I'll start with how to revive a dead touchpad and then cover the various settings you can use to tweak its sensitivity, gestures and scrolling direction.
Whether your touchpad is dead to the touch or is acting skittish - registering unintended gestures while failing to recognize your intended swipes, pinches, taps and clicks - Windows 10 ( $140 at Amazon) offers a host of settings to let you get working the way you want. You can extend the life of your laptop with a few, simple tweaks to its touchpad. There are three things you can do to bring your touchpad back to life.ĭon't let a touchy touchpad ruin your opinion of a laptop that's otherwise in fine working order.
