Dell inspiron I6400 touch pad is not working

make sure you have the right mouse selected click start control panel mouse hardware you will see which mouse is selected in xp

I have found that the best way to adjust your mouse settings is to create a control panel in your bottom toolbar scroll to the bottom of your screen right click you will see an array of options select the toolbar option then select desktop

then you will see the desktop in the bottom toolbar select the 2 >>arrow heads then all control panel items then select mouse this is in WINDOWS 7

in XP you will have to select the new toolbar option once you have that a browse option select my computer then control panel then a control panel option will be in the bottom toolbar

for the double click this will be in the folder options follow previous to get to control panel items
click start control panel navigate folder options tick in the double click to open circle

hope this helps

Replace the mouse with a known good working one.
If you are not using a mouse (bad news) the touch pad may be failing.
In that case, an easy test and fix is to disable it in "Control Panel" then install a mouse in the USB Port.

If the problem is corrected then it is your touch pad.

Here is a link to the manual from Dell. FREE!

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6000/en/om/D5181bk5.pdf

See Page 42 on disabling the Touch Pad.

Go to EBay and insert "6000 Dell Inspiron touch pad". It's cheap but difficult to replace.

Try going to Control Panel - Hardware and sound - mouse. Once you have the menu for the mouse open, go to device settings. Click settings, and all of the advanced controls for the functions of your mouse pad can be found there.

Go to the Control Panel. Under the 'Hardware and Sound' options, click 'Mouse'

Since you have a Dell laptop, you'll have a special tab called 'Dell touchpad' in the window that pops up. Click on the touchpad picture in the window.


In the new window that appears, click 'Device Select'


Click on the 'Disable' radio button to disable the touchpad completely. If you want to disable the touchpad of your Dell laptop only when an external device like a mouse is attached, check the last option that says 'Disable Touchpad/Pointing Stick when external USB mouse is present'



That's it. You've disabled your laptop's touchpad for good. If you don't find an option to manage your touchpad in Mouse settings, you have to install Synaptics drivers from here. Similar options can be found in other laptops as well.

Good luck ! if your problem is solved don't forget to rate

Check with Control panel - mouse - devic settings

Are you referring to the mouse pointer when using the touch pad? To isolate the problem, try to use a USB mouse and see if the pointer will move. If the USB mouse works, then the touch pad could be disabled.

Refer to the user manual of the laptop and see on how you can enable the touch pad.

If same problem occur even though you're using a USB mouse, contact the manufacturer of the computer for second opinion or repair.

Good luck and have a great day!

Try This.... May work if touch-pad driver is installed correctly....
Go to control panel ---> choose control panel home ---> click hardware & sound ---> click the 'mouse' word(mouse properties will appear) ---> select dell touchpad ----> click on the touchpad diagram( dell touchpad setting will appear) -----> select scrolling option -----> tick enable on the checkbox ----> then click apply and ok..... [ here, i attached picture aiding you with the step ] ( gud luck )

if it has the option in the biosr, you can disable it there.
or
you can turn it off in device manager

ok so if your touch pad isn't working you need to get in to your control panel there look for device manger then look for the disable touch pad and enable it hope this helps

tip plug in a external mouse so you can get to the control panel

Click Start->(Settings) Control Panel->(Classic View) Mouse.

If there are not enough tabs to configure, then install first Alps touch pad driver for Dell Inspiron 8600.