How Do I Unfreeze My Cursor In My Laptop?

[piggynose]

Hi techies, does anybody know how to unfreeze my cursor? its a notebook, 10" packard bell, dot s. tried to turning it off, no joy, i´m now using a borrowed mouse which has to connected via a usb. There is no button above the mousepad.
thanx in advance

[Old_Geezer]

If the borrowed mouse works then the problem is not with the cursor but with whatever you normally use to control it.

I have no experience of notebooks but suspect your mousepad may have an issue. Could be physical, could be software. Pads are a pain to have on anyway; might it not be better to keep a mouse connected ?

Otherwise apart from reinstalling mousepad related software, and if that failed getting a technician to look inside it; not sure what else to suggest.

[bhg481]

If there is no switch above the mousepad there will almost certainly be a function key to turn it on/off. The function key is usually at the bottom of the keyboard - hold that down and press the symbol on the top row which the manufacturer thinks is blindingly obviously an icon of the touchpad.

[HansUrbancka]

As there is Not a button above the Touchpad, then pressing Fn + F6 should unlock the touchpad on your Packard Bell Notebook.

I hate Touchpads and prefer using a mouse. It gives more control over a cursor and/or pointer

Hans.

[keithg]

Trouble is when you use a mouse with a laptop it's not a laptop anymore.

[piggynose]

thanx folks for your advice, trouble is, it hasn´t worked. fn+f6, nothing!!
any other ideas would be appreciated. thanx

[bhg481]

Fn + F1 on my wife's Sony VAIO. Look at the symbols on the function keys and see if one vaguely looks like the mouse pad.

[bhg481]

I've just found another method.

Control Panel > mouse > Device Settings and then select the Touch Pad and Enable.