Help the mouse mat thingie on my laptop has stopped working....

[katymac]

Please help me - I don't like using a real mouse

TIA
KMc

Obviously by real mouse I mean a grey thing with a USB - not a small furry rodent

Have you re-booted your laptop?

By that do you mean turning off and then turning it on again (bit think I know)

Yeh, if anything dodgy happens on your laptop, try switiching it off then on again. Suprising how often that fixes things

Tried it and it hasn't worked....bugger does that mean it's bust

Is it a touch pad mouse or the wee rubber thing in the middle of the keyboard?

And what do you mean it's not working, has it completely disappeared? or just running amok.

Ahhh - just had a thought, do you have USB mouse still plugged in? If so take it out and re-boot. Going 2 bed now. Good luck

The pointer is there - but the pad doesn't move it I have to plug the usb one in- Sorry I ran away to bed last night

I'll re-boot in a minute with out the usb mouse

Thanks for you help

It still doesn't work...Help

maybe a conection has coem lose. Can you still find it in control panel?

I don't know..I'll have a look - does anyone know what it is called

I would think it would just be under mouse. It is called a touchpad.

It says it is working fine and I reinstalled it's driver - but still broken

hmm, sounds a bit buggered. Sorry not sure wht else.

Thanks for your help I'l see if anyone else has any suggestions

Bump - help please