Touchpad buttons stopped working. movement of mouse works fine

Use an external mouse to see what the device manager says about the touchpad. The device manager is in the control panel OR you can click start and type DEVMGMT.MSC and hit enter. Look for any ! or ? or X next to anything on the list.

To access Mouse Properties, select Start - Control Panel - Hardware and Sound -Mouse.

Use Mouse Properties in Windows to customize settings for pointing devices, such as button configuration, click speed, and pointer options.

The eMachines E725 has a built in switch to toggle the touchpad on or off by the touch of a button. Look at the button to the left of the main power switch. You'll notice the icon looks like a hand touching a rectangle - or touchpad. if this button is lit up, the touchpad is turned off. simply press the button to toggle the touchpad back on. The light on the button should now be off.
It's that simple.

make sure the mouse pad switch is not turned off.

Try downloading the drivers for the touchpad from HP website and check if it works? Is the LED light near to the touchpad on?

butlerp934

If you reinstalled the drivers then most like there is a problem with the touch pad its self. If you are still under warranty I would call Dell Tech Support to get the touch pad replaced on the system.

Issken

No need to disable the touchpad they should both work at the same time. Have you tried both the mice on another PC?. The first mouse should have the correct software already installed but you will most probably need to install software for the microsoft mouse. I hope you have tried resetting by hitting the button on the receiver then while its flashing the button on bottom of the mouse? If all this fails do have any other USB devices you can test on laptop?......good luck

PS I hope its not the batteries

Time for a new mouse!

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Have you tried pressing the Fn + F8 keys? This combination is used to disable and enable the mouse pad.

have you tried updating the driver
or go to control panel and mouse and check the settings in there
does your laptop work with a normal mouse