My touchpad on my laptop gets stuck and won't move up sometimes?

Question

I have been having alot of problems with my touchpad on my laptop. It often "freezes" up and won't let me move my cursor UP, it will move sideways, but not up. My keyboard works fine and everything, it's not that my computer is frozen, and I have tried to look at the advanced settings for my mousepad. but I am not really seeing anything to help change that. I was curious if anyone knew if this is some kind of problem with my laptop, or if it is something that could possibly be controlled. Thanks :)

Okay, just to clearify:
...what I am trying to find out is if the MOUSE TOUCHPAD on my laptop is experiencing technical maybe electrical problems, or if it just needs to somehow be cleaned, or if it's going out? It is a brand new laptop, I have only had it for a few months, so far this has been my only problem with it. The cursor often gets stuck so that no matter how much I press or move my finger on the touchpad, it won't move in an upwards direction so I can move the mouse to click on different things. Again, if anyone has any knowledge, I thoroughly appreciate it. :)

Answer 1

Are you using any external mouses. I had this problem and I had to remove the info of the device from the registry, reinstall the driver and add a few keys to registry. Many touchpads automatically disable if they detect an external mouse working, it may occur out of no where. This is especially with the synaptics ones. Email me if you need some help.

Answer 2

It may need cleaned, if that not work it may be going out.
Below is a link to Yahoo Tech and it tell how to clean your touchpad.

Answer 3

Try the following steps before you try to look further into your system.


HOW TO DO A THOROUGH CLEAN UP:
Before doing any of the maintenance steps outlined below make sure that your system is free from viruses and/or of any other undesirable Internet bugs, by running a thorough security scan of your machine.
Now, do the following as needed:
“I” (FOR WINDOWS XP-IE6)
While you are connected to the Internet do the following:
1. Click on tools ... Internet options. There you will see three buttons next to each other... “Delete Cookies” ... “Delete Files” and “Settings.” Also, below the settings button you will see another one “Clear history.”
2. Click on “settings” - go to “Edit” - Click on “select all” - Go to files, click delete and wait till all Internet trash files are gone.
3. Go back and click on “delete cookies” and wait till all cookies are gone
4. Go back and click on “Delete files,” put a check mark on the little white square shown on the small window that will open, click OK and wait for a little.
5. Go back and click on “Clear history”, click “yes” and you are done. Go to item “III” now.
ADDITIONAL INFO.: Here is how to clean website addresses from you IE6 browser bar: While you are connected to Internet, go to “Tools” … “Internet Options,” “Content” tab … “Auto Complete button” … click on “clear forms” and you are finished.

“II” (FOR WINDOWS XP-IE7):
Go to Start … Control Panel … Internet Options. Under “Browsing history” click “Delete” and then click “Delete all,” put a check mark in the little white square and then click “Yes” and you are done. Go to Item “III” now.

“III” (FOR BOTH WIN-IE6 AND WIN-IE7)
1. Do a check disk and a defrag, then restart your computer and see if the problem is resolved. It is assumed that you know how to do a check disc and disc difragmentation.
2. If the above steps don’t do the job, here is a little program that keeps your machine in shape and free from Windows micro-problems that lead to slowness and crashes:
Get on the web and go to http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/site; download the free trial program, familiarize your self with it and use it to clean up your registry automatically along with a sort of other helpful and useful maintenance chores. It is an excellent little program and does wonders with PC maintenance tasks and I strongly recommend it! It works on the background on its own automatically.
3. After you are through with the above maintenance steps, go to Microsoft/Windows updates and download any and all available and/or applicable updates.
Hope this helps!
NDS

Answer 4

It occurs to me as well. yet my computing device has some different difficulty...on each and every occasion i run my computing device on the battery..or maybe as the battery skill is low...it receives hanged and the cursor dont flow. the in common words ingredient i do, is to restart. It doen't artwork even i plug it to the AC skill. So i restart it. Regards, Venku

Answer 5

it may cause by a virus/computer threat or.... how old are your laptop?? to old? it usually happen like that. have you tried using mouse? Does it happen like your touchpad??