Pointing stick does not work, keyboard is ok.

Start menu. Control panel. Go from there with keyboard options and it should work. OR research stick keys/ on screen keyboard

On some models there is a button at the top of the touchpad in the middle that toggles the touchpad on or off.

On other models you simply tap twice in the upper left hand portion of the touchpad to toggle it on or off.

And then there are some models that you use keystrokes to toggle the touchpad. Normally you would Press and Hold the ALT or FN function key near the bottom left portion of the keyboard then hit the key that toggles the touchpad. The key that toggles the touchpad will have the icon of a finger pointing at a square which represents the touchpad.

Below is what I found in your user manual on the touchpad. It looks like your touchpad is controlled by software and there is no button or keystrokes that control the toggling.

Customizing the Touch Pad and Track Stick You can use the Mouse Properties window to disable the touch pad and track stick or adjust their settings.

1. Open the Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Mouse.
   
   
2. In the Mouse Properties window:
   
   
   • Click the Device Select tab to disable the touch pad and track stick.
     
     
   • Click the Pointer tab to adjust touch pad and track stick settings.
     
     
3. Click OK to save the settings and close the window.

Below is a link to your manual

http://www.support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/wsM70/en/ug/keyboard.htm#wp1052329

Try these solutions: > 1.. F10 to enter bios setup at boot time
> 2.. Advanced
> 3.. Device Options
> 4.. Dual Pointing Devices
> 5.. Use arrow keys to select the pointing devices you want enabled
> 6.. F10 to save settings
> 7.. File-Save changes and exit
> 8.. F10 to confirm
>If the Synaptic's Touchpad driver is installed
touchpad/point stick can be
>enabled/disabled via the mouse properties in the control
panel applet.
Or:
> 1.. Start
> 2.. Control Panel
> 3.. Mouse
> 4.. Device Settings Tab
> 5.. Select the device and click on the enable or
disable buttons. "
If this helps, please rate. Thank you.

If you double click on the touch pad icon in the task bar it will bring up the Dell Touchpad Settings. Then click "Device Select / Button Settings". There should be two tabs there. Make sure "Device Select" is selected, and at the bottom of this tab, there should be a check box that says "Disable Touchpad/Pointing Stick when external USB mouse is present".

If you cannot find those settings, they may also be in the BIOS. Try pressing F2 while booting and look around in the BIOS for a similar option.

function key is Fn key on keyboard.
these keys might be in orange color
with the help of these keys you can control sound volume. you can adjust screen resolution like brightness .you can also turn off/on wireless features.These keys are like shorcuts keys to perform few functions on your laptop.

To turn off your the finger pad

You can use the Mouse Properties window to disable the touch pad and track stick or adjust their settings.
Open the Control Panel, and then click Mouse. For information about the Control Panel, see Windows Help and Support Center <findinfo.htm>.

In the Mouse Properties window:
Click the Device Select tab to disable the touch pad and track stick.
Click the Touch Pad tab to adjust touch pad and track stick settings.

Click OK to save the settings and close the window.

From Dell:
Customizing the Touch PadYou can use the Mouse Properties window to disable the touch pad or adjust the touch pad settings.

1. Click Start , and then click Control Panel.
   
   
2. Click Hardware and Sound.
   
   
3. Click Keyboard.
   
   
4. In the Mouse Properties window:
   
   
   • Click the Device Select tab to disable the touch pad.
     
     
   • Click the Touch Pad tab to adjust touch pad settings.
     
     
5. Click OK to save the settings and close the window.

Hello,

ONE : It may have been turned off or misconfigured. You can verify that by following the procedure below.
1. Go to the control panel,
2. Click on the mouse icon.
3. Under tab Touch Pad ON/OFF click enable.
4. Then Click on the Advanced tab. Under this tab, you will see a button Advanced feature settings.
5. Click that button and explore the options offered to you.
If you just want the default setting, restore them by clicking the Default button.

Thre are a lot of configuration settings, under different tabs, and it will require going through all of them.

Two: Your using the terms (driver is up to date) makes me suspect that you might have updated to the wrong driver. In that case you may try to rollback thr driver to the last version.

1. Right click the My computer icon on the start menu, or the My computer icon on the desktop.
2. Click hardware tab.
3. Under Hardware tab click button Device Manager
4. Look for mice and pointing devices. Expand the tree by clicking the [+].
5. Select something similar to Alps pointing device and click on it. Several tabs appear.
6. Select Driver tab. Then click button Roll Back Driver and OK.

But if you have been updating driver several times, you may not get the original one.

Any case, if this does not work, follow the procedure in part two, but instead of clicking Roll Back Driver, click Uninstall and OK.
After that, return to the device manager, select the [Alps pointing device], then go to the tool bar of the device manager, under menu item Action, click Uninstall.
Note: Under Action menu, there is the Scan for hardware change submenu. You will have to click that option after you uninstall the driver, otherwise you will have to wait after a reboot for the changes to take effect.

Hope it helps

There are two optaions for you to find one, one of the simpler ones would be to find a video game store and ask if they have the booklet in stock and they should be able to give you one, or you can try e-bay, im sure there is something on there. I hope I have helped you in anyway.

Wayne

in control panel click on mouse. click on the mouse pad where the pointer is pointing. top left you see "device settings". open and go to pointing stick. click disable.

From the Dell D620 Users Manual:

You can use the Mouse Properties window to disable the touch pad and track stick or adjust their settings.

1. Open the Control Panel and click Mouse.
   
2. In the Mouse Properties window:
   
   
   • Click the Device Select tab to disable the touch pad and track stick.
     
   • Click the Pointer tab to adjust touch pad and track stick settings.
     
3. Click OK to save the settings and close the window.
   

The Mouse Properties utility is found like this:

Start Button>Control Panel>Printers and Other Hardware>Mouse

or in the Classic View

Start Button->Control Panel-> Mouse