Strange and annoying laptop issue

[A Casual Fitz]

I'm on a Dell Inspiron and one day the mouse stopped working. I can still use the track pad to click and such but I can't left click or right click using the build in mouse. I did some google searching but came up empty. I'm running Windows 7. Any help is appreciated.

 

[corkyg]

By trackpad do you mean touchpad? AFAIK that is the only built in HID. How can a mouse be built in? In any case, go to Device Manager and uninstall it. Then, reboot and let Windows find it and reinstal the drivers.

 

[MedicBob]

My older Dell XPS did not have the "tap" area built into the touchpad. I never had any problems with the physical buttons though.

Did you update/upgrade to Windows 7 or did it come with the laptop?

Also, use the asset tag from Dell to check for the latest drivers for it on Dells support page.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

By trackpad do you mean touchpad? AFAIK that is the only built in HID. How can a mouse be built in? In any case, go to Device Manager and uninstall it. Then, reboot and let Windows find it and reinstal the drivers.

Yes touchpad... and by mouse I mean the physical buttons at the bottom.

 

[Gunbuster]

Open the trackpad utility and make sure the buttons are enabled. If you left the laptop out someone might have decided to mess with you.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Open the trackpad utility and make sure the buttons are enabled. If you left the laptop out someone might have decided to mess with you.

I know I'm stupid but how do I get to that?