Keyboard & touchpad sensitivity

Hi sam816,

To change the touchpad sensitivity, try following the below steps:

1. Select “start”.
2. Select “control panel”.
3. Select mouse and pointing devices setting.
4. Select Dell Touchpad”.
5. Click on the huge arrow icon that will launch a separate application supplied by Dell that lets you gain complete control over the touchpad.
6. Click on "Touchpad Settings".
7. Move the Touch Sensitivity bar to Heavy Touch.
8. Select Apply and then click OK.

 Now check the functionality of the Touchpad.

Please reply for further help.

Hi, 

I'm having the same problem with a hyper sensitive touchpad, but I am not able to follow the instructions above.  When I select the "mouse and pointing devices" setting, it doesn't find a touchpad (only the external mouse I have) so I can't adjust the touchpad settings!  Any ideas.

Just by way of info, I just recently had a new hard drive installed, so I'm wondering if this is some sort of a driver issue.  Somehow I have to get this problem fixed or just turn off the touch pad (incidentally, how do you do that?!) because typing is a nightmare!

thanks!

Keeley

Hi kwynne,

To rectify this issue, please follow the below mentioned steps:

1)       Click “Start”, type “Device Manager” and press enter.

2)       In the “Device Manager” window, double click “Mouse and other pointing devices”.

3)       Right click "Dell Touchpad", click "Uninstall", and ensure to check the box “Delete driver software for this device”.

4)       Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstallation.

5)       Click “Start”, type “Programs and Features” and press enter.

6)       In the “Programs and Features” window, right click “Quickset64”, click “Change/Uninstall”.

7)       Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstallation.

8)       Restart the computer.

9)       Use the following link to download the Quickset driver: http://tinyurl.com/cgcakw3

10)   Enter the service tag of the system and select the operating system from the list and select Input application and select the touchpad Drivers from the list.

11)    Select drivers and downloads from the option and the page looks as follows:

12)    From the list select Application>select the Dell-Application for “Dell quickset”> select Download file.

13)    Once the download is completed, run the driver file.

14)    Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

15)    Restart the computer.

16)    Use the following link to download the Dell Touchpad: http://tinyurl.com/cgcakw3

17)    Enter the service tag of the system and select the operating system from the list and select Input application and select the touchpad Drivers from the list.

18)    From the list select Input>select the Dell Design Driver for “touchpad””> select Download file.

19)    Once the download is completed, run the driver file.

20)    Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

21)    Restart the computer.

Check if the Touchpad can be disabled now using the combination of FN+F3 and post with results.