Are you sure you haven't turned the track pad off by mistake?

Push the Fn key and one of the F1-F12 keys, usually has a picture of the the touch pad on it with a X

Posted By: Chris Peacock on January 27th 2026 at 14:40:14

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nbttt #eleventy thousand ninety hundred and fifteen. what's the wrathlaptop of the month? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 13:46:39
- Are you sure you haven't turned the track pad off by mistake? (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jan 27, 14:40:14
  - def not that as the fault is intermittent (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 14:54:43
    - Can you not use an exteranl mouse... I hate touchpads so have a wireless mice. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jan 27, 16:20:26
    - 👍 (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jan 27, 15:17:49
    - Easy fix for sticky touchpads (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 27, 15:05:46
      - or just stop spilling fluid onto it! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 27, 15:10:57
        
        ewwww (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 15:17:03
      - thanks for the tip, the cooker hood filters are due a stint in the dishwasher soon (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 15:09:39
    - have you considered running Linux on a laptop (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 27, 14:59:40
      - dunno what on earth a linux is gobb (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 15:16:28
- Just made the switch to Macbook from PC (General Chat) - inutero, Jan 27, 14:05:53
  - cheers all, that problem is now history. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 14:12:31
- Skynet, sooner than expected? (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 27, 14:05:36
- Boycotting American? (General Chat) - APB, Jan 27, 13:58:51
  - HP Based in Cali but made in Vietnam, China and Mexico. It's all global innit. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jan 27, 16:25:22
    - at the end of the day needs must... (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 17:40:35
      - Well they ya go. Can’t boycott USA without disowning son so fair enough. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 27, 23:03:04
  - It's sadly impossible. (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 27, 16:14:27
    - Oh, I know this (General Chat) - APB, Jan 27, 18:08:16
      - I think my point is that it doesn’t really. (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 27, 23:08:39
        
        We might actually boycott them better by buying American brands which have most (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 27, 23:11:12
  - no need, problem solved (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 14:11:21
    - Copilot = Microsoft and also tries to work its way into anything. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 27, 15:38:42
- if its just the trackpad (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 27, 13:49:54
  - time for a new laptop hero (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 27, 13:55:42
- MacBook Air M4 for me (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 27, 13:49:17
- MacBook Pro (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Jan 27, 13:47:45

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