Sony Vaio touchpad not working

Dani · 9 Oct 2011 at 15:30

Hi all

Wondered whether anyone would have any advice on whether there is a way to disable the touch pad on a Sony Vaio? It seems to have happened to mine accidentally. The mouse still works. I've had a look in the control panel to no avail. Any help would be most appreciated.

Dani · 9 Oct 2011 at 22:10

No one knows then eh?

Scrutinize · 10 Oct 2011 at 08:36

http://esupport.sony.com/EN/tutorials/pc/cpvct000001_text.pdf

First result on google? I assume it is going to be something similar for you unless it is a hardware fault. Is there not a quick enable / disable fn F1-F12 toggle?

Have you made any software changes recently?

Django x2 · 10 Oct 2011 at 08:48

Just check the touchpad settings in windows, I assume its nothing more fancy thann a synaptics device

Dani · 10 Oct 2011 at 19:07

Scrutinize said:
http://esupport.sony.com/EN/tutorials/pc/cpvct000001_text.pdf

First result on google? I assume it is going to be something similar for you unless it is a hardware fault. Is there not a quick enable / disable fn F1-F12 toggle?

Have you made any software changes recently?

Thanks for this. I went through all the settings though and it is enabled. Very odd. Feel stupid using my mouse on the arm rest of the sofa.

Thanks for looking into this for me though- most appreciated

Dani · 10 Oct 2011 at 19:10

Scrutinize said:
Have you made any software changes recently?

The only thing I have done recently is plug a mouse in. Since then the mouse works but the touchpad no more. Even if I unplug the mouse.

Django x2 · 10 Oct 2011 at 21:51

Allow me to repeat:

Lucero said:
Just check the touchpad settings in windows, I assume its nothing more fancy thann a synaptics device

Go into the mouse settings though control panel, there will be an option to "disable trackpad when external mouse is detected" or similar

Dani · 11 Oct 2011 at 13:48

Lucero said:
Allow me to repeat:

Go into the mouse settings though control panel, there will be an option to "disable trackpad when external mouse is detected" or similar

Allow me to invite you to read my first post.

Django x2 · 11 Oct 2011 at 14:06

You don't say what, in control panel you've looked at. The mouse, or the synaptics control panel?