Eee PC with elantech, how do I get the normal functions back

Usually there is a FN key that will enable the touchpad. I have EEPC and mine is the little blue FN key (usually next to the CTRL and Windows Key) + one of the number keys. Look for a little blue symbol that looks like your touchpad.

As for it being disabled every time you start, I find that very weird. Sometimes installing a wireless mouse, installs software that tells the system to disable the touchpad, so that the 2 don't conflict when using the mouse.

Hi Ali.
you could try this or go to the link at the bottom and have a read up of what else you could try.
Push the computer's F9 button until the Recovery System window appears. Choose the option for Windows Setup and select Recovery. You should see a message disclosing that you will lose all your files in the process as the Recovery puts the machine back to its original factory settings.

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There should be a function key to enable/disable the touch-pad (Fn and one of the light blue keys usually "F" keys) try to look through the keys and see if you have the pad turnned off, if it was a windows update theat stopped it from working then you should be able to roll it back to a working order from a system restore point. Go under the start menu select accessories, system tools, system restore then select the restore point at which you remember the touch-pad still worked.

You need to go to ASUS's website and find their downloads in the support section. You need to use the chipset, touchscreen, and acpi drivers. The XP drivers will work in win vista and windows 7. You will also want to get the elantech touchpad configuration utility from them. The chipset and acpi drivers will also make your function keys work.

There are some function keys in your laptop in those should be keys for smartpad disabling.

To enable the TouchPad; Open the Control Panel > Mouse > Elantech > Highlight "Elantech Smart-Pad" then click on Start Device".
Tick "Display Dynamic Icon" to make is easy to Enable/Disable in future from the Task Bar.

hope this helps!

Take the computer back to Best Buy, and either get them to demonstrate the touchpad to you, or to repair/replace the computer, if it is defective.

The elantech settings have a box you can check to disable the pad while typing. Uncheck the box if it is checked.

simple solution, turn off all power to laptop,(remove power cable) then removethe battery,replace the battery, power up,the laptop will reboot your touchpad drive, and it will be as normal,I have a Gericom 1580 xl+ which this fault appears fairly often, this method always worked for me lordy

Hi there,
I had this issue and resolved it by doing the following:
-Open the start menu by using the windows button
-Use the arrow keys to highlight run and press enter
-Type 'control panel' and press enter, find the mouse properties and enter
-From the buttons tab in mouse properties, go to double click speed and change to slow and confirm the changes
-At this point it probably still wont work, so do the above again but change the double click settings to fast and confirm.
-Restart your PC and this should resolve the matter. you can alter the double click speed again if you wish :)

Hope this helps,
tbo