Problem with laptop touchpad

[Big Dave2]

My sort of new Toshiba laptop bought last summer is experiencing a problem. The curser keeps freezing up and I have to re-boot the computer sometimes multiple times to get it to start working again. It is very annoying and I don't have a USB mouse to try to see if that makes it work. Anyone have any solutions?

[upnorth]

Is the computer freezing up, or just the cursor? If it is just the cursor, I would got to toshiba's site and download the drivers for the mouse pad. I have seen the windows drivers mess up laptop touch pads in the pasts.

If the PC is freezing up a good virus and malware scan would be a good place to start. You can tell if it is the PC or the mouse but pressing the window key, if not frozen the start menu will pop up.

[Big Dave2]

It is just the cursor that is freezing so I will try downloading the drivers. Thank you.

[Big Dave2]

I downloades the driver and it seems to be working again. At least so far. Thanks for the help upnorth, I owe you a beer!

[upnorth]

Glad to hear it was an easy fix

[Big Dave2]

I guess it wasn't that easy. It's not working again. I had to re-boot my computer several times to make it work.

[HawgMan]

I'd just get a wireless laptop mouse. Bought both my kids the smaller size microsoft ones at WallyWorld for less than 25 bucks each. There a whole lot easier than that goofy touch pad anyway.

[upnorth]

Is there any chance you are inadvertently shutting it off? There is a button that will shut it off.

[Big Dave2]

I tried that already. I did a google search and that seems to be the most popular problem when this happens but no such luck.

It jumps around some times also. Its been freezing up like every five minutes so I plugged in a USB mouse now and it will work fine with that.

[upnorth]

It could be an actual hardware issue. Like anything else it can go bad.