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often when I start my Lenovo laptop the touchpad and pointer is not enabled!
as you can imagine trying to get a laptop to do anything without a touchpad is very difficult.
I have tried to get into the touchpad function window via 'settings' arrows, touchpad, arrow/stop key 'advance settings'
this takes ages. I am told the there is a shortcut via Fn function keys.
Fn +F3 Dose not work!! Fn+F8 does not work!!
Can any on tell me the function key shortcut to the 'touchpad advance function enable/disable' window.
So I can stop screaming at my laptop )`:
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I have a lenovo thinkpad and the F8 key has a picture of the Touchpad - in the bios/setup are various startup options one of which is to require or not the Fn key when pressing the F# keys - another is to enable or disable the touchpad on start.
You may want to look in Device Manager and after attaching a mouse temporarily, try updating the touchpad, or uninstall/reinstalling the touchpad in control panel / programs & features.
