Last night my daughter asked me if she could borrow my laptop to check her Facebook for five minutes. She suddenly started complaining about the mouse being frozen. I was not surprised because the Synaptics Alps touchpad on this lenovo notebook has always been a problem. The problem is more with the sensitivity. No matter how I adjust the settings, the pointer is too sensitive and ends up being somewhere else on the page from where I am typing.
That was not the problem my daughter was currently having, so after surfing the net for a few minutes, I found the solution. If you have a similiar problem, try this before you spin your wheels looking for another driver or something more time consuming. It worked for me, like a charm.
There is a small touchad on the laptop right above the Pause/Break key on the top right hand side (right above Backspace key). This touchpad turns the main mouse pad on and off. It is to the right of the N 500 logo and the touchpads for the volume controls. Push that and voila! You now have an activated mouse!
I found the solution at this link:
http://www.fixya.com/support/t2621356-touchpad_not_wirking
That was not the problem my daughter was currently having, so after surfing the net for a few minutes, I found the solution. If you have a similiar problem, try this before you spin your wheels looking for another driver or something more time consuming. It worked for me, like a charm.
There is a small touchad on the laptop right above the Pause/Break key on the top right hand side (right above Backspace key). This touchpad turns the main mouse pad on and off. It is to the right of the N 500 logo and the touchpads for the volume controls. Push that and voila! You now have an activated mouse!
I found the solution at this link:
http://www.fixya.com/support/t2621356-touchpad_not_wirking
