanthera) November 12, 2019

I’m no lawyer but I’m sure others who are might be able to offer some reason for the broad, unspecific language. It leaves lots of wriggle room, for sure, which is always to the advantage of a business.

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Let’s just hope – perhaps even trust, given how popular the video service is – that YouTube doesn’t Google+-ify us all.

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