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It could be that your laptop is "smart" so basicly when you have the wireless mouse attached it disables the mousepad. But for more troubleshooting go to Controlpanel----> mouse to figure it out. Keep your head cool and try diffrent things out with logic.
Here are some trouble shooting steps you can try relatively easily....
If the mouse connects via a USB cable, try connecting it on another USB port while the laptop is on.
If it is an optical mouse, check to see if the LED(s) underneath are lit. Change ports until LED lights.
If you have another computer also with a USB mouse and it is working, try a mouse exchange. If the non-working mouse also does not work on the other computer and the mouse from the other computer works on your Toshiba Satellite laptop, the problem is likely with the non-working mouse.
Finally, If the non-working mouse is a wireless one, its battery may be dead. Try a new battery in it.
You have to install the software that came with the wireless mouse. I have several, and some will and others won't work without the software. That is 90% what it is.
Hi, IF you are referring to the external mouse attched to your laptop then please check the same mouse with some other systm to verify if the issue is with the mouse or with the laptop. if the mouse is working fine with other system, then you need to contact the service provider of your laptop. Otherwise you have to buy a new mouse.
If you are referring to the touch pad of your laptop not functioning properly, then please check the touch pad settings through control panel. otherwise please shut down the laptop. Take out the baterry out & wait for atleast 1-2 minutes. Reinsert the Battery in the laptop & reboot the laptop. Check if the mouse is working fine or not.
If the problem with the laptop still persist, please contact your laptop service provider for further support.
Hope this will help you in resolving the issue.
The mouse pad maybe faulty or the ribbon cable from the mouse pad to the motherboard may not be properly connected. Reseat this cable.
You can connect an USB optical mouse to the laptop. I prefer you use a USB mouse all the time over the mouse pad.
connect your mouse. then restart your laptop do not remove mouse while restarting laptop. if not work after restart there is a problem in your mouse IC.
do you mean the mouse integrated in the laptop or an external USB mouse?
If it is the integrated mouse, try to get an USB mouse, plug it and wait until your laptop recognize it, assuming you are working in Windows XP right clic on My Computer, clic on Properties --> Hardware --> Device Manager , double clic on Mice and other pointing devices, once here, look for the mouse of your laptop (do not mis identify it with the external mouse that you just plugged) right clic on it and clic on uninstall.
Restart your laptop, once in windows again it will recognize the mouse as a new device and will install the drivers again.
Good luck!
Does a mouse work if plugged directly into the laptop? Sometimes you have to change a laptop in the BIOS to allow a PS2 mouse in addition or instead of the touchpad. It may not be recognizing the KVM as a mouse. Try plugging the mouse right into the laptop and see if that works.
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