Get tips to revive a dead touchpad or settle down one that's acting skittish on a Windows 10 laptop. Matt Elliott Senior Editor Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and ...

Windows only: Most laptop owners have experienced the frustrations of an unpredictable cursor when your wrist grazes the touchpad. Free, open-source utility TouchFreeze disables your touchpad as ...

Touchpad getting disabled automatically in Windows 11/10 Windows won’t disable Mouse or Keyboard on Desktops, but it does disable touchpads on laptops. The reason is simple.

How to disable the touchpad in Windows 10 through the Settings menu. 1. Click the Windows icon in the lower left-hand corner of your screen (or tap it on your keyboard), then type "Settings." 2.

A touchpad allows you to scroll, select and click without ever plugging in a mouse. You'll have to get used to navigating with your fingers instead of your entire hand, but the speed you gain will ...

The creation of the laptop touchpad is largely attributed to George E. Gerpheide. Around 1990, Gerpheide told the Computer History Museum in 2017, he recognized there was a gap in the market ...

Your laptop's touchpad may not respond to clicks or gestures if you've accidentally disabled it. Most laptops have a function key — often labeled with a touchpad icon, like F5 or F7 — that ...