I was using my Toshiba Satellite and it froze up. I turned it off and then back on and my mouse pad stopped working. My cursur will move and highlight an icon but will not follow the command when clicked. I tried the function key and f9 and nothing.
Just press simultaneously Fn+F5 or Ctrl+F5 (or Fn + F9 or Ctrl+F9) and that should do it!
Edit:: Try swiping on the touchpad from right to left. This will bring up the little sidebar on the right of the screen and the date on the lower left in Windows 8. Then your touchpad should work as normal. F5 is the button to lock the touchpad. If your problem goes beyond that and is stuck in scroll mode like mine was, try the swipe from right to left and see if that normalizes things. I discovered this trick by accident when trying to wipe dust off my touchpad. ;)
This started with the recent windows update. Just did mine tonight and that's when it started. Very strange though because it wasn't immediate and in an attempt to correct, I restarted a couple of times and the time that it took to lock up was different and so were the applications.
Thank you soooooooo much kids were watching Netflix and did something and when I got it back the touch pad was dead...thank you so much for posting this I just got this laptop and was highly mad I couldn't use it...whew!!!!
Thank you so much
i went to this other website which told me to do complex stuff but it kept disabling my mouse pad.
thanks for coming up with a simple solution
Try swiping on the touchpad from right to left. This will bring up the little sidebar on the right of the screen and the date on the lower left in Windows 8. Then your touchpad should work as normal.
F5 is the button to lock the touchpad. If your problem goes beyond that and is stuck in scroll mode like mine was, try the swipe from right to left and see if that normalizes things.
I discovered this trick by accident when trying to wipe dust off my touchpad. ;)
It doesnt work for me ., :(
The touchpad is working,but for a little while it stops and when I enable/disable it doesn`t work ,. What should I do? Pls help me., :(
Omg! Thanks, my touchpad has not been working for the past 4hr an I keep restarting it. F5 fixed it, I feel so dumb for not noticeing that there is a symbol of a touchpad on the button! Thanks guys ; )
I love you I am camping and trying to do my class work and was about to lose it because someone also spilled a beer on it last night and I thought that was the issue.
I tried the fn+f5 and just pressing f5 to lock/unluck the touchpad which was something that I always used but this time it does not work. Also the brightness controls (f2 and f3) as well as the wife (f12) do not work with or without the fn key. All of the other keys work with the fn key.
Fn9 no joy but Fn5 worked immediately! Many thanks. (Lost functionality when accidentally pressed wrong function key trying to get projector to link during a presentation - fortunately given temporary loan of external mouse which saved the day!)
Hit F5 without hitting the FN key. It might take a second or two to work. If it still is not working then go to your control panel, go to mouse settings, then enable synaptic. Hoped this helped :).
its not working for me how long am I supposed to hold it for? The thing that happened is that when I turn on my toshiba the mouse works then it freezes and disapears then I have to use the touch screen all the time which is getting annoying
If side swipe doesnt work .... Hit CTRL + ALT + DEL .... go to task manager... Go to the synaptic touchpad icon, click or right click.... and press End Task. Your problem should be solved.
Wow, my Toshiba Satellite mouse pad had been frozen for nearly a week and was anticipating a costly repair when I came across this page and CTRL + F5 worked!!!! So grateful for the tip.
CTRL+F5 worked awesomely....Though I should have known from the icon on my F5 that pressing it would turn on and off my touchpad...Anyway, I'm glad I found this page because Toshiba doesn't even have the answer....I'm going Mac with my next purpose. More reliable machines. And people who know their stuff (or so it seems anyway).
I have been searching for daysss how to fix this!! I tried FN + F9 like everything I read said to do to no avail (obviously) and it was as simple a step FN + F5! I could squeeze you!
If your touchpad works for the first 2 minutes of use and then becomes locked in scroll mode then follow these steps...
Uninstall the Synaptics drive from the "Device manager" and then reinstall it, but not by "searching automatically for a driver software", instead, choose the other option "Brows my computer for a driver software" then press on "let me pick from a list of device drivers in my computer" and press Next, now you will see a list of the device drivers, now choose a different driver than the one that was already installed when you had the problem. This is how I fixed mine, I hope it works for you.
Hit CTRL + ALT + DEL .... go to task manager... Go to the synaptic touchpad icon, click or right click.... and press End Task. Your problem should be solved.
WOW! Thanks! The Alt-Ctrl-Delete answer worked. I was able to fix my Daughter's laptop. No excuse now for not doing homework not need to get a new laptop THANK YOU! Thank You!
If you can't side swipe. Hit CTRL + ALT + DEL .... go to task manager... Go to the synaptic touchpad icon, click or right click.... and press End Task. Your problem should be solved.
