The dell latitude laptop comes with in built joy stick to control the pointer which is placed right in the middle of the keyboard. While it allows to manipulate the pointer without getting away from the keyboard, not everyone is used to this facility. And whenever you hit the button by mistake, the cursor moves to some random place, making it very difficult to type. I was too annoyed by random cursor movements.
The solution to the problem is following:
The solution to the problem is following:
- Go to dell drivers and downloads page (http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx).
- Select "Choose by Service Tag" and enter your laptop service tag or select the model of your laptop for driver download.
- Select your operating system.
- From "Category", select "Mouse and Keyboard" option.
- Download "Multi-Touch Touchpad" driver (Multi-Touch Touchpad- the link may change over time, but you should be able to find same driver at other place) and install it on your computer.
- On restart, you will see "Dell Touchpad" icon in your task bar (right bottom part of your laptop).
- Double click on icon, select point stick from top, and OFF it by clicking on "o".
Enjoy!
-Mukesh
