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September 26th, 2013 08:00

I followed your instructions, but I didn't see any difference.  Today I tried disabling the touchpad "gestures" function and so far it appears to be working fine.  When I'm typing the cursor stays in place, even when I rest my palms on the palmrest.  I can move my fingers all over the touchpad it doesn't effect the cursor.  I believe it was the gestures function that was causing the problem.

Thanks for your help.

 

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September 21st, 2013 01:00

Hi jayman2,

Apologies about the inconvenience. Inspiron 15 is available in different variants. Please share the exact system model so that I can assist you further. 

You may also see Mouse, Keyboard or Touchpad Not Working Correctly

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September 21st, 2013 08:00

My model number is:  I15RV-10905BLK

I hope you can help me.  I really like this laptop, except for this touchpad problem.  Whenever I type, I can't touch anything except the keys.  If I relax and happen to just touch the palmrest, the cursor jump to another spot.

Thank you in advance.

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September 24th, 2013 00:00

Hi jayman2,

Thank you for the response. It seems that you have Inspiron 3521. Try a clean re-installation of the touch-pad drivers and let me know the outcome.

  • Open Device Manager (open run window, type devmgmt.msc).
  • Expand Mice and other pointing devices,right click on the Touchpad
  • From the drop down menu, select “Uninstall”.
  • Ensure to check the box “Delete driver software for this device”.
  • Restart the computer.
  • Then check for the touch-pad drivers in Control Panel -> Add or Remove programs, possibly Synaptics might be mentioned, uninstall the driver.
  • Restart the computer
  • Now re-install the latest drivers from the following link http://dell.to/1eDpM6a
  • Restart the computer and check the functionality.

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September 26th, 2013 08:00

I followed your instructions, but I didn't see any difference.  Today I tried disabling the touchpad "gestures" function and so far it appears to be working fine.  When I'm typing the cursor stays in place, even when I rest my palms on the palmrest.  I can move my fingers all over the touchpad it doesn't effect the cursor.  I believe it was the gestures function that was causing the problem.

Thanks for your help.

September 26th, 2013 09:00

BINGO!!!

I'm DONE WITH DELL!!!!!

I swore by Dell, preached Dell to all my friends and now I'm STUCK WITH 4 very, very expensive DELL Devices!!  Dell's answer to the WILD CURSOR PROBLEM IS TO UPGRADE!!!

The problem with the POWER PLUG SLIDING OUT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOLVED BY BUYING A NEW ONE FOR $69.  NOT!!!!!!   The new plug slides out as well!

When I thought that I was getting a good deal on a new printer,  I got screwed there too!  The PRINT HEAD needs to be replaced.  This is a printer that I have used to PRINT 6 WHOLE PAGES!  Dell's support people said that it would be cheaper for me to BUY A BRAND NEW PRINTER!!!!


My husband's newer INSPIRON LAPTOP is a NIGHTMARE TOO!!!!  I've had to RELOAD HIS SOFTWARE TWICE, and it's still STINKS!!!

To make this whole situation worse, DELL is OUT SOURCING it's SUPPORT!!   Their SUPPORT PEOPLE DO NOT LISTEN, AND THEIR ANSWER TO EVERYTHING IS THAT YOU'RE BETTER OFF BUYING A NEWER DELL!

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September 26th, 2013 23:00

Hi jayman2,

Thank you for the update. Glad to hear that everything is working fine now. Please keep it under observation. Let me know if you face any issues.

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September 28th, 2013 03:00

Hi skcherry353,

Allow me to apologize for any frustration or inconvenience that you may have experienced. Would request you to share more details on the issues that you are facing with the computer. Also, provide the service tag of the computer and the first and last name as it appears on the account via private message (click my username and then click Send a Private Message) so that I can review the details.

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