There is an icon that is called "Synaptics Pointing Device" at the bottom of the laptop it looks like a computer screen
Click on it and it will have a command "Tap to Click."
That will get the keys working again.
Just fixed the same problem on my Toshiba Laptop. I think I may have clicked it in error .
Scribbler, your answer was just for me! THANKYOU!!
I knew I had accidentally clicked SOMETHING but couldn't find what it was and none of the other suggestions were working for me.
Thanks for posting your answer and saving me from hours of further frustration and unnecessary work :D
f5 is for enabling and disabling touch pad on toshiba satellite; however mine would switch back from able to move the pointer to scrolling from object to object while touchpad is enabled. It is annoying. Does that make sense?
THANK YOU!!!!! I spent all day trying t fix this and called Geek Squad where I actually got someone on the phone who knew LESS about my laptop than I did. Don't know who you are, but I copied your instructions and will nail them to the wall.
None of these options fix my problem. I know that the f5 key disables and enables it but I have not accidentally hit the key. I have a new laptop have only had it 12 days and only used it 4 times its a brand new laptop not reconditioned, or have ever been used in any way and all of a sudden the cursor will not respond to my touch on the mouse pad. I have had several problems with laptops in the past where its been brand new and something will start going wrong with it the moment I touch them. If any one else has any other possibility as to why my mouse is malfunctioning please let me know.
None of the above worked. However found out latest windows update, disabled touch pad. Found device settings and clicked enable. The above helped as was able to isolate fault.
Please try these generic troubleshooting steps and see if this fixes the issue:
1. Some computers have a touchpad disable and enable hot key, refer to User's Manual of your laptop to see if your computer has this hot key and how to use it. (When your computer does not have the hot key or the hot key did not correct the issue proceed to the next step.)
2. Turn off the computer (when the touchpad does not respond hold the power button down for up to 15 seconds to turn off the computer).
3. Unplug everything except the power cord (AC Adapter).
4. Power on the computer and retest the touchpad. If the touchpad still does not work correctly proceed to the next step.
5. Make sure the latest driver for the touchpad is installed (you may need to use a external USB or Bluetooth mouse to install the drivers).
6. In addition to these troubleshooting steps, please refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article mentioned below:
https://support.microsoft.com/hub/4338813/windows-help
God bless you with this simple solution. I have tried so many alternatives to my disabled touchpad but that didn't work until I stumbled across the f5 resolution. thanks
I have try many things but till not work on my laptop.
I could press left and right but the pad doesnt move. Download a new update for drive, tried F5, Off laptop and F2, F9 and F10.
I think its a bit silly about the Shift + F5 needing to be done. I don't think anyone is stupid for not knowing simple means to Reset the Mouse to Mouse Pad, though - because there is no logic to thinking that these two keys would correct it - you'd have to know. This way of correcting with the Ctl + F5 suggests to me that the mouse pad can easily be disabled accidentally in the same way - by unknowingly pressing those buttons.. I've resolved this issue previously by plugging in an external mouse then going to the Control Panel then to Mouse Settings then Re-enabling the Mouse Pad and Mouse Pad Software and checking all of the other settings then Applying Changes and pressing OK. But it was always irritating having to go into the drawer to find an external mouse, etcetera, then using it to make this corrections. It is possible BTW if you don't have an external mouse at hand to do it manually using the Tab and Enter Keys to get to Control Panel and then Mouse Settings and then Re-enable the Mouse Pad and Mouse Pad Software - but it is not easy to do using Tab and Enter Keys only as its very cumbersome and easy to press wrong buttons and have to start finding Control Panel all over again, etcetera.
That would correct it for me, but clearly better with an external mouse. Now though with this CTL + F5 information it will be much quicker for me. But its not like I'd have been able to work out / guess CTL + F5 as a logical corrective measure as its not logical at all. Grrrrr - anyway I'm going to have to write down Ctl + F5 for future reference. But then again I should remember because I've just typed it several times.
i used do shift+f5 and works all the time but not anymore and its driving me crazy does anyone have another suggestion because none of the above worked with my laptop...
Hit CTRL + ALT + DEL .... go to task manager... Go to the synaptic touchpad icon, click or right click.... and press End Task. Your problem should be solved.
Uninstall the Synaptics drive from the "Device manager" and then reinstall it, but not by "searching automatically for a driver software", instead, choose the other option "Brows my computer for a driver software" then press on "let me pick from a list of device drivers in my computer" and press Next, now you will see a list of the device drivers, now choose a different driver than the one that was already installed when you had the problem. This is how I fixed mine, I hope it works for you.