so about a week and a half ago i was on the fone with dell with some issues i was having with my laptop- its a dell inspiron. he deleted some programs that were on the computer that were slowing me down, and it seems that he deleted the program for the mouse, so now i cant scroll down on a page using the mouse, like i used to, i have to click on the side of the webpage with the arrows and slide it down, i keep trying to open the synaptics program but it doesnt want to open, and im trying to find it to put it back on cuz i really miss scrolling with the mouse, its soo annoying! anyone know if they can help me? thanks so much
-cutsey
2006-12-07 13:15:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Alrighty - since you trashed the original Synaptics program, which controls the ability to scroll with your touchpad (some of these other people are apparently not understanding the fact that this is a LAPTOP), you're going to need to redownload the driver. Head to the Dell support page and punch in your model and model number and see if they provide a driver for your touchpad. If you can't find it on their download site, you can try the generic drivers from Synaptic, but they might not necessarily work properly. If all else fails, call up Dell again and they will be able to point you to the right place to redownload the driver.
@Linuxiac: Maybe she's sick of sitting on hold for 45 minutes only to get connected to a guy in India who can't understand her question and eventually concludes that she has a virus and needs to reinstall Windows period. Yahoodiots is a decent word though.
2006-12-07 13:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not possible that drivers can be deleted just like that. And if they really are, you wouldn't be able to use the mouse at all. But as what you described, you could not scroll down and up the page, but you can perform clicks and dragging.
This may mean that there's a minor problem with your mouse. Did you try to change the mouse and see if it works? Well maybe you should so that you could isolate the problem.
Mouses are plug-and-play devices and should not require much installation. When you plug in the new one, simply shut down and start up your system and test.
2006-12-07 13:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by ¥ï$hãñG 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-05 00:51:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you have the mouse driver cd ? if so just install ur drivers from that cd i have a mouse with a scroll button on it did not need a driver . the tech support guy mess it up on you if you cant get it to work then buy a new one some people in tech support dont know what to do they always mess things
2006-12-07 13:53:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you have a driver CD for the mouse... then reload the drivers again. Otherwise you can repaid the OS (this will reinstall the correct mouse scroll driver back)... you need the Win OS CD for that.
2006-12-07 13:20:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of the time vendors will put drivers for your laptop and desktop hardware on your hard drive. Since you used the recovery disk look on your hard disk which can be access from "My Computer". The mousepad drivers should be in c:\drivers to that affect...
2006-12-07 13:41:46 · answer #6 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
o0o this is a tought one...you might have to buy a new mouse or get the program for it...you will need to call dell. but if you get a knew mouse most of them come with the software so it should be easier
2006-12-07 13:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by FotoFan85 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a dell inspiron, same blame. I am about ready to call dell or do a online chat. I suggest you do that.
2006-12-07 15:06:33 · answer #8 · answered by ameer_ghani2005 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plug the device into the computer.
Go to
control panel
System (properties)
Hardware tab
Device Manager
Find hardware in list open the one you are using to see if is is working
properly. If not then choose troubleshooting and follow instructions.
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2006-12-07 13:32:59 · answer #9 · answered by Elaine B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you tried using another mouse? it seems like you mouse need a replacement.
2006-12-07 13:18:59 · answer #10 · answered by Roi k 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