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Replacing Dell touchpad drivers with Synaptic ones

I was temporarily using a budget Acer laptop for a while since my preferred Dell laptop had some h/w issues. Now that I got it back working I realized the touchpad driver on the cheap Acer was ...
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Dell touchpad not scrolling

EDIT: Under PS 7.1.3, > Get-AppxPackage alpsdelltouchpadsettings Get-AppxPackage: The 'Get-AppxPackage' command was found in the module 'Appx', but the module could not be loaded. For more ...
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Buttons below the Touchpad not working

On my Dell Latitude 4590, the two buttons below the Touchpad are not functional. $ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST ...
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How to make pointstick buttons behave like touchpad buttons

I'm running Windows 10 on a Dell Latitude 5480 computer that has separate pointstick (above the touchpad) and touchpad (below the touchpad) buttons. Whenever I click one of the pointstick buttons ...
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Dell Latitude touchpad not working

The Situation: About two hours ago, I spilled water on the touchpad of my Dell Latitude. Usually, when this happens, I dry it with a towel and it starts working again. However, this time, it seems to ...
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Windows 10 touchpad Release Drag after Finger Lift on Dell Latitude E6510

Having the same problem as "Windows 10 touchpad Release Drag after Finger Lift" but on a dell E6510. I lift finger after scrolling, move the cursor w/in the window and it keeps scrolling. Followed the ...
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Deleting 2 items from Programs: Dell laptop, Windows 10 after startup message

Everytime I startup my laptop, I get this popup: Deleting 2 items from Programs and it also says: TouchPad Options 1000 bytes I went to CCleaner and, in Tools-> Startup, I stopped the program ...
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Pointstick doesn't work when other keyboard key is pressed

I am using a Dell Latitude E6430 (Windows 10 32-bit). I have this problem since I have bought it. The issue is, when I press a key on the keyboard, I can't use my pointstick (neither touchpad). This ...
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How do I disable the touchpad (Windows 7) on my Dell E6400 - before I go nuts?

I use a USB mouse but the touchpad will not switch off using Fn/F5 like it ought to. At the moment I have sticky tape on it, but it still throws the cursor around.
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Scrolling With Trackpad Locks Computer

I received a Dell Latitude 3340 (from 2015 I believe) with Windows 10 Pro pre-installed. I'm having a problem where whenever I two-finger scroll using the trackpad, the computer locks itself. Since ...
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What are the three buttons above touchpad in the Dell Latitude E6520 laptop?

I wonder what are the three buttons added to the touchpad/keyboard of the laptop Dell Latitude E6520 as the below snapshot. I do a google search as here though nothing helpful for me. If you know ...
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Disable touchpad on Dell Latitude E4300, but don't disable the trackpoint

For the last 6 years I have been using a ThinkPad R50e which used a trackpoint instead of a touchpad. Now though I am using a laptop given to me by my work and it's a Dell Latitude E4300 which ...
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Dell Latitude D830 laptop - disable touchpad

The touch pad is a real pain because it seems to pickup my hand as I'm typing. I never use it the touchpad, I prefer using the the finger pointer on the keyboard between letters G-H-B. Is there a ...
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