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How to turn scrolling feature on Laptop Touchpad

Anonymous
2011-03-04T23:06:55+00:00

On my laptop, I use to be able to slide my finger down the left side adn it would automatically scroll down the page I was on as if I was using the scroll bar.

How do I get that turned back on?

thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-05T02:06:25+00:00

    Hi Scott

    Touchpad settings and options will vary between manufacturers of laptops, depending on the brand of touchpad that the manufacturer installs.

    Open Control Panel/Mouse properties. Look for a touchpad tab where you will find these settings. If this does not work, look for a separate Touchpad component in Control Panel.

    You can also consult the documentation for that laptop for information, or contact the laptop manufacturers support.

    Let us know what you find.

    Regards.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-06-06T04:35:47+00:00

    this didn't help me at all , every place i have been looking at tells me the same thing & my laptop doesn't have dose settings & it is really bugging me that i cant scroll up & down with my touch pad , i've tried EVERYTHING

    i have a Samsung laptop windows 7

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-11T19:49:12+00:00

    I have the solution.

    Control Panel -> Mouse -> Device Settings (Often has a logo on this tab) -> Settings -> Scrolling -> Enable Vertical and Horizontal scrolling -> Apply / OK.

    :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-19T23:34:11+00:00

    This is the process on a Dell Inspiron 15R running Windows 8.1.

    Control Panel>Appearance and Personalization>Personalization>Change mouse pointers>Dell touchpad>Click to change Dell Touchpad settings

    Hope this helps.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-18T21:08:58+00:00

    I also have an Acer Aspire and what worked was to click on the tab for the touchpad.  Mine was labeled "Elan".  It was the rightmost tab, to the right of the "Hardware" tab.  I then clicked on "Options" and then "Edge Scroll".  I checked the "Vertical scroll" checkbox and then the "Apply" button.

    See if you have something similar.

    Barb

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